Shrub · Cornus sericea
Red-osier dogwood for backyard birds
White fruit and red winter stems; good thicket cover.
- Scientific name
- Cornus sericea
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 32 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 49
Birds most often fed by Red-osier dogwood
Counted across every state and province where Red-osier dogwood is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 78 regions
- American Robin — 45 regions
- Northern Flicker — 44 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 44 regions
- European Starling — 41 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 40 regions
- Pine Grosbeak — 40 regions
- Bohemian Waxwing — 40 regions
- Eastern Kingbird — 39 regions
- Red-eyed Vireo — 38 regions
- Hermit Thrush — 37 regions
- House Finch — 35 regions
Red-osier dogwood by state and province
Alaska (12 birds)Alberta (27 birds)Arizona (29 birds)British Columbia (28 birds)California (30 birds)Colorado (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 (28 birds)Missouri (29 birds)Montana (28 birds)Nebraska (26 birds)Nevada (28 birds)New Brunswick (22 birds)New Hampshire (26 birds)New Jersey (31 birds)New Mexico (28 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 (30 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)Utah (29 birds)Vermont (26 birds)Washington (26 birds)Wisconsin (29 birds)Wyoming (25 birds)Yukon (15 birds)