Shrub · Empetrum nigrum
Crowberry for backyard birds
Arctic berry that survives under snow into spring.
- Scientific name
- Empetrum nigrum
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 9 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 47
Birds most often fed by Crowberry
Counted across every state and province where Crowberry is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 34 regions
- American Robin — 22 regions
- Hermit Thrush — 22 regions
- Pine Grosbeak — 22 regions
- Northern Flicker — 21 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 21 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 21 regions
- Canada Jay — 21 regions
- Bohemian Waxwing — 21 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 19 regions
- Purple Finch — 18 regions
- Eastern Kingbird — 18 regions
Crowberry by state and province
Alaska (12 birds)Alberta (27 birds)British Columbia (28 birds)California (30 birds)Maine (27 birds)Manitoba (25 birds)Michigan (29 birds)Minnesota (27 birds)New Brunswick (22 birds)New Hampshire (26 birds)New York (32 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (20 birds)Northwest Territories (17 birds)Nova Scotia (23 birds)Nunavut (6 birds)Ontario (29 birds)Oregon (27 birds)Prince Edward Island (19 birds)Quebec (26 birds)Saskatchewan (27 birds)Washington (26 birds)Yukon (15 birds)