Tree · Tsuga canadensis
Eastern hemlock for backyard birds
Small cones for siskins and chickadees; dense winter roosting.
- Scientific name
- Tsuga canadensis
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 23 US states, 4 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 109
Birds most often fed by Eastern hemlock
Counted across every state and province where Eastern hemlock is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 54 regions
- Eastern Bluebird — 27 regions
- Downy Woodpecker — 27 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 27 regions
- White-breasted Nuthatch — 27 regions
- American Robin — 27 regions
- Song Sparrow — 27 regions
- Northern Flicker — 27 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 27 regions
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker — 27 regions
- Red-breasted Nuthatch — 27 regions
- Brown Creeper — 27 regions
Eastern hemlock by state and province
Alabama (97 birds)Connecticut (88 birds)Delaware (93 birds)Georgia (97 birds)Indiana (94 birds)Kentucky (95 birds)Maine (90 birds)Maryland (94 birds)Massachusetts (90 birds)Michigan (95 birds)Minnesota (94 birds)New Brunswick (84 birds)New Hampshire (89 birds)New Jersey (95 birds)New York (95 birds)North Carolina (101 birds)Nova Scotia (80 birds)Ohio (95 birds)Ontario (100 birds)Pennsylvania (97 birds)Quebec (89 birds)Rhode Island (87 birds)Tennessee (97 birds)Vermont (89 birds)Virginia (96 birds)West Virginia (93 birds)Wisconsin (95 birds)