Tree · Picea mariana
Black spruce for backyard birds
Persistent cones in boreal bogs.
- Scientific name
- Picea mariana
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- conifer seed and cover
- Native in
- 8 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 22
Birds most often fed by Black spruce
Counted across every state and province where Black spruce is native and the bird is present:
- Common Redpoll — 42 regions
- Canada Jay — 21 regions
- Golden-crowned Kinglet — 21 regions
- Pine Grosbeak — 21 regions
- Red Crossbill — 21 regions
- Northern Saw-whet Owl — 21 regions
- White-winged Crossbill — 21 regions
- Black-capped Chickadee — 20 regions
- Red-breasted Nuthatch — 20 regions
- Pine Siskin — 20 regions
- Black-backed Woodpecker — 20 regions
- Evening Grosbeak — 17 regions
Black spruce by state and province
Alaska (16 birds)Alberta (18 birds)British Columbia (22 birds)Maine (14 birds)Manitoba (15 birds)Michigan (14 birds)Minnesota (14 birds)New Brunswick (15 birds)New Hampshire (14 birds)New York (14 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (15 birds)Northwest Territories (14 birds)Nova Scotia (15 birds)Nunavut (10 birds)Ontario (16 birds)Prince Edward Island (15 birds)Quebec (16 birds)Saskatchewan (15 birds)Vermont (14 birds)Wisconsin (14 birds)Yukon (15 birds)