Shrub · Lindera benzoin
Spicebush for backyard birds
Lipid-rich red fruit fuels fall migrants.
- Scientific name
- Lindera benzoin
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 34 US states, 1 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 145
Birds most often fed by Spicebush
Counted across every state and province where Spicebush is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 68 regions
- Northern Cardinal — 35 regions
- Eastern Bluebird — 35 regions
- Purple Martin — 35 regions
- Downy Woodpecker — 35 regions
- Hairy Woodpecker — 35 regions
- Tufted Titmouse — 35 regions
- White-breasted Nuthatch — 35 regions
- House Finch — 35 regions
- Purple Finch — 35 regions
- American Robin — 35 regions
- White-throated Sparrow — 35 regions
Spicebush 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)Minnesota (95 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)Wisconsin (97 birds)