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.
A new, 2012 interactive USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM) of the United States was released this week. For the first time, the map is available for use on computers as an interactive GIS (Geographic Information System), where users type in a ZIP Code and find the hardiness zone for that area. The interactive map is powered by ESRI, creators of ArcGIS Online.