Tree · Sassafras albidum
Sassafras for backyard birds
Blue fruit on red stalks in late summer.
- Scientific name
- Sassafras albidum
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 32 US states, 1 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 145
Birds most often fed by Sassafras
Counted across every state and province where Sassafras is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 64 regions
- Northern Cardinal — 33 regions
- Eastern Bluebird — 33 regions
- Purple Martin — 33 regions
- Downy Woodpecker — 33 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 33 regions
- Tufted Titmouse — 33 regions
- White-breasted Nuthatch — 33 regions
- House Finch — 33 regions
- Purple Finch — 33 regions
- American Robin — 33 regions
- White-throated Sparrow — 33 regions
Sassafras by state and province
Alabama (102 birds)Arkansas (102 birds)Connecticut (93 birds)Delaware (98 birds)Florida (99 birds)Georgia (102 birds)Illinois (101 birds)Indiana (100 birds)Iowa (94 birds)Kansas (106 birds)Kentucky (100 birds)Louisiana (107 birds)Maine (91 birds)Maryland (99 birds)Massachusetts (92 birds)Michigan (96 birds)Mississippi (102 birds)Missouri (103 birds)New Hampshire (90 birds)New Jersey (102 birds)New York (99 birds)North Carolina (106 birds)Ohio (100 birds)Oklahoma (117 birds)Ontario (102 birds)Pennsylvania (100 birds)Rhode Island (92 birds)South Carolina (102 birds)Tennessee (102 birds)Texas (131 birds)Vermont (90 birds)Virginia (101 birds)West Virginia (98 birds)