Bird Habitat

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All species listed here provide food, cover, or nesting materials for birds, and all are native to eastern Nebraska. This list is for siting reference; we do not grow all plants listed.

Wildflowers

Common Name	Latin Name
columbine	Aquilegia canadensis
tall thistle	Cirsium altissimum
flodman’s thistle	Cirsium flodmanii
stiff tickseed	Coreopsis palmata
golden tickseed	Coreopsis tinctoria
narrow-leaved coneflower	Echinacea angustifolia
common sunflower	Helianthus annus
maximilian sunflower	Helianthus maximiliani
stiff sunflower	Helianthus pauciflorus
sunchoke	Helianthus tuberosus
beebalm	Monarda fistulosa
black-eyed susan	Rudbeckia hirta
sochan, cutleaf coneflower	Rudbeckia laciniata
rosinweed	Silphium integrifolium
cup plant	Silphium perfoliatum

Vines & Shrubs

Common Name	Latin Name
American bittersweet	Celastrus scandens
silky dogwood	Cornus amomum
roughleaf dogwood	Cornus drummondii
Virginia creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia
woodbine	Parthenocissus vitacea
chokecherry	Prunus virginiana
fragrant sumac	Rhus aromatica
smooth sumac	Rhus glabra
gooseberry	Ribes missouriense
peachleaf willow	Salix amygdaloides
black willow	Salix nigra
elderberry	Sambucus canadensis
riverbank grape	Vitis riparia

Grasses & Sedges

Common Name	Latin Name
big bluestem	Andropogon gerardii
bicknel’s sedge	Carex bicknellii
short-beak sedge	Carex brevior
heavy sedge	Carex vulpinoidea
switchgrass	Panicum virgatum
little bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium
indian grass	Sorghastrum nutans