• Lewis Flax is good for pollinators like bees and butterflies because it stays green throughout multiple seasons of the year

• Lewis flax is noted to be good grazing for livestock and wildlife during spring and winter. 

• The seeds and capsules of Lewis Flax provide an important source of food for birds in the fall and winter. 

• Lewis Flax is native to western North America from Alaska south to Baja California, and from the Pacific Coast to the Mississippi River

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Our 6th and 7th grade class has been trying to answer the question of whether we should preserve the Palouse Prairie that has 99.9% disappeared.  One of our case studies involved native and invasive plant species and their current role in the Prairie ecosystem.

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Sources

Reiner, Ralph E. (1969). Introducing the Flowering Beauty of Glacier National Park and the Majestic High Rockies. Glacier Park, Inc. p. 98.

https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=LILE3  

Linum lewisii 

https://www.gardenia.net/plant/linum-lewisi 

https://www.westernnativeseed.com/plant%20guides/linlewpg.pdf 

Lewis Flax | USU