Editing Orchard (section)

===Central Europe===
[[:de:Streuobstwiese|''Streuobstwiese'']] (pl. {{Lang|de|Streuobstwiesen}}) is a German word that means a meadow with scattered fruit trees or fruit trees that are planted in a field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Streuobstwiese.html|title=dict.cc dictionary :: Streuobstwiese :: German-English translation|work=dict.cc}}</ref> {{Lang|de|Streuobstwiese}}, or a meadow orchard,<ref>''Streuobstwiese'': meadow orchard in [http://dictionary.reverso.net/german-english/Streuobstwiese German-English Collins Dictionary]</ref> is a traditional landscape in the temperate, maritime climate of continental Western Europe. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, {{Lang|de|Streuobstwiesen}} were a kind of a rural community orchard that were intended for the productive cultivation of [[stone fruit]]. In recent years, ecologists have successfully lobbied for state subsidies to valuable [[habitat]]s, [[biodiversity]] and [[natural landscape]]s, which are also used to preserve old meadow orchards. Both conventional and meadow orchards provide a suitable habitat for many animal species that live in a cultured landscape. A notable example is the [[hoopoe]] that nests in tree hollows of old fruit trees and, in the absence of alternative nesting sites, is threatened in many parts of [[Europe]] because of the destruction of old orchards.<ref>Berhens M. ''[http://www.foei.org/en/publications/pdfs/wel-e.pdf Why hoopoes won't trade]''. A Pro Natura Publication on the Global Economy and Nature. Pro Natura, Switzerland, pp. 8–9. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327052340/http://www.foei.org/en/publications/pdfs/wel-e.pdf |date=March 27, 2009 }}</ref>

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File:Lemon Orchard in the Galilee by David Shankbone.jpg|A [[lemon]] orchard in the [[Upper Galilee]] in [[Israel]]
File:Orchard3.jpg|A [[community orchard|community]] [[apple]] orchard originally planted for productive use during the 1920s, in [[Westcliff on Sea]] ([[Essex]], England)
File:Tuebingen Streuobstwiese.jpg|[[:de:Streuobstwiese|Streuobstwiese]], a rural community orchard, traditionally for productive use. Today endorsed for its quality of habitat and biodiversity.
File:Azwell WA.jpg|Apple orchards in [[Azwell, Washington]], surrounding a community of [[Fruit picking|pickers']] cabins
File:Sour cherry 3428.JPG|Sour [[cherry]] orchard on [[Lake Erie]] shoreline ([[Leamington, Ontario]])
File:AppleOrchard.jpg|Old growth apple orchard in Ottawa, Canada
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