| PLANTS
for COVER |
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| Plant species |
Birds that benefit |
| Abies (fir) |
tanagers, grosbeaks and robins |
| Alnus (alder) |
several including blue jay |
| Andropogon (bluestem) |
quail |
| Crataegus (hawthorn) |
cardinals, hummingbirds and other small birds |
| Ilex (holly) |
several |
| Juniperus (juniper) |
Juncos, sparrows, yellow-rumped warblers |
| Morus (mulberries) |
several |
| Myrica (bayberry) |
several |
| Parthenocissus (woodbine) |
smaller birds |
| Picea (spruce) |
Mourning doves |
| Pinus (pine) |
migrating robins and warblers, mourning doves |
| Quercus (oak) |
several |
| Rhus (sumac) |
summering birds |
| Rubus (blackberries) |
towhees, native sparrows, warblers, thrushes and buntings |
| Tsuga (hemlock) |
chickadees, titmice, juncos, cardinals |
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| PLANTS for FOOD |
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| Plant species |
Birds that Benefit |
| Acer (maple) |
grosbeaks, bobwhites and cardinals |
| Alnus (alder) |
mourning doves, goldfinches, bobwhites |
| Amelanchier
(serviceberry) |
42
species! Including common flicker, red-headed |
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woodpecker, robin, cedar waxwing, gray catbird, bluebird, |
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towhees, chickadees, downy and hairy woodpeckers, |
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wood thrush, brown thrasher, scarlet tanager, red-eyed
viroe |
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and house finch |
| Andropogon (bluestem) |
juncos, field sparrows and tree sparrows |
| Aquilegia (columbine) |
hummingbirds |
| Aster |
cardinals,
goldfinches, sparrows, titmice, chickadees, |
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nuthatches, towhees and indigo buntings |
| Betula (birch) |
dark-eyed
juncos, titmice, black-capped chickdees, cedar |
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waxwings, goldfinches, purple waxwings and warblers |
| Campis radicans (trumpet
vine) |
hummingbirds |
| Celtis (hackberry) |
bluebird,
cardinals, cedar waxwing, mockingbird, phoebe, |
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bobwhite,
pileated woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, |
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towhees and titmice |
| Cornus (dogwood) |
downy
woodpecker, gray catbird, brown thrasher, robin, |
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wood
thrush, bluebirds, cedar waxwing, grosbeaks, |
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bobwhites, mockingbirds and sparrows |
| Craetageus (hawthorn) |
grosbeak, waxwings, blue jays, mockingbirds, common
flicker |
| Empetrum (crowberries) |
robins, cedar
waxwings, pine grosbeaks and many others |
| Fragaria (strawberry) |
common
flicker, wood thrush, cedar waxwings, towhees, |
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robin, gray catbird, brown thrasher, ruffed grouse and
quail |
| Helianthus (sunflower) |
mourning doves,
red-winged blackbirds, chickadees, |
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house finches, tree sparrows, tufted titmice |
| Ilex (holly) |
49 species
including common flicker, mockingbird, gray |
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catbird, brown thrasher, cedar waxwing and robin |
| Juniperus (juniper) |
54
species including cedar waxwing, purple finch, grosbeak, |
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yellow-rumped warbler, robin, mockingbird, wild turkey,
jays |
| Malus (crabapple) |
cedar
waxwing, robin, mockingbird, purple finch, bobwhite, |
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house finch,
red-headed woodpecker, common flicker, |
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evening grosbeak |
| Monarda (bee balm) |
hummingbirds |
| Morus (mulberry) |
59
species including bluebird, cedar waxwing, northern oriole, |
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wood
thrush, yellow-warbler, red-eyed vireo, robin, gray |
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catbird, titmice and brown thrasher |
| Myrica (bayberry) |
86
species including yellow-rumped warbler, white-eyed vireo, |
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tufted titmouse, common flicker, robins, black-capped |
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chickdee, bluebirds, gray catbird, brown thrasher,
northern |
