Autumn olive 30 species. Moist to dry soil. Sun to light shade. Bushy shrub with silver-green foliage. Abundant red fruits in late summer and fall.
Some berries remain for winter.
Bayberry Bluebirds, Carolina wrens, Hermit thrushes. Tree swallows, etc. An evergreen often grown as a hedge. Individual shrubs yeild heavy and persistent crops of red berries that birds can eat through late winter. Beech Robins, Vireos, Orioles, Flickers, Nuthatches, Blue Jays, etc.