Smoke Hole Bergamot

Monarda brevis

Found in limestone outcrops, cliffs, barrens, and glades, and on limestone talus. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades.

Cliffs, ledges and rocky summits

Cliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus and rocky summits where the source does not name the rock. A named rock files the place under its own glade or outcrop type instead.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 81 animals.

Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Canada Warbler
Wilsonia canadensis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eurasian Collared-dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Birds. 2 shared habitats
American Tree Sparrow
Spizella arborea
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Birds. 1 shared habitat

Widespread birds also seen here (49)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

12CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Monarda

Anterastria teratophoraGrey Marvel, White Spotted Jaspidia
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroidesPink-Patched Looper Moth
Lintneria eremitusHermit Sphinx
Orthodes majusculaRustic Quaker, Rustic Groundcat
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Pyrausta orphisalisOrange Mint Moth, Orange Spotted Pyrausta
Pyrausta signatalisRaspberry Pyrausta
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Chionodes fondella
Pyrausta generosa