GrowNativePlants Plant Directory

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus bird

Black-capped Chickadee
(c) Blake Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Blake Ross

Insectivorous songbird; nestlings depend almost entirely on caterpillars. Native trees rich in lepidoptera (aspen, willow, birch, cherry) anchor its food supply.

7 documented plant relationships.

shelters in

(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–Juneno rights reserved, uploaded by Dezene Huber · cc0Paper BirchBetula papyriferatree · April–May(c) Tom Norton, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tom NortonPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · May(c) bobkennedy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by bobkennedyPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–April(c) Harvey Barrison, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)Sandbar WillowSalix interiorshrub · Apr-May(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanTrembling AspenPopulus tremuloidestree · April

eats seed of

(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–September