Georgann
Schmalz
Birding Adventures,Inc.

Trees are dominant elements in a landscape. They offer shade, shelter, nesting places and fruit, seeds,
nectar, and sap for birds. Choose native deciduous and evergreen trees that vary in height and spread.

Basswood (Tilia heterophylla)
Fruit trees (Prunus spp.)
Buckeye (Aesculus octandra)
Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Maples (Acer spp.)
Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Hawthorns (Cretaegus sp.)
American Holly (Ilex opaca)
Oaks(Quercus spp.)
Magnolias (Magnolia spp.)
Pines(Pinus spp.)
Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Shrubs help achieve a transition from ground cover to understory and canopy trees.  A good variety of shrubs and trees will provide food and shelter throughout the entire year.

Wax myrtle (Myrica sp.)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Forsythia (Forsythia sp.)
Evergreen (Juniperus chinensis)
Privot (Ligustrum sp.)
Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
Hercules Club (Aralia spinosa)
Berries (Rubus spp.)
Viburnum (Viburnum spp.)
Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.)

Flowers and vines offer food and shelter for many small birds.  Vines can be grown over a fence, trellis, or rock ledge.  Allow seed-producing flowers to reseed themselves naturally or collect the seeds and sow
them in new places.

Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
Zinnia (Zinnia spp.)
Sunflower (Helianthus spp.)
Tickseed (Coreopsis spp.)
Thistle (Cirsium spp.)
Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum spp.)
Fleabane (Erigeron spp.)
Beautyberry (Callicarpa sp.)
Grapes (Vitis spp.)