Shrub · Ilex vomitoria
Yaupon holly for backyard birds
Evergreen cover with heavy winter berry crops.
- Scientific name
- Ilex vomitoria
- Plant type
- Shrub
- What birds get from it
- fruit and berries
- Native in
- 13 US states, 0 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 43
Birds most often fed by Yaupon holly
Counted across every state and province where Yaupon holly is native and the bird is present:
- Gray Catbird — 24 regions
- Northern Cardinal — 13 regions
- Eastern Bluebird — 13 regions
- House Finch — 13 regions
- Purple Finch — 13 regions
- American Robin — 13 regions
- White-throated Sparrow — 13 regions
- Northern Flicker — 13 regions
- Pileated Woodpecker — 13 regions
- Orchard Oriole — 13 regions
- Eastern Towhee — 13 regions
- Northern Mockingbird — 13 regions