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HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY (CAPRIFOLIACEAE)
Bird food Coral honeysuckle nectar: hummingbirds Coral honeysuckle seeds: bobwhites, cardinals, goldfinches, pine siskins, purple finches, sparrows Elderberry fruit: blue jays, bluebirds, brown thrashers, cardinals, catbirds, cedar waxwings, indigo buntings, kingbirds, mockingbirds, rose-breasted grosbeaks, song sparrows, white-breasted nuthatches, woodpeckers, many others Viburnum berries: blue jays, bluebirds, brown thrashers, cardinals, catbirds, cedar waxwings, flickers, mockingbirds, sparrows, vireos, yellow-rumped warblers, game birds Butterfly larval food Viburnum: Spring Azure Butterfly nectar food Coral honeysuckle: several species Viburnum: Southern Hairstreak, White M Hairstreak Wildlife food Viburnum berries: small mammals Wildlife shelter Viburnum: good cover and nesting sites

name	area	flower & fruit	season	other

Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens	NCS	red, orange red, orange	SpSu SpSu	p, v
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis	NCS	white purplish black	SpSuFW SpSuF	s, ta
Possum haw Viburnum nudum	NC	yellow pink-blue black	Sp F	s/t
Walter's viburnum Viburnum obovatum	NCS	white black	Sp F	s/t
Rusty black haw Viburnum rufidulum	NC	white blue	Sp FW	s/st

Codes:

N=north
C=central
S=south

Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter

a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine

i=invasive

ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans

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