NatureMapping Habitat - Agriculture: Orchard

Definition of "Agriculture" General Code 300: Intensively managed fields. Does not include un-maintained range used as pasture. It does include land set aside for Conservation Reserves.

Agriculture: Irrigated Orchard (313)


Descriptive Habitat Code: Agriculture (3) with irrigated (1) orchards (3).
Photo: KMD

Bumblebee
Bombus
Code:
Photo: TFK

Distribution and Habitat:
Bumblebees are typically found in higher latitudes and/or high altitudes. They are commonly seen around fields and in flower gardens.

Diet:
Nectar from flowering plants.

Interesting fact:
A bumblebee does not have ears, and it is not known whether or how a bumblebee could hear sound waves passing through the air.

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European starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Code: STVU
Photo: RA

Distribution and Habitat:
It is common in lowland areas, developed (urban), and agricultural areas throughout its range.

Diet:
It is an omnivore and feeds on seeds, insects and garbage.

Interesting fact:
European starling fledglings roost together in large flocks in late summer. The adult males are the first to leave for their wintering habitats.

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Honey bee
Apis mellifera
Photo: TFK

Distribution and Habitat:
Bees are commonly seen around fields, orchards and in flower gardens.

Diet:
Nectar from flowering plants.

Interesting fact:
Bees are important because they pollinate approximately 130 agricultural crops in the US including fruit, fiber, nut, and vegetable crops.

Foragers must collect nectar from about 2 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey.

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Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus
Code: ODHE
Photo: Natures Pics

Distribution and Habitat:
Mule Deer are found throughout Washington, including the islands, in hardwood and coniferous forests, dense shrubs or other young successional stages with small trees or shrubs.

Diet:
Mule Deer are herbivores; they browse or graze depending on the season. They feed on a variety of vegetation including green plants, nuts and corn, and trees and twigs. They like to browse on Douglas fir and Ponderosa pine. They also eat ripe fruit from orchards.

Interesting fact:
Mule Deer have large ears that can move independently in different directions

Mule Deer Fact Sheet »

White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
Code: ODVI
Photo: Natures Pics

Distribution and Habitat:
White-tailed deer are found in North America from southern Canada through Central America. Deer prefer open woodland, but are often found on the fringes of urban areas and in farming country.

Diet:
White-tailed deer are herbivores. These deer feed on a variety of vegetation including buds and twigs of maple, sassafras, poplar, aspen and birch. White-tailed Deer eat ripe fruit in orchards.

Interesting fact:
"White-tailed" refers to the white underside of the deer's tail, which it displays and wags when it senses danger.

White-tails, particularly the young, are preyed upon by bobcats, mountain lions, coyotes, and wolves.

White-tailed Deer Fact Sheet »