Pollinator Conservation @ UC Riverside

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UCR: a Pollinator-friendly Campus

UC Riverside (Riverside, CA) is located in the California Floristic Province (CA-FP). This floristic province boasts a Mediterranean climate and a distinct flora. A biodiversity hotspot, this floristic province includes > 3,000 plant species, of which >60% are endemic to this region.

As part of UCR's efforts to support native pollinators, we are participating in the Xerces Society's Bee Campus USA. In the CA-FP, pollination services are provided a diversity of species, including native bees, butterflies, moths and flies as well as honey bees and hummingbirds.

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460 native bee species in Riverside, CA

~1,500 native bees species in California

~4,000 native bee species in the US

UCR & Bee Campus USA

We are an interdisciplinary group comprised of entomologists, biologists, botanists, and community ecologists.

Together we aim to promote healthy pollinator communities at UCR and across California.

Students, staff and faculty at UCR are engaged in a diversity of activities to promote and sustain our region's pollinators. Check out our current and future pollinator conservation projects!

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Students, staff and faculty at UCR are engaged in a diversity of activities to promote and sustain our region's pollinators. Have questions? Contact us.

Email: UCR.pollinators@gmail.com