Shrub · Morella cerifera
Wax myrtle for backyard birds
Evergreen with waxy winter berries.
- Scientific name
- Morella cerifera
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 16 US states, 0 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 46
Birds most often fed by Wax myrtle
Counted across every state and province where Wax myrtle is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 30 regions
- Northern Cardinal — 16 regions
- Eastern Bluebird — 16 regions
- House Finch — 16 regions
- Purple Finch — 16 regions
- American Robin — 16 regions
- White-throated Sparrow — 16 regions
- Northern Flicker — 16 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 16 regions
- Orchard Oriole — 16 regions
- Eastern Towhee — 16 regions
- Northern Mockingbird — 16 regions
Wax myrtle by state and province
Alabama (27 birds)Arkansas (27 birds)Delaware (27 birds)Florida (29 birds)Georgia (27 birds)Kentucky (29 birds)Louisiana (28 birds)Maryland (28 birds)Mississippi (27 birds)New Jersey (31 birds)North Carolina (29 birds)Oklahoma (32 birds)South Carolina (27 birds)Tennessee (29 birds)Texas (38 birds)Virginia (28 birds)