Shrub · Viburnum trilobum
Highbush cranberry for backyard birds
Red fruit persists until late winter when other food is gone.
- Scientific name
- Viburnum trilobum
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 22 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 43
Birds most often fed by Highbush cranberry
Counted across every state and province where Highbush cranberry is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 64 regions
- American Robin — 35 regions
- Northern Flicker — 34 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 34 regions
- Bohemian Waxwing — 34 regions
- Eastern Kingbird — 33 regions
- Pine Grosbeak — 33 regions
- European Starling — 32 regions
- Red-eyed Vireo — 32 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 31 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 31 regions
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak — 29 regions
Highbush cranberry by state and province
Alberta (27 birds)British Columbia (28 birds)Connecticut (29 birds)Idaho (27 birds)Illinois (30 birds)Indiana (29 birds)Iowa (26 birds)Maine (27 birds)Manitoba (25 birds)Massachusetts (28 birds)Michigan (29 birds)Minnesota (27 birds)Montana (28 birds)New Brunswick (22 birds)New Hampshire (26 birds)New Jersey (31 birds)New York (32 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (20 birds)North Dakota (23 birds)Northwest Territories (17 birds)Nova Scotia (24 birds)Nunavut (6 birds)Ohio (29 birds)Ontario (29 birds)Oregon (27 birds)Pennsylvania (30 birds)Prince Edward Island (19 birds)Quebec (26 birds)Rhode Island (28 birds)Saskatchewan (27 birds)South Dakota (23 birds)Vermont (26 birds)Washington (26 birds)Wisconsin (29 birds)Yukon (15 birds)