Plants for Birds

Native plants help support our birds throughout the year.
https://www.audubon.org/plantsforbirds

Some birds eat berries, and some birds drink nectar, but almost all songbirds feed caterpillars and other insects to their young. Native plants serve as host plants for the butterfly and moth caterpillars which sustain 96% of all songbirds. This one minute video tells the story well:

“Plants for Birds,” National Audubon

Cache Valley Chapter, Utah Native Plants Group on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/209710835327/

  • Local Garden Centers & Nurseries: Ask for Native Plants
  • Anderson’s Seed & Garden 69 W Center Street, Logan, UT – 84321
  • FreckleFarm 3915 N Highway 91 Hyde Park, UT, 84318 https://frecklefarminc.com/
  • Zollinger Fruit & Tree Farm, 1000 E River Heights Blvd, River Heights, UT 84321

Helpful Documents:
Jim Cane’s Gardening for Native Bees in Utah and Beyond, includes a flowering calendar for cultivated bee plants:
http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/plants-pollinators09.pdf

Creating Landscapes for Wildlife… A Guide for Backyards in Utah, Written by Sue Nordstrom and Illustrated by Kathlyn Collins Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Utah State University with Margy Halpin, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; Second Printing 2001,
Updated for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, by Frank Howe, DWR Avian coordinator; Ben Franklin, DWR–Utah Natural Heritage Program botanist; Randy Brudnicki, DWR publications editor; and landscape planning illustrations by Stephanie Duer.,
Published by:
State of Utah Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources,
Utah State University Cooperative Extension Service and
Utah State University Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning;
1991 updated 2001 http://digitallibrary.utah.gov/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=10215 &
https://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/landscapingforwildlife.pdf

Handbook on Riparian Restoration
http://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/riparian.pdf

Utah Invasives Calendar 2025, https://extension.usu.edu/planthealth/ipm/files/temp/utah-invasives-calendar2025.pdf (Art by Meg Kast)

Tallamy, Doug, Sustainable Landscaping, Research, University of Delaware, May 2, 2013, 2.26 min, https://youtu.be/NTbPNwNIoLs

TreeBrowser, Extension, Utah State University, https://extension.usu.edu/treebrowser/