This section deals with plants, trees, and shrubs that are beneficial to wildlife (specifically birds) for the fruit they produce. Providing fruit producing shrubs and trees can be a boost to the birds visiting your yard – especilly for late-summer and migration. Some fruits are left overwinter to ripen and soften, providing an overwinter, or early spring food source for residents and early migrants.
Coralberry: Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Size: 5′ tall and 4′ spread Flowering: early-June Fruiting: late-August Birds: typically ground-feeding birds in fall migration such as sparrows, carbird, thrashers, and warblers, Commonly known as Coralberry, Indiancurrant or Buckbrush is a full sun/part shade loving plant that reaches 5′ tall/wide. The flowers of Coralberry may be seen in early July. They […]
read morePin Cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) 10-30′ tall/spread. Pin cherry is a small common tree inhabiting a great variety of lands in the northern part of the United States and Canada. It is sometimes called fire cherry for its value as a reforesting agent after forest fires. It forms pure stands that provide shade for seedlings of […]
read moreCommon Ninebark (Physocarphus opulifolius) Size: 6′ tall with 4′ spread Flowering: May and June Fruiting: pods in late-summer Birds: upland game birds, and seed eaters such as grosbeak, jay, thrasher, and migrating finches Common Ninebark is a large attractive shrub covered with 2 inch clusters of small white flowers in May and June and attractive seed […]
read moreChokecherry (Prunus virginiana) Size: 20-30′ tall/ 20-25′ spread Flowering: mid-may Fruiting: Late August Birds: fall migrants, especially robin, catbird, sparrows, thrasher, thrushes, warblers This native Chokecherry is usually found in landscapes in the form of one of its cultivars. It is a cold hardy tree with clusters of white flowers in the spring. The fruit are red […]
read moreChokeberry (Aronia spp) Size: 4-6′ tall 3′ spread Flowering: mid-late April Fruiting: Mid-Late summer (fruit held throughout winter) Birds: robin, starling, waxwing, blackbirds, woodpeckers Chokeberry is the common name for this Aronia species native to North America. It is most often grown for its ornamental qualities: beautiful flowers in spring, dark-green foliage all summer, incredible fall foliage color (brilliant […]
read moreSilver Buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea) Size: 8-10′ tall 6-8′ spread Flowering: Early May Fruiting: Late Summer Birds: large variety – woodpeckers, catbird, thrasher, thrushes, sparrows, starlings, orioles Buffaloberry is a great native plant substitute for the invasive exotic, ‘Autumn Olive’. Buffaloberry has silvery foliage and produces lots of orange-red fruits that are edible by people and sought […]
read moreBayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) Size: 5-12′ tall/5-10′ wide. Bloom: late March or early April Produces: mid-late summer Birds: tree swallow, eastern meadowlark, red bellied woodpecker and catbird Also known as Candleberry, Bayberry is adaptable to a range of landscape conditions including poor, sterile, sandy soils and heavy clay soils. The leaves can be up to 4 inches long […]
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