Abstract: Nectar is often cited as the primary reward flowering plants have to offer potential pollinators, however an examination of the plant traits that advertise nectar reward quality has rarely been considered in the context of pollination syndromes. We examined floral and vegetative traits in Silene virginica (Fire Pink) in relation to both nectar volume and nectar concentration, by excluding pollinators from 27 S. virginica plants and measuring 5 floral traits, 8 vegetative traits, as well as nectar volume and concentration. Because some means of advertising nectar reward quality seems advantageous for both plant and pollinator, we expected to see a correlation between many of the traits examined and nectar reward quality. Additionally, in an attempt to ascertain whether traits correlated with nectar reward quality influenced the behavior of the primary pollinator of S. virginica, Archilocus colubris we investigated whether A. colubris (Ruby-Throated Hummingbird), exhibited behavioral preference for traits associated with high nectar reward quality. We accomplished this by constructing floral arrays consisting of artificial flowers exhibiting differences in traits found to be correlated with nectar reward quality and then observing visitation frequencies to the various trait combinations. The results of these studies are some of the first to assimilate nectar with pollination syndromes and to examine the relationship between floral and vegetative traits with nectar reward quality.