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Location
May not be native
Use Location
Type
Shrubs, Trees
Attributes
Butterflies, Caterpillars, Fruit
This perennial, deciduous shrub grows 8 to 15 feet tall, and produces clusters of white flowers in the spring as well as cranberry-like red berries. This plant’s foliage tends to turn an attractive purplish red color in the fall. It grows in full sun to partial shade and moist to wet, well-drained soils, attracting butterflies.
May Attract
Highbush-Cranberry is thought to attract these families of birds
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski
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