Native Plants

American Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis
Location

Native to

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Type
Trees
Attributes
Butterflies, Caterpillars, Fruit, Nuts

This plant also goes by Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Buttonwood, and Buttonball Tree. A deciduous, perennial tree with a large trunk and wide-reaching canopy, it grows 75 to 100 feet tall and produces large, maple-shaped leaves and globular fruit. It grows in full sun to shade, and in moist, sandy loams or silty clays. This tree is deer resistant and attracts birds especially for shelter.

May Attract

American Sycamore is thought to attract these families of birds
Family
Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Family
Chickadees and Titmice
Family
Crows, Magpies, Jays
Family
Finches
Family
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Family
Nuthatches
Family
Blackbirds and Orioles
Family
New World Sparrows
Family
Thrushes
Family
Vireos
Family
Waxwings
Family
Wood Warblers
Family
Woodpeckers
Family
Wrens

Audubon Centers, State Offices & Chapters

These Audubon locations near you offer native plant services

In some parts of the country you may not have a "local" Audubon that is able to provide help with native plants for birds, but we will still show you the closest Audubon that can help.

Coastal Georgia Audubon Society

P.O. Box 21726, St Simons Island, GA 31522

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American Basswood

TREES

American Basswood

Tilia americana

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Thrushes
Woodpeckers
+11

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Thrushes
Woodpeckers
Crows & Jays
Orioles

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
American Beauty-Berry

SHRUBS

American Beauty-Berry

Callicarpa americana

Chickadees & Titmice
Vireos
Wood Warblers
+10

May attract

Chickadees & Titmice
Vireos
Wood Warblers
Sparrows
Cardinals & Grosbeaks

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
American Beech

TREES

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

Nuthatches
Wrens
Woodpeckers
+11

May attract

Nuthatches
Wrens
Woodpeckers
Wood Warblers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

Local resources
Your local Audubon offering native plant services is Birds Georgia.
825 Warner St. SW, Ste. B, Atlanta, GA 30310
| admin@birdsgeorgia.org
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American Elm

TREES

American Elm

Ulmus americana

Thrushes
Finches
Waxwings
+11

May attract

Thrushes
Finches
Waxwings
Chickadees & Titmice
Wood Warblers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
American Hazelnut

SHRUBS

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

Thrushes
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Sparrows
+11

May attract

Thrushes
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Sparrows
Nuthatches
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
American Hornbeam

TREES

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Finches
Thrushes
Sparrows
+11

May attract

Finches
Thrushes
Sparrows
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wrens

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
American Witch-Hazel

SHRUBS / TREES

American Witch-Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Nuthatches
Orioles
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
+11

May attract

Nuthatches
Orioles
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos
Waxwings

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Ash-Leaf Maple

TREES

Ash-Leaf Maple

Acer negundo

Chickadees & Titmice
Crows & Jays
Sparrows
+11

May attract

Chickadees & Titmice
Crows & Jays
Sparrows
Nuthatches
Thrushes

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Azure-Blue Sage

ANNUALS/PER.

Azure-Blue Sage

Salvia azurea

Waxwings
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos
+4

May attract

Waxwings
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos
Hummingbirds
Sparrows

Provides

Nectar

 
Beaked Hazelnut

SHRUBS

Beaked Hazelnut

Corylus cornuta

Orioles
Vireos
Sparrows
+11

May attract

Orioles
Vireos
Sparrows
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Waxwings

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

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Native plants help support our birds throughout the year.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski