Perennial · Chamaenerion angustifolium
Fireweed for backyard birds
Tall magenta spikes are a key northern hummingbird flower.
- Scientific name
- Chamaenerion angustifolium
- Plant type
- Perennial
- What birds get from it
- nectar, seed
- Native in
- 24 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 80
Birds most often fed by Fireweed
Counted across every state and province where Fireweed is native and the bird is present:
- Common Redpoll — 58 regions
- Dark-eyed Junco — 37 regions
- Mallard — 37 regions
- Canada Goose — 37 regions
- Savannah Sparrow — 37 regions
- Horned Lark — 37 regions
- Song Sparrow — 36 regions
- Chipping Sparrow — 36 regions
- Red-winged Blackbird — 36 regions
- Pine Siskin — 36 regions
- American Tree Sparrow — 36 regions
- Vesper Sparrow — 36 regions
Fireweed by state and province
Alaska (26 birds)Alberta (45 birds)British Columbia (49 birds)California (49 birds)Colorado (49 birds)Connecticut (41 birds)Idaho (48 birds)Maine (42 birds)Manitoba (42 birds)Massachusetts (42 birds)Michigan (48 birds)Minnesota (47 birds)Montana (48 birds)Nevada (54 birds)New Brunswick (37 birds)New Hampshire (42 birds)New Jersey (44 birds)New York (45 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (30 birds)North Dakota (52 birds)Northwest Territories (28 birds)Nova Scotia (35 birds)Nunavut (14 birds)Ontario (46 birds)Oregon (47 birds)Pennsylvania (46 birds)Prince Edward Island (29 birds)Quebec (43 birds)Rhode Island (39 birds)Saskatchewan (43 birds)South Dakota (53 birds)Utah (49 birds)Vermont (42 birds)Washington (48 birds)Wisconsin (48 birds)Wyoming (47 birds)Yukon (29 birds)