No information concerning seed viability was found. The probable mode of dissemination is through fruit consumption by wildlife. Pollination patterns indicate that larger starry Solomon's seal inflorescences attract more insect visits than do small inflorescences. Starry Solomon's seal is common in thickets and open forests on gently sloping benches adjacent to streams. Starry Solomon's seal is usually found on shallow soils derived from calcareous and noncalcareous parent materials.
Soil texture ranges from gravelly loams to silt and sandy loams.
Faculatative Seral Species Starry Solomon's seal is generally a seral herb species. On dune sites near Lake Michigan, it has remained dominant for more than a 1,000 years. It showed the highest coverage values within stands treated by shelterwood methods compared to those receiving partial thinning, clearcut, or selection harvest methods.