Walnut bed

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Photo Ella Clem 

Nuts of Black Walnut trees provide important fall and winter food for Red-bellied Woodpeckers. The tree provides roosting sites for Eastern Screech-Owls and is a host for caterpillars of the the beautiful Luna and Regal moths.

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Here are other reasons birds like this bed:

• • Berries of the Deciduous Holly attract songbirds such as Eastern Bluebird, Gray Catbird, Blue Jay, American Robin and Eastern Towhee.  Because they ripen in early fall, they provide nutrition to migrating birds.

  • Berries  of the Chokeberry are sour and generally avoided in the fall. Freezing and thawing during winter make them palatable as an early spring food. Cedar Waxwings like these berries.

 Regal Moth, Photo Rip Rhoerer

Plant List

     Juglans nigra            Black Walnut

    Ilex decidua                Swamp Holly

   Symphoricarpos albus  Common Snowberry

    Itea virginica               Virginia-willow

    Aronia arbutifolia        Red Chokeberry

    Diervilla sessifolia       Southern Bush Honeysuckle

   Hypericum prolficum    Shrubby St. John's Wort

More info about Black Walnut

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