Shrub · Gaultheria shallon
Salal for backyard birds
Dark berries and evergreen understory cover.
- Scientific name
- Gaultheria shallon
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 4 US states, 1 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 37
Birds most often fed by Salal
Counted across every state and province where Salal is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 6 regions
- American Robin — 5 regions
- Northern Flicker — 5 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 5 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 5 regions
- Mountain Bluebird — 5 regions
- Fox Sparrow — 5 regions
- Varied Thrush — 5 regions
- Hermit Thrush — 5 regions
- Pine Grosbeak — 5 regions
- Canada Jay — 4 regions
- Bohemian Waxwing — 4 regions