Tree · Picea glauca
White spruce for backyard birds
Cone crops drive winter irruptions of finches and crossbills.
- Scientific name
- Picea glauca
- Plant type
- Tree
- What birds get from it
- conifer seed and cover, insects for nestlings
- Native in
- 11 US states, 13 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 127
Birds most often fed by White spruce
Counted across every state and province where White spruce is native and the bird is present:
- Common Redpoll — 48 regions
- Gray Catbird — 40 regions
- American Robin — 24 regions
- Canada Jay — 24 regions
- Common Raven — 24 regions
- Belted Kingfisher — 24 regions
- Golden-crowned Kinglet — 24 regions
- Red Crossbill — 24 regions
- Bank Swallow — 24 regions
- Spotted Sandpiper — 24 regions
- Merlin — 24 regions
- Peregrine Falcon — 24 regions
White spruce by state and province
Alaska (55 birds)Alberta (91 birds)British Columbia (95 birds)Maine (90 birds)Manitoba (89 birds)Michigan (94 birds)Minnesota (94 birds)Montana (90 birds)New Brunswick (84 birds)New Hampshire (89 birds)New York (95 birds)Newfoundland and Labrador (68 birds)Northwest Territories (60 birds)Nova Scotia (80 birds)Nunavut (22 birds)Ontario (100 birds)Prince Edward Island (71 birds)Quebec (89 birds)Saskatchewan (88 birds)South Dakota (93 birds)Vermont (89 birds)Wisconsin (95 birds)Wyoming (89 birds)Yukon (59 birds)