Plants that are known to provide food and cover for a broad variety of birds

Annuals
Bachelor Button (Centauria cynus)
Cosmos (Cosmos ssp.)
Portulaca (esp. P. grandiflora)
Plume cockscomb (Celosia plumose)
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Verbena (Verbena hybrids)
Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)

Perennials
Asters (Asters, all species)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia, all species)
Coreopsis (Coreopsis, all species)
Globe thistle (Echinops, all species)
Grasses (Cortedaria, Miscanthus)
Heliopsis (all species)
Pinks (Dianthus, all species)
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Scabiosa (Scabiosa caucasica)
Stonecrop (Sedum spectabile)
Sunflower (Helianthus, all species)

Groundcovers
Carpet bugleweed (Ajuga reptains)
Creeping Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster adpressus)
Creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)
Strawberry (Frageria, all species and cultivars)

Shrubs
Arborvita (Thuja occidentalis)
Blackberry and raspberry (Rubus, all species)
Blueberry (Vaccinium, all species)
Boxwood (Buxus, all species)
Current (Ribes, all species)
Elderberry (Sambucus, all species)
Firethorn (Pyracantha, all species)
Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis)
Shrubs, continued
Holly (Winterberry - Ilex verticillata)
(Longstalk holly - Ilex pedunculosa)
(Ilex meserveae)
Juniper (Juniperus, all species)
Mugo pine (Pinus mugo)
Rose (Rosa, esp. old fashioned shrub variety
(Wild rose, Rose virginiana)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
Spice bush (Lindera benzoin)
Spruce (Picea, dwarf and standard varieties)
Viburnum (Amer. Cranberry bush - V.trilobum)
(Arrowood Viburnum - V. dentatum)
(Wayfaringtree Viburnum - V.lantana)
Yew (Taxus, all species)

Trees
Apple (Malus, all species)
Birch (Betula, all species)
Black walnut (Juglans nigra)
Cherry (Prunus, all species)
Crabapple (Malus, all species)
Dogwood (Flowering dogwood - Cornus florida)
(Kousa dogwood - Cornus kousa)
(Pagoda dogwood - Cornus alternifolia)
Hackberry (Common hackberry - Celtis occidentalis)
Honey locust (Gleditsia laevigata)
Oak (Quercus, all species)
Pine (Pinus, all species)
Poplar, Aspen (Populus, all species)
Red maple (Acer rubrum)
Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipfera)

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