Shrub · Rhus typhina
Staghorn sumac for backyard birds
Fruit clusters persist all winter as emergency food.
- Scientific name
- Rhus typhina
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 25 US states, 5 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 32
Birds most often fed by Staghorn sumac
Counted across every state and province where Staghorn sumac is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 60 regions
- Purple Finch — 30 regions
- American Robin — 30 regions
- White-throated Sparrow — 30 regions
- Northern Flicker — 30 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 30 regions
- Cedar Waxwing — 30 regions
- Eastern Kingbird — 30 regions
- European Starling — 30 regions
- Scarlet Tanager — 30 regions
- Red-eyed Vireo — 30 regions
- Northern Cardinal — 29 regions
Staghorn sumac by state and province
Connecticut (29 birds)Delaware (27 birds)Georgia (27 birds)Illinois (30 birds)Indiana (29 birds)Iowa (26 birds)Kentucky (29 birds)Maine (27 birds)Maryland (28 birds)Massachusetts (28 birds)Michigan (29 birds)Minnesota (27 birds)Missouri (29 birds)New Brunswick (22 birds)New Hampshire (26 birds)New Jersey (31 birds)New York (32 birds)North Carolina (29 birds)Nova Scotia (23 birds)Ohio (29 birds)Ontario (29 birds)Pennsylvania (30 birds)Prince Edward Island (19 birds)Quebec (26 birds)Rhode Island (28 birds)Tennessee (29 birds)Vermont (26 birds)Virginia (28 birds)West Virginia (28 birds)Wisconsin (29 birds)