Corn Mint

Primarily flies and wasps visit the flowers for nectar. Other occasional visitors include small bees, small butterflies, and skippers. The strong mint fragrance of the foliage usually deters most mammalian herbivores, although cattle and livestock may consume this plant along with the grass. It is possible that the anti-bacterial properties of the floral oil disrupts populations of beneficial bacteria within the digestive tract of herbivores with multi-chambered stomachs, causing indigestion. The seeds are too small to be of much interest to birds.