Tree · Prunus pensylvanica
Pin cherry for backyard birds
Fast-growing northern cherry with midsummer fruit.
- Scientific name
- Prunus pensylvanica
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 17 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 43
Birds most often fed by Pin cherry
Counted across every state and province where Pin cherry is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 54 regions
- American Robin — 30 regions
- Northern Flicker — 29 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 29 regions
- Red-eyed Vireo — 29 regions
- Eastern Kingbird — 28 regions
- Hermit Thrush — 28 regions
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak — 27 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 27 regions
- European Starling — 27 regions
- Bohemian Waxwing — 27 regions
- White-throated Sparrow — 26 regions
Pin cherry by state and province
Alberta (27 birds)British Columbia (28 birds)Colorado (28 birds)Connecticut (29 birds)Maine (27 birds)Manitoba (25 birds)Massachusetts (28 birds)Michigan (29 birds)Minnesota (27 birds)New Brunswick (22 birds)New Hampshire (26 birds)New Jersey (31 birds)New York (32 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (20 birds)North Carolina (29 birds)North Dakota (23 birds)Northwest Territories (17 birds)Nova Scotia (23 birds)Nunavut (6 birds)Ontario (29 birds)Pennsylvania (30 birds)Prince Edward Island (19 birds)Quebec (26 birds)Rhode Island (28 birds)Saskatchewan (27 birds)South Dakota (23 birds)Tennessee (29 birds)Vermont (26 birds)Wisconsin (29 birds)Yukon (15 birds)