Shrub · Morella pensylvanica
Bayberry for backyard birds
Waxy fruit carries Yellow-rumped Warblers through coastal winters.
- Scientific name
- Morella pensylvanica
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 13 US states, 6 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 33
Birds most often fed by Bayberry
Counted across every state and province where Bayberry is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 38 regions
- Purple Finch — 19 regions
- American Robin — 19 regions
- White-throated Sparrow — 19 regions
- Northern Flicker — 19 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 19 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 19 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 19 regions
- Eastern Kingbird — 19 regions
- European Starling — 19 regions
- Scarlet Tanager — 19 regions
- Red-eyed Vireo — 19 regions
Bayberry by state and province
Connecticut (29 birds)Delaware (27 birds)Maine (27 birds)Maryland (28 birds)Massachusetts (28 birds)New Brunswick (22 birds)New Hampshire (26 birds)New Jersey (31 birds)New York (32 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (20 birds)North Carolina (29 birds)Nova Scotia (24 birds)Ohio (29 birds)Ontario (29 birds)Pennsylvania (30 birds)Prince Edward Island (19 birds)Quebec (26 birds)Rhode Island (28 birds)Virginia (28 birds)