Tree · Larix laricina
Tamarack for backyard birds
Deciduous conifer with small cones for siskins and redpolls.
- Scientific name
- Larix laricina
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 18 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 127
Birds most often fed by Tamarack
Counted across every state and province where Tamarack is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 54 regions
- Common Redpoll — 46 regions
- American Robin — 31 regions
- Belted Kingfisher — 31 regions
- Golden-crowned Kinglet — 31 regions
- Winter Wren — 31 regions
- Red Crossbill — 31 regions
- Bank Swallow — 31 regions
- Spotted Sandpiper — 31 regions
- Merlin — 31 regions
- Peregrine Falcon — 31 regions
- Northern Saw-whet Owl — 31 regions
Tamarack by state and province
Alaska (55 birds)Alberta (91 birds)British Columbia (95 birds)Connecticut (88 birds)Illinois (94 birds)Indiana (94 birds)Maine (90 birds)Manitoba (89 birds)Maryland (94 birds)Massachusetts (90 birds)Michigan (94 birds)Minnesota (94 birds)New Brunswick (84 birds)New Hampshire (89 birds)New Jersey (95 birds)New York (95 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (68 birds)Northwest Territories (60 birds)Nova Scotia (80 birds)Nunavut (22 birds)Ohio (95 birds)Ontario (100 birds)Pennsylvania (97 birds)Prince Edward Island (71 birds)Quebec (89 birds)Rhode Island (87 birds)Saskatchewan (88 birds)Vermont (89 birds)West Virginia (93 birds)Wisconsin (95 birds)Yukon (59 birds)