This plant is also known as Button Willow. It is a perennial, deciduous shrub that usually grows 6 to 12 feet tall and has a twisting trunk and crooked branches. Small, white flowers grow to form a distinctive, dense, spherical cluster with protruding pistils, and the fruits are brown and button-like in appearance. This shrub grows in partial to full shade, and in a variety of moist to wet soils including loam, clay, limestone, and sandy soils. The flowers and fruits attract many pollinators and birds.
May Attract
Common Buttonbush is thought to attract these families of birds
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Alternate-Leaf Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
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Chickadees & Titmice
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos
Crows & Jays
Nuthatches
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American Basswood
Tilia americana
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Finches
Sparrows
Nuthatches
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SHRUBS
American Beauty-Berry
Callicarpa americana
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Waxwings
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Crows & Jays
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Orioles
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American Beech
Fagus grandifolia
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Chickadees & Titmice
Wrens
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Finches
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
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SHRUBS
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
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Orioles
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Vireos
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EVERGREEN / SHRUBS / TREES
American Holly
Ilex opaca
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May attract
Nuthatches
Sparrows
Crows & Jays
Woodpeckers
Orioles
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American Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
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May attract
Sparrows
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Orioles
Vireos
Waxwings
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SHRUBS / TREES
American Plum
Prunus americana
+10
May attract
Crows & Jays
Vireos
Wrens
Nuthatches
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
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