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Audubon experts recommend 125 native plants for Fairfield, CT, 06840.

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Common Buttonbush

SHRUBS

Common Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Wrens
Woodpeckers
Vireos
+11

May attract

Wrens
Woodpeckers
Vireos
Nuthatches
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Common Hackberry

TREES

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Crows & Jays
Vireos
Nuthatches
+10

May attract

Crows & Jays
Vireos
Nuthatches
Waxwings
Orioles

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Common Milkweed

ANNUALS/PER.

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Vireos
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
+11

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Vireos
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wood Warblers
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Common Winterberry

SHRUBS

Common Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Nuthatches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Vireos
+10

May attract

Nuthatches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Vireos
Chickadees & Titmice
Sparrows

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Common Yarrow

ANNUALS/PER.

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Finches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Orioles
+8

May attract

Finches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Orioles
Sparrows
Woodpeckers

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

 
Cup-Plant

ANNUALS/PER.

Cup-Plant

Silphium perfoliatum

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Orioles
Waxwings
+4

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Orioles
Waxwings
Wood Warblers
Hummingbirds

Provides

Nectar

 
Dense Gayfeather

ANNUALS/PER.

Dense Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

Hummingbirds
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos
+4

May attract

Hummingbirds
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos
Wood Warblers
Orioles

Provides

Nectar

 
Downy Service-Berry

SHRUBS / TREES

Downy Service-Berry

Amelanchier arborea

Chickadees & Titmice
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Woodpeckers
+10

May attract

Chickadees & Titmice
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Woodpeckers
Wood Warblers
Waxwings

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Eastern Arborvitae

EVERGREEN / TREES

Eastern Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Woodpeckers
Nuthatches
+10

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Woodpeckers
Nuthatches
Chickadees & Titmice
Vireos

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
Eastern Hemlock

EVERGREEN / TREES

Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Thrushes
Wood Warblers
Crows & Jays
+11

May attract

Thrushes
Wood Warblers
Crows & Jays
Wrens
Nuthatches

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Seeds

 
Eastern Hop-Hornbeam

TREES

Eastern Hop-Hornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Crows & Jays
Vireos
Sparrows
+11

May attract

Crows & Jays
Vireos
Sparrows
Orioles
Waxwings

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Eastern Mock Grama

GRASSES

Eastern Mock Grama

Tripsacum dactyloides

Sparrows
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Chickadees & Titmice
+4

May attract

Sparrows
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Chickadees & Titmice
Crows & Jays
Woodpeckers

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

Seeds

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