Plants That Attract Birds

By Jennifer Copley (Last Updated 26 July 2011)

The following plants will attract the types of birds pictured because they either provide food or nesting sites for that species.

	Bluebird (photo by Ken Thomas)
	Black Gum Dogwood Blackberry Cottoneaster Euonymus Laurel Cherry Chokecherry Currant Sumac Elderberry Fig Grape Juniper Red Cedar Crabapple	Serviceberry Eastern Red Cedar Pokeweed Blueberry Black Cherry European Crabapple Holly Mistletoe Mulberry Winterberry Viburnum Virginia Creeper Wild Rose Honeysuckle Mistletoe
	Bunting (photo by hart_curt)
	Blackberry Blueberry Elderberry Crimson Clover	Elephant Grass Strawberrry Thistle Vetch Beggarweed
	Bushtit (Photo by Winnu)
	Maple White Alder Coyote Brush	Sage Butterfly Bush (bushtits feed on the insects it attracts)
	Cardinal (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
	Tulip Poplar Beautyberry Blackberry Crabapple Magnolia Viburnum Sunflower Mulberry Wild Rose Holly Wild Grape Eastern Redcedar Green Hawthorn Buttonbush Climbing Bittersweet Dandelion Tussock Sedge	Raspberry Elderberry Hackberry Sour Cherry Dogwood Hawthorn Aster Coneflower Smooth Crabgrass Virginia Creeper Blueberry Sumac Witch Hazel Red Clover Elderberry Vervain Yelllow Poplar
	Catbird (Photo by ibm4381)
	Magnolia Persimmon Plum Marlberry Beautyberry Chokecherry Mountain Ash Inkberry	Wax Myrtle Coral Honeysuckle Vine Wild Coffee Pigeon Plum Sea-Grape Simpson Stopper Arrowwood Black Huckleberry
	Chickadee (Photo by ibm4381)
	Bayberry Crabapple Maple Oak American Elm White Spruce Black Huckleberry Sunflower Beech Willow Blueberry Cherry	Honeysuckle Pine Coast Redwood Virginia Creeper Flax Blackberry Wild Rose Aster Coneflower Tulip Tree Sycamore Blueberry
	Dove (Photo by Ken Thomas)
	Cedar Spruce While Alder Bladderpod Elderberry Alder Pine Blueberry Wild Grape Witch Hazel Willow	Fourwing Saltbush Sunflower Flax Sunflower Poppies Sumac Blueberry Pokeweed Purslane Crabgrass Switchgrass
	Finch (Photo by Swift Benjamin)
	Maple Spruce Pine Oak Blackberry Cedar Thistle Wild Rose Raspberry Birch	Dogwood Strawberry Crabapple Serviceberry Sunflower Hawthorn Alder Juniper Cherry Fig
	Grosbeak (Photo by Omakakii)
	Maple Dogwood Willow Raspberry Norway Spruce Black Huckleberry Juniper Cherry Elderberry Strawberry Apple	Hawthorn Blackberry Sunflower Crabapple Hemlock Ash Fig Birch Mulberry Tulip Poplar Elm
	Hummingbird (Photo by Hart_curt)
	Honeysuckle Beebalm Sage Fuschia Canada Lily Cardinal Flower Trumpet Creeper Indian Pink Mountain Rosebay	Red Buckeye Red Columbine Spotted Jewelweed Sunset Hyssop/Licorice Mint Indian Shot Mexican Cigar Plant Fuschia Red Tropical Sage/Texas Sage/Scarlet Sage/Anise Sage
	Jay (Photo by Jennifer Copley)
	Cherry Prune Oak Juniper Piñon Blueberry Hazelnut Pine Cedar Wild Grape Mulberry	Blackberry Yellow Poplar Pine Holly Hickory Birch Beech Chestnut Spruce Dogwood Sycamore
	Junco (Photo by Minicooper93042)
	Pine Blanket Flower Birch Chickweed Crabgrass Lamb's Quarters	Fir Hemlock Sumac Dense Shrubs Pigweed Ragweed Sorrel
	Mockingbird (Photo by Hart_curt)
	Elderberry Grape Manzanita California Lilac Holly-Leaf Cherry California Coffeeberry Holly Willow Wild Rose Dogwood Sassafras	Hawthorn Simpson Stopper Maple Marlberry Beautyberry Bloodberry Coral Honeysuckle Vine Mulberry Flowering Crabapple Pokeweed Spicebush
	Nuthatch (Photo by Qmnonic)
