40 Houston Plants for Birds: Two Experts Show you Habitat Flowers and Trees at Russ Pitman Park

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Do you have a small plot of earth in the Houston area? Do you want it to attract birds? In this video - table of contents below - two native plant experts take you into Bellaire’s Russ Pitman Park, where they introduce you to over 40 species of plants you might consider for your bird habitat. And remember: Since insects are bird food, plants that attract insects are great for birds!

Here's a table of contents to help you navigate the video:

1) Intro to Russ Pitman Park (1:36)
2) Indian Blanket (9:12)
3) Inland Sea Oats (10:07)
4) Pecan (11:24)
5) Spotted Beebalm (12:48)
6) Arrowwood Viburnum (14:09)
7) A look at the Russ Pitman Park's Bird Board (15:21)
8) Drummond Red Maple (16:03)
9) Texas Coneflower (17:49)
10) Tropical Sage (19:50)
11) Black Eyed Susan (20:53)
12) Mexican Plum (21:41)
13) American Beautyberry (23:23)
14) Why thickets are great for birds (24:33)
15) Sugarberry (25:24)
16) Cherry Laurel (27:12)
17) Gum Bumelia (28:20)
18) Possumhaw Holly (29:25)
19) Yaupon Holly (30:41)
20) Cherokee Sedge (32:19)
21) Willow Oak (33:09)
22) Coralberry (33:57)
23) Parsley Hawthorn (35:13)
24) Loblolly Pine (36:15)
25) Live Oak (37:33)
26) Buttonbush (38:43)
27) Roughleaf Dogwood (40:28)
28) Red Mulberry (41:40)
29) Scarlet Buckeye (44:45)
30) Seaside Goldenrod (46:30)
31) Maximillian Sunflower (48:18)
32) Gayfeather (50:16)
33) Sharp Blazing Star (51:24)
34) Little Bluestem (52:32)
35) Virginia Wild Rye (54:03)
36) Frogfruit (55:15)
37) Black Willow (56:50)
38) River Birch (58:11)
39) Turk's Cap (59:11)
40) Why you need a water feature (1:00:07)
41) American Sycamore (1:00:52)
42) Hornbeam (1:01:48)
43) American Elm (1:02:43)
44) Wax Myrtle (1:03:24)
45) Betsy Black's backyard oasis (1:04:22)

This film is part of the Native Landscaping Certification Program offered by the Native Plant Society of Texas. Find out more about the program here:
https://npsot.org/wp/houston/nlcp/
And register for a Houston-specific course here: https://npsot.org/wp/nlcp/

It was shot at Russ Pitman Park Nature Discovery Center:
https://naturediscoverycenter.org/rus...

This film was created by Nivien Saleh. Learn more about her at:
https://houstonnature.com/40-houston-...
and at: https://DigitalArtStudioHouston.com