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orioles, tree swallows |
| Parthenocissus (woodbine) |
flickers,
red-bellied woodpeckers, tufted titmouse, eastern |
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bluebirds, robins, thrushes, mockingbirds, brown
thrashers, |
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black-capped chickadees |
| Picea (spruce) |
chickadees,
red-breasted nuthatches, goldfinches and cedar |
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waxwings |
| Pinus (pine) |
chickadees,
evening and pine grosbeaks, red and |
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white-breasted nuthatches, brown creepers, brown
thrashers, |
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pine warblers |
| Populus (poplar) |
goldfinches, pine and rose-breasted grosbeaks, northern
shrikes |
| Prunus (cherry) |
cedar
waxwing, house finch, northern oriole, American robin, |
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bluebird,
sharp-tailed grouse, gray catbird, song sparrow, |
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common flicker, red-headed woodpecker, cardinal and wood |
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thrush |
| Quercus (oak) |
chickadees,
titmice, cardinals, flickers, ruffed grouse, blue jays, |
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meadowlarks,
mounring doves, wood ducks, mallards, |
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bobwhites, downy, red-headed and hairy woodpeckers |
| Rhus (sumac) |
98 species
including common flicker, red-headed and downy |
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woodpeckers,
chickadees, robins, bluebirds, scalet tanager, |
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bobwhite,
wild turkey, phoebe, hermit thrush, gray catbirds, |
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brown towhee |
| Rosa (rose) |
cedar
waxwing, cardinals, wood thrush, robin, bluebird, |
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mockingbird, grosbeak, bobwhite, goldfinch and chickadee |
| Rubus (blackberry) |
149 species including tufted titmice, red-headed
woodpecker, |
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robin, wood thrush, bluebird, cedar waxwing,
northern oriole, |
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cardinals, flicker and song sparrows |
| Rudbekia (coneflower) |
house and pruple finches, chickadees, cardianls and
sparrows |
| Sambucus (elderberry) |
120
species including robins, bluebirds, grosbeaks, flickers, |
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bluejays,
brown thrashers, catbirds, waxwings, doves, |
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nuthatches and finches |
| Sorbus (mountain ash) |
(winter
food) grouse, cedar waxwings, bluebirds, gray catbirds, |
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orioles, red-headed woodpeckers, brown thrashers and
robins |
| Vaccinium (blueberry) |
eastern
bluebirds, black-capped chickadees, robins, orioles, |
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tufted titmice,
flickers, towhees, and kingbirds |
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| PLANTS for NESTING |
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| Plant species |
Birds that benefit |
| Abies (fir) |
Tanagers, grosbeaks, robins and jays |
| Celtis (hackberry) |
indigo
buntings, verdins, hummingbirds, white-winged doves, |
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common flicker |
| Cornus (dogwood) |
Bell's vireos and summer tanagers |
| Crataegus (hawthorn) |
hummingbirds, cardinals, buntings, verdins and
woodthrushes |
| Ilex (holly) |
towhees, thrashers and mockingbirds |
| Juniperus (juniper) |
chipping sparros, robins, song sparros, mocking birds and
others |
| Picea (spruce) |
white-croned sparrows and warblers |
| Pinus (pines) |
robins,
finches, mourning doves, magnolia warblers, white- |
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crowned sparrows |
| Quercus (oak) |
blue-gray
gnat-cathers, orchard orioles, summer tanagers, |
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woodpeckers, blue jays |
| Rosa (roses) |
indigo buntings, cardinals, yellow warblers, towhees and
sparrows |
| Rubus (black/raspberries) |
indigo buntings, cardinals, yellow warblers, towhees and
sparrows |
| Sambucus (elderberry) |
warblers, grosbeaks, goldfinches |
| Tsuga (hemlock) |
warblers, robins, juncos, veerys, goldfinches, blue jays
and others |
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