{"id":13004,"date":"2015-04-20T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T22:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=13004"},"modified":"2023-04-21T19:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T23:19:16","slug":"landscaping-for-birds-7-important-plant-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/landscaping-for-birds-7-important-plant-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Landscaping for Birds: 7 Important Plant Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript'>  googletag.cmd.push(function () {    googletag.defineSlot('\/106885985\/aab_default', [300, 250], 'div-dfp-slot1').addService(googletag.pubads());    googletag.defineSlot('\/106885985\/aab_default_bottom', [300, 250], 'div-dfp-slot2').addService(googletag.pubads());    googletag.defineSlot('\/106885985\/aab_leaderboard', [728, 90], 'div-dfp-leaderboard').addService(googletag.pubads());    googletag.pubads().setTargeting('pid', ['\/index.php\/']).setTargeting('url', ['aab']);    googletag.enableServices();  });<\/script><div class='wp-block-group sidebar-alignright'>  <div class='campad-side'>    <div id='div-dfp-slot1' class='campad cta-space'>      <script type='text\/javascript'>googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('div-dfp-slot1'); });<\/script>    <\/div>    <div id='div-dfp-slot2' class='campad cta-space'>      <script type='text\/javascript'>googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('div-dfp-slot2'); });<\/script>    <\/div>  <\/div><!--end adblock--><\/div>\n<p>To provide habitat\u2014including both shelter and food throughout the year\u2014for as many\u00a0kinds of birds as possible, try to include plants from\u00a0these 7\u00a0important groups:<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-list list-style\"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">Related Stories<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/American_Robin-Laura_Meyers-BS-FI.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/American_Robin-Laura_Meyers-BS-FI-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/American_Robin-Laura_Meyers-BS-FI-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/American_Robin-Laura_Meyers-BS-FI-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/American_Robin-Laura_Meyers-BS-FI-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/American_Robin-Laura_Meyers-BS-FI.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">The Best Trees, Vines, and Shrubs to Plant for Birds: a Starter List<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-download\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PFW-garden.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PFW-garden.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PFW-garden-240x135.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"PFW-creating a garden for birds\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Creating a Garden for Birds<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-interactive-feature\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CommonFeederBirds-ID.gif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CommonFeederBirds-ID-720x540.gif 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CommonFeederBirds-ID-240x180.gif 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CommonFeederBirds-ID-768x576.gif 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CommonFeederBirds-ID-480x360.gif 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"common feeder birds and their favorite foods. Illustration by Justine Lee Hirten.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Common Feeder Birds: Quick Info on Food Preferences<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Conifers:<\/strong>\u00a0Evergreens such as pines, spruces, firs, arbor vitae, and junipers provide excellent shelter, nest sites, and food. For example, some northern finches specialize on extracting seeds from conifer cones, and some hummingbirds take insects and sap from the tips of conifer branches when they first return in spring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wild grasses and forbs:\u00a0<\/strong>Untrimmed\u00a0wild\u00a0grasses (as opposed to\u00a0closely cropped lawn grass) as well as\u00a0\u201cweeds\u201d provide cover for ground-nesting birds. Their seeds\u00a0provide abundant food for many birds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nectar producers:\u00a0<\/strong>Flowers, especially those with tubular red corollas, attract hummingbirds and orioles. Insects attracted to these plants also serve as food for many birds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Summer fruits:\u00a0<\/strong>Cherry, chokecherry, native honeysuckle, raspberry, serviceberry, blackberry, blueberry, native mulberry, and elderberry provide food for many birds during the breeding season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Autumn fruits:\u00a0<\/strong>Dogwoods, mountain ash, buffalo-berries, and other fall-bearing fruit and berry plants provide food for migratory birds, both to build up fat reserves before migration and to sustain them along their journey. Non-migratory birds also fatten up on these so they can enter the winter season in good physical condition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Winter\u00a0fruits:\u00a0<\/strong>Plants that hold onto their fruits long after they ripen in the fall provide a winter food source for winter residents and early-returning migrants. Robins, waxwings, Pine Grosbeaks, and mockingbirds are among the birds drawn to fruit trees in winter. Crabapple, snowberry, native bittersweet, sumacs, viburnums, American highbush cranberry, eastern wahoo, Virginia creeper, and winterberry (holly) are all valuable for these birds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nuts and acorns:\u00a0<\/strong>Oaks, hickories, buckeyes, chestnuts, butternuts, walnuts, beeches, and hazels provide food for titmice, jays, turkeys, some\u00a0woodpeckers, and other \u201cmast-eaters.\u201d Insects drawn to their spring flowers provide food for spring-migrating birds. 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