	Elderberry Maple Oak Beech Virginia Creeper Elm American Sycamore Sunflower	White Pine Coneflower Black Locust Mockernut Hickory Smooth Crabgrass Switchgrass Hawthorn Ponderosa Pine
	Oriole (Photo by Thefixer)
	Maple Dogwood Butterfly Bush Yucca Mulberry	Honey/Common Mesquite Firebush Coral Honeysuckle Vine Mountain Ash Cherry Raspberry
	Pine Siskin (Photo by Goingslo)
	Alder White Birch Maple Western Sycamore California Rose American Larch Australian Gum Spruce Sunflower	Pine Elm Thistle Birch Spruce Canadian Hemlock Northern White Cedar Sweet Gum Chickweed Ragweed
	Robin - European (Photo by Wwarby)
	Beech Oak Ivy	Most berry plants Elder
	Robin - North American (Photo by ibm4381)
	Currant Thimbleberry Elderberry Snowberry Evergreen Huckleberry Madrone Manzanita Dogwood Twinberry Honeysuckle Toyon Barberry Mulberry Crabapple Inkberry Juniper	California Wax Myrtle Cherry California Coffeeberry Chokecherry Pigeon Plum Sabal Palm Wild Rose Viburnum Maple Mountain Ash Mulberry Sour Gum Woodbine Black Huckleberry
	Sparrow (Photo by Ken Thomas)
	Maple Crabgrass Willow Oak Sweetgum Flowering Dogwood Lamb's Quarters Elderberry American Elm Yellow Poplar Cherry Clover	Blackberry Holly Easter Redcedar Black Willow Climbing Bittersweet Wild Grape Smooth Sumac Spicebush Witch Hazel Goldenrod Purslane
	Tanager (Photo by Adventphotography)
	Dogwood Toyon Mulberry Cherry Black Gum Plum Serviceberry	Blackberry Blueberry Elderberry Huckleberry Sumac Grape Virginia Creeper
	Thrasher (Photo by Ken Thomas)
	Dogwood Toyon Black Walnut California Coffeeberry Chokecherry Plum Sumac Cherry	Sage Myrsine Buckthorn Currant Blueberry Huckleberry Holly
	Thrush (Wood Thrush Photo by Steve Maslowski, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
	Spruce Cedar Lombardi Popla White Birch European Mountain Ash Pagoda Dogwood Honeysuckle California Coffeeberry Lemonadeberry Laural Sumac Currant Blackhaw Viburnum	Chokecherry Fuschia Flowering Gooseberry Willow Elderberry Snowberry Huckleberry Grape Madrone Toyon Hawthorn Mulberry Woodbine
	Titmouse (Photo by Ken Thomas)
	Elderberry Dogwood Black Walnut Virginia Creeper Birch Oak Beech Pine Blueberry	Woodbine Elm Aster Coneflower Sunflower Blackberry Virginia Creeper Wild Grape Maple
	Towhee (Photo by Ken Thomas)
	Snowberry Beach strawberry Toyon California Black Walnut Honeysuckle Barberry Cherry Blackberry Blueberry Oak Coffeeberry Sumac Thistle Amaranth	Currant Gooseberry Elderberry Fourwing Saltbush Mountain Mahogany Aster Flowering Crabapple Black Huckleberry Ragweed Smartweed Madone Manzanita Raspberry Chickweed
	Warbler (Photo by Ken Thomas)
	Big-Leaf Maple White Alder Dogwood Willow Gumbo Limbo Satin Leaf	Wild Tamarind Pine Live Oak Firebush Wax Myrtle Necklace Pod
	Waxwing (Photo by Ken Thomas)
	Mountain Ash Autumn Olive White Alder Western Sycamore Cherry Dogwood California Coffeeberry Thimbleberry Crabapple Norway Spruce	Elderberry Snowberry Grape Wax Myrtle Holly Blackhaw Buckthorn Wild Rose Virburnum Birch
	Woodpecker (Photo by Ken Thomas)
	Dogwood Virginia Creeper Elderberry Maple Oak Holly Beautyberry Mulberry Pigeon Plum Beech Crabapple	Rasberry Wild Grape Mountain Ash Sour Gum White Spruce Pine Blackberry Blackhaw Viburnum Black Cherry
	Wren (Photo by Ken Thomas)
	Ivy Bayberry Sweet Gum Sumac Oak Pine Smartweed	Cedar Greenbrier Wild Grape Switchgrass White Cushion Moss Virginia Creeper

References:

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