Black Bear Diet. Black bears are in the taxonomic Order Carnivora, but their diet is omnivorous, meaning they eat both plants and animals. Approximately eighty to eight-five percent of a black bearâs typical diet is plant material, while the remaining 15% is made up of animal protein. Black bears will eat almost anything, such as grubs from a bumblebee nest, bird eggs, ants, voles, grasses and berries.
Knowing temperature limitations and how to protect your bird of paradise in the face of a cold snap can save these striking plants. Bird of paradise grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 12.
Knowing your 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone is a useful tool when selecting plants for your garden. The zones are based on an area's average annual minimum winter temperature. Use the link above to find out your zone. Then, when you are shopping for plants you should check the zone listed on the plant's tag or label to see if it is suited to your zone. Planting a perennial, shrub or tree whose hardiness zone is Zone 9 in an area that is in Zone 5 means that the plant is likely to freeze and die in winter.