Gardenscaping for Birds
Connecticut Native Plants to Attract Native Birds
Click here to access and utilize a comprehensive website for native plants:
https://www.audubon.org/plantsforbirds
- Northern Arrowwood (viburnum dentatum): Blue-headed vireo
- Highbush Blueberry (vaccinum corymbosum): Eastern Bluebird
- Lowbush Blueberry (vaccinium angustifium): Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Red Cedar (juniperus virginiana): Yellow-rumped warbler
- Red Chokeberry (aronia arbutiolia): Brown Thrasher
- Flowering Dogwood (cornus florida): Baltimore Oriole, Swainson's Thrush, Scarlet Tanager
- Gray Dogwood (cornus racemosa): Eastern Kingbird
- Silky Dogwood (cornus amomum): Gray Catbird
- Elderberry (sambucus canadensis): Northern Cardinal
- American Holly (ilex opaca): Hermit Thrush
- Shadblow Serviceberry (amelanchier canadensis): Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- American Cranberrybush Vibiurnum (viburnum trilobum): Cedar Waxwing
- Witherod Viburnum (viburnum cassinoides): Veery
- Winterberry (ilex verticillata): American Robin
Recommended Reading
- Bringing Nature Home – How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants (Douglas W. Tallamy)
- The Audubon Society Guide to Attracting Birds – Creating Natural Habitats for Properties Large and Small (Stephen W. Kress)
- Native Plants of the Northeast – A Guide for Gardening & Conservation (Donald J. Leopold)
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants (Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
- Native Shrubs for Landscaping (Connecticut College Arboretum)
Web Resources
- UConn Plant Database – www.hort.uconn.edu/plants
- Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group – cipwg.uconn.edu
- Connecticut Botanical Society – www.ct-botanical-society.org
- Connecticut Audubon Society’s "State of the Birds" – www.ctaudubon.org/state-of-the-birds
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology Online Bird Guide – www.allaboutbirds.org
SDA Plant Database – plants.usda.gov