Grassland+Facts

Welcome to our facts page!!!!:)By: Caitlin M. Elver G.

Monerans
single celled organisms with no nucleus and some of them produce thier own food, others "hunt"

Caitlin's Moneran Shape: Bacilli //Escherichia coli// lives in grasslands. Scientist found in vegetative buffers on anual grasslands.

Elver's Moneran The //Pseudomonas aeruginosa// lives in the grasslands where its very warm in the summer and some what cold in the winter. The scientific name is //P. aerugunosa//.It's Shape s an oval and sometimes it connects to other //P. aerugunosa.//

Protist
Nucleus and organelles, most single-celled

Elver

Algae Def:Any of various chiefly aquatic, photosynthetic organisms, ranging in size from single-celled forms to the giant kelp.

Scientific name:The scientific name for the this picture is //Nitzachia amphibia//. Common name: NO common name Where it lives:The //Nitzachia amphibia// lives in the Grasslands where water is usally found.

Protozoan "animal-like", no cell walls, no chlorphyll Caitilin's protozoa The scientific name is //Cryptosporidium parvum//

//Cryptosporidium parvum// is found in natural grassland buffers and has to be removed from the grassland runoff.

multi-celled, no chlorophll, absorb nutrients
elver's fungi DEF:sac-cup shaped Kingdom:fungi Phylum:Ascomycota Class:Ascomycetes Order:Sphaeriales Genus/species://Sordaria fimicola// Common name:Synonym The //Sordaria fimicola// lives almost everywhere on the ground in grasslands

Elver's other fungi DEF:Thread like-spore at the end of filiment Kingdom:fungi Phylum:Zygomycota Class:﻿Zygomycetes Order:mucorales Family:Mucoraceae Common name:No Common name Genus/species://Rhizopus stolonifer// The //Rhizopus Stolonifer// lives mostly where there is mold on trees or the ground.

Basidiomycota Def: closely packed filiments Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Order:Agaricales Class: basidiomycetes Genus/spiecies //Lycoperdon lividum// Common name: Grassland puff ball



//Lycoperdon lividum// lives in grasslands. Mostly around trees and the soil.

Ascidomycota def:sac-Cup shape Kingdom: fungi Phylum:Ascidomycota Order:Pezizales Class:Ascomycetes Genus/Species://Morchella elata// Comman name: black morel

//Morchella elata// lives mostly beneath hedges,