What Smooth Brome supports

26 native animals
supported in the US

3 caterpillars 21 food 2 flowers

Caterpillars All

3 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

• Virginia Ctenucha Moth Ctenucha virginica
• Wheat Head Armyworm Dargida diffusa
• Gonioterma mistrella

Plant eaters All

21 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Large Marsh Grasshopper Stethophyma grossum
• Carolina Grasshopper Dissosteira carolina
• Elm Sack Gall Aphid Tetraneura ulmi
• English Grain Aphid Sitobion avenae

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Flower visitors All

2 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.

• Red-belted Bumble Bee Bombus rufocinctus
• Black-and-gold Bumble Bee Bombus auricomus