Taiga+Facts

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= Taiga Facts on Bacteria =

Definition of Moneran: Noun- a single celled organism with no nuclus.
A bacteria in the taiga is //Nostoc//. Which is usually found in lakes and streams. Its scientific name is //Nostoc commune.// The Nostoc is a cyanobacteria. It`s shape is cocci.

Another bacteria in taiga is the //Calothrix confervicola.// The //Calothrix confervicola// is cyanobacteria. //Calothrix confervicola// can live from oceans to freshwater to bare rock to soil. It occurs in damp soil, or even temporarily moistened rocks in deserts. It can also live in plants. The shape of a //Calothrix confervicola// is spirilla.



= Protist  = Definition of Protist: nucleus and organelles, most single-celled

Protozoan
Definition of protozoan-"animal-like", no cell walls, no chlorophyll The scientific name is //Arcella catinus// The A//rcella catinus// is found on wet and dry mosses and some can be found in soils.

Algea


Definition of Algae: " plantlike" with a cell wall and has chlorophyll. It`s scientific name is //Ralfsia deusta//. It is found in lakes and other water sources in the Taiga.

Definition of Fungi: mostly multi-celled, no chlorophyll, and absorbs nutrients

Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Dothideomycetes Order:Pleosporales Family:Dacampiaceae Genus://Decampia// species: //engelianave// Lives on: Decaying plants and trees. Definition:Cup shaped

Basidiomycota: Closely packed filliments. Common Name: Fly Agric Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: ﻿Agaricmycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Amanitaceae Genus: //Amanita// species: //muscaria// Lives on ground in the soil. // ﻿ // Definiton: threadlike-spore at the end of filament Kingdom: Fungi Phylum:Zygomycota Class: Zygomycetes Order: Basidiobolales Family: Basidiobolaceae Genus: //Basidiobolus// Species: //ranarum// Where they live- mostly all over the world

Definition:club-closely packed filaments Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Lycoperdaceae Genus: //Langermannia// Species: //gigantea// Common name: Giant puffball The Langermannia gigantea is most commonly found throughout North America and Europe.

Plant
Black Spruce

Kingdom: Plant Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinosida Order: Pinale Family: Pinaceae Genus: //Pica// Species: //marianan// Common Name: Black Spruce Definition: Five Subdivisons Discription: In Canada and Europe =Paper Birch= Kingdom: Plant Divison: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fagales Family: Betulaceae Genus: //Betula// Species: //papyrifera// Definition: A flowering plant that produces seeds. Common Name: Paper Birch Discription of where they live: U.S. and Canada

= White spruce = Kingdom: plant Divison: pinophyta Class: pinopsida Order: pinales Family: pinaceae Genus: //Picea// Species: //glauca// Definition: cone/ 5 subdivisions Description of where they live: native in the Northern Hemisphere, as far as North Carolina and Arizona. Common Name: White spruce

White poplar Kingdom: plant Division: magnoliophyta Class: magnoliopsida Order: salicales Family: saliaceae Genus: //Poplus// species: //alba// Common name: white poplar Description of where they live: popular in Northern Hemisphere. Definition: Angiosperms- covered seed




 * //Chlamydomonas reinhardi//**



Kingdom- Plantae Phylum- Chlorophyta Class- Chlorophyceae Order- Volvocales Family- Aulacomniaceae Genus- //Chamlydomonas// Species- //reinhardi// Definition- S tore food as starch, and cellulose cell walls Discription- Canada Common Name:


 * //Casuarina dumosa//**



Kingdom- Plantae Phylum- Tracheophyta Class- Magnoliopisda Order- Casuarinales Family- Casumrinaceae Genus- //Casuarina// Species- //dumosa// Definition- F erns and fern allies as well as seed plants Discription- parts of Russia and southern Canada


 * //Sphagnum lojense//**



Kingdom- Plantae Phylum-Bryophyta Class- Sahagnopsida Order- Sphagnales Family- Noctuoidea Genus- //Sphagnum// Species- //lojense// Definition- R oots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation Discription- western Russia


 * //Equisetum hyemale//**



Kingdom- Plantae Phylum- Tracheophyta Class- Equisetopsida Order- Equisetales Family: Equisetales //Genus- Equisetum// //Species- hyemale// Definition- F erns and fern allies as well as seed plants Discription- All of Canada Common name: horsetail

Aulacolmnium moss
Kingdom: Plant Phylum: Bryophyta Class: Bryopsida Order: Bryales Family: Aulacomniaceae Genus: //Aulacomnium// Species: //Palustre// Common Name: Aulacomnium Moss Definition: A division of nonflowering plants Where they live: America, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Eurasia, and New Zealand. In North America, it occurs across southern arctic, subboreal,and boreal regions from Alaska and British Columbia to Greenland and Quebec. In the United States it is found south to Washington, Wyoming, Georgia, and Virginia.

//﻿Lycopodium annotinum//
Kingdom//:// Plant Phylum: Lycopodiophyta Class: Lycopodiopsida Order: Lycopodiales Family: Lycopodiceae Genus: //Lycopodium// Species: a//nnotinum// Definition: Club mosses---Larger than nonvascular mosses Common name: stiff clubmoss Description of where they live: Europe and Asia

licorice fern
Kingdom: Plant Division: Pteridophyta Class: Filicopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Polypodiaceae Genus: //Polypodium// Species: //glycyrrhiza// They are found in southwestern Yukon Territory, Western British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. Definition: Fronds(leaves) with spores on the bottom Common name: licorice fern

Ginkgo biloba
Kingdom: Plant Phylum: Ginkgophyta Class: Ginkgoopsida Order: Ginkgoales Family: Ginkgoaceae Genus: //Ginkgo// species: //biloba// Definition: A division of trees comprising (contain) the ginkgos Kingdom: Anmial Discription of where they live: in the northwest

__**Animals (invertebrates)**__
Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Porifera Class: Demospongiae Order: Haplosclerida Family:Spongillidae Genus: //Spongilla// Species: //lacustris//

Kingdom: Anmial Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Cestoidea Order: Caryophyllidea Family: Caryothyllaeidae Genus: //Taneia// Species: //gonyama//

Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Coenagrionidae Genus: //Coenagrion// Species: //resolutum// Common name: Taiga Bluet Where they live: This damselfly occurs at lakes, ponds, marshes and bogs, usually at higher elevations in the United States. Definiton: Two openings for food/waste, jointed appendages, exoskeleton

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nemata Class: Secernentea Order: Ascaridida Family: Oxyuridae Genus: //Enterobius// Species: //vermicularis// Common name: - Where they live: This //Enterobius vermicularis// can be found in the human intestenal track. Definition: Two openings, developed nervous system 

Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Acanthocephala Class: Archiacanthocephala Order: Oligacanthorhynchida Family: Oligacanthorhynchidae Genus: //Macracanthorhynchus// Species: //hirudinaceus// Common name: Definition: One opening for food/waste, curvy spines on proboscis (flexible snout) Where they live:The //Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus// can be found in the inside of a canadian pig.



**__Vertebrates__**
Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Hydrobatidae Family: Genus: //Oceanodroma// Species: //levcorhoa//

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