Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary
Under the invasive vines, the Sanctuary is home to many native regional plant species. Many provide an important food source to songbirds, butterflies and small mammals. The only trees planted by man were the tall pines along Second Avenue after the ’62 storm, by local boy scouts.
Norway Maple
Stradivarius violins are made of this
Sugar Maple
Reaches heights of 100’
Seeds for songbirds
Black Cherry
Fruit for Songbirds & butterflies
Sassafras
Songbird & butterflies feast on these
Virginia Creeper
Food for migrating birds
Black Elderberry
Food for 33 species of songbirds
Blackberry
Songbird food
Field Garlic
Repels certain insects
Little Blue Stem
Seeds are eaten by small mammals
Broomsedge
Wildlife eat seeds
Asparagus
the trendy white asparagus!
Sweet Birch
remember birch beer?
Yellow Birch
Rare in South Jersey
Grey Birch
seeds for birds
Barberry
Food for birds
Pignut Hickory
nuts for birds & small animals
Hickory
animals eat nuts
Shagbark Hickory
indians & wildlife like nuts
American Chestnut
wildlife eat nuts
Hackberry
Tolerant to wind
Reindeer Moss
Likes sandy soil
Catalpa
Maritime Forest - salt tolerant
Sweet Fern
Likes sandy soil
Flowering Dogwood
Food for 36 species of songbirds
Orchard Grass
Food for birds
Hawthorn
Maritime Forest - salt tolerant - berries for birds
Jimson weed
hallucinogen & poisonous
Persimmon
Food for birds
Field Horsetail
extract used in perfumes
Autumn Olive
birds like berries
can be used to make wine
European Beech
Tree flowers when 30 - 80 years old
American Beech
Reaches heights of 80’
Fescue grass
think lawn grass
Wild Strawberry
Virginia Strawberry
fruit enjoyed by many
Forsythia - golden bells
cardinals & robins feed on flower buds in the spring
White Ash
reaches height of 80’
Dangleberry
High value wildlife food
Wintergreen
Food for birds
Soybean
Songbird food
English Ivy
Songbirds eat berries
Eastern Red Cedar
Birds like seeds
Black Walnut
best nut production when tree is 30 years old
Common Privet
Birds like seed
Perennial Ryegrass
seeds for songbirds
Ground Pine
boreal forest plant
Ground Cedar
boreal forest plant
Club Moss
One of the oldest living plants still on Earth
Crab Apple
rabbits like the fruit
Osage-orange
Deters insects
Partridgeberry
food for birds & small mammals
Northern Bayberry
food for birds
Mulberry
Cardinals like these berries
Eastern Hophornbeam
food for wildlife
Evening primrose
food for birds
Devil’s - tongue
cactus
Royal paulowinia
trees are believed to bring Good Fortune
Pokeberry
Indians used berries for dye
Canary grass
songbirds eat seeds
White Pine
important cover for songbirds
Norway Spruce
important cover for songbirds
Pitch pine
seeds are eaten by birds & rabbits eat seedlings.
Red pine
birds, squirrels & mice eat seeds
Black pine
likes saltspray
Japanese black pine
likes saltspray
Norway Spruce
important for cover and nesting
Virginia pine
provides nesting habitat
Rugel’s plantain
food for bunnies
Bear Oak
only bears like bitter acorns
Plantain
Food for birds
Annual bluegrass
songbirds eat seeds
Mayapple
poisonous
Kentucky bluegrass
songbirds eat seeds
Christmas fern
Stays green all winter
Bracken fern
55 million years old
Cottonwood tree
reaches heights of 40’ to 60’
White poplar
not considered invasive in New Jersey
Bigtooth aspen
birds use for food & nest building
Trembling aspen
habitat & food for birds
American mountain ash
berries provide food supply in winter for birds
Peach tree
fruit attracts birds & squirrels
Bradford pear
birds like seeds & fruit
Summer grape
strong on flavor, week on sugar, attracts birds
Native Maritime Forest Plants & Trees
