Perennial · Schizachyrium scoparium
Little bluestem for backyard birds
Native bunchgrass; winter seed and ground cover for sparrows and juncos.
- Scientific name
- Schizachyrium scoparium
- Plant type
- Perennial
- What birds get from it
- seed
- Native in
- 48 US states, 6 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 75
Birds most often fed by Little bluestem
Counted across every state and province where Little bluestem is native and the bird is present:
- American Goldfinch — 54 regions
- Mourning Dove — 54 regions
- Dark-eyed Junco — 54 regions
- Song Sparrow — 54 regions
- Chipping Sparrow — 54 regions
- Red-winged Blackbird — 54 regions
- Pine Siskin — 54 regions
- House Sparrow — 54 regions
- American Crow — 54 regions
- Mallard — 54 regions
- Brown-headed Cowbird — 54 regions
- Canada Goose — 54 regions
Little bluestem by state and province
Alabama (39 birds)Alberta (41 birds)Arizona (44 birds)Arkansas (42 birds)California (42 birds)Colorado (46 birds)Connecticut (39 birds)Delaware (37 birds)Florida (41 birds)Georgia (40 birds)Idaho (44 birds)Illinois (48 birds)Indiana (46 birds)Iowa (47 birds)Kansas (50 birds)Kentucky (40 birds)Louisiana (43 birds)Maine (40 birds)Manitoba (40 birds)Maryland (39 birds)Massachusetts (40 birds)Michigan (45 birds)Minnesota (45 birds)Mississippi (40 birds)Missouri (49 birds)Montana (44 birds)Nebraska (50 birds)Nevada (46 birds)New Brunswick (35 birds)New Hampshire (40 birds)New Jersey (41 birds)New Mexico (48 birds)New York (42 birds)North Carolina (42 birds)North Dakota (48 birds)Ohio (47 birds)Oklahoma (52 birds)Ontario (43 birds)Oregon (43 birds)Pennsylvania (43 birds)Quebec (41 birds)Rhode Island (37 birds)Saskatchewan (40 birds)South Carolina (40 birds)South Dakota (49 birds)Tennessee (40 birds)Texas (57 birds)Utah (44 birds)Vermont (40 birds)Virginia (40 birds)Washington (44 birds)West Virginia (39 birds)Wisconsin (45 birds)Wyoming (44 birds)