Shrub · Rhus glabra
Smooth sumac for backyard birds
Red fruit heads hang on through winter.
- Scientific name
- Rhus glabra
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 47 US states, 6 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 49
Birds most often fed by Smooth sumac
Counted across every state and province where Smooth sumac is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 102 regions
- American Robin — 53 regions
- Northern Flicker — 53 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 53 regions
- European Starling — 53 regions
- House Finch — 50 regions
- Eastern Kingbird — 50 regions
- Yellow-rumped Warbler — 49 regions
- Yellow-breasted Chat — 48 regions
- Red-eyed Vireo — 46 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 45 regions
- Brown Thrasher — 45 regions
Smooth sumac by state and province
Alabama (27 birds)Alberta (27 birds)Arizona (29 birds)Arkansas (27 birds)British Columbia (28 birds)California (30 birds)Colorado (28 birds)Connecticut (29 birds)Delaware (27 birds)Florida (27 birds)Georgia (27 birds)Idaho (27 birds)Illinois (30 birds)Indiana (29 birds)Iowa (26 birds)Kansas (29 birds)Kentucky (29 birds)Louisiana (28 birds)Maine (27 birds)Manitoba (25 birds)Maryland (28 birds)Massachusetts (28 birds)Michigan (29 birds)Minnesota (27 birds)Mississippi (27 birds)Missouri (29 birds)Montana (28 birds)Nebraska (26 birds)New Hampshire (26 birds)New Jersey (31 birds)New Mexico (28 birds)New York (32 birds)North Carolina (29 birds)North Dakota (23 birds)Ohio (29 birds)Oklahoma (32 birds)Ontario (29 birds)Oregon (27 birds)Pennsylvania (30 birds)Quebec (26 birds)Rhode Island (28 birds)Saskatchewan (27 birds)South Carolina (27 birds)South Dakota (23 birds)Tennessee (29 birds)Texas (38 birds)Utah (29 birds)Vermont (26 birds)Virginia (28 birds)Washington (26 birds)West Virginia (28 birds)Wisconsin (29 birds)Wyoming (25 birds)