Perennial · Monarda fistulosa
Wild bergamot for backyard birds
Tubular flowers for hummingbirds and seed heads for finches.
- Scientific name
- Monarda fistulosa
- Plant type
- Perennial
- What birds get from it
- nectar, seed
- Native in
- 47 US states, 7 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 87
Birds most often fed by Wild bergamot
Counted across every state and province where Wild bergamot is native and the bird is present:
- American Goldfinch — 54 regions
- Mourning Dove — 54 regions
- Dark-eyed Junco — 54 regions
- Song Sparrow — 54 regions
- Chipping Sparrow — 54 regions
- Red-winged Blackbird — 54 regions
- Pine Siskin — 54 regions
- House Sparrow — 54 regions
- American Crow — 54 regions
- Mallard — 54 regions
- Brown-headed Cowbird — 54 regions
- Canada Goose — 54 regions
Wild bergamot by state and province
Alabama (42 birds)Alberta (45 birds)Arizona (52 birds)Arkansas (44 birds)British Columbia (49 birds)California (49 birds)Colorado (49 birds)Connecticut (41 birds)Delaware (40 birds)Georgia (43 birds)Idaho (48 birds)Illinois (51 birds)Indiana (49 birds)Iowa (50 birds)Kansas (54 birds)Kentucky (43 birds)Louisiana (46 birds)Maine (42 birds)Manitoba (42 birds)Maryland (42 birds)Massachusetts (42 birds)Michigan (48 birds)Minnesota (47 birds)Mississippi (43 birds)Missouri (52 birds)Montana (48 birds)Nebraska (54 birds)Nevada (54 birds)New Hampshire (42 birds)New Jersey (44 birds)New Mexico (56 birds)New York (45 birds)North Carolina (45 birds)North Dakota (52 birds)Nova Scotia (35 birds)Ohio (50 birds)Oklahoma (57 birds)Ontario (46 birds)Oregon (47 birds)Pennsylvania (46 birds)Quebec (43 birds)Rhode Island (39 birds)Saskatchewan (43 birds)South Carolina (43 birds)South Dakota (53 birds)Tennessee (43 birds)Texas (66 birds)Utah (49 birds)Vermont (42 birds)Virginia (43 birds)Washington (48 birds)West Virginia (42 birds)Wisconsin (48 birds)Wyoming (47 birds)