#ruffledgrouse

Region: L48(N), CAN(N), SPM(N)

Mature Size: 3 in, spreads horizontally

Habitat/Growing Conditions: shade tolerant, coarse soils, acidic pH

Hardiness Zone: 4 - 9

Leaf Color: glossy dark green leaves with white veins

Flower Color: fragrant and white, flushed with pink

Wildlife Benefit: fruit persists through winter, consumed by bobwhite quail, ruffled grouse, and turkeys

Sources:

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=MIRE

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b345

Region: L48(N), CAN(N)

Mature Size: 25 ft

Habitat/Growing Conditions: low soil moisture, rocky/gravelly soil, circumneutral pH, full sun to partial shade 

Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8 

Leaf Color: green above, pale below; fall colors are yellow, orange, and red

Flower Color: yellow-green flowers, red fuzzy fruit persisting into winter

Wildlife Benefit: berries are a preferred food source for ruffed grouse, ring-necked pheasant, eastern phoebe, common crow, northern mockingbird, gray catbird, American robin, wood thrush, hermit thrush, eastern bluebird and European starling, in addition to more than 30 other species.

Sources: 

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RHTY#

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/rhus/hirta/