Shrub · Rubus spectabilis
Salmonberry for backyard birds
Spring flowers for Rufous Hummingbirds, early fruit for thrushes.
- Scientific name
- Rubus spectabilis
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries, nectar
- Native in
- 5 US states, 1 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 44
Birds most often fed by Salmonberry
Counted across every state and province where Salmonberry is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 8 regions
- American Robin — 6 regions
- Northern Flicker — 6 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 6 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 6 regions
- Mountain Bluebird — 6 regions
- Fox Sparrow — 6 regions
- Varied Thrush — 6 regions
- Hermit Thrush — 6 regions
- Pine Grosbeak — 6 regions
- Canada Jay — 5 regions
- Rufous Hummingbird — 5 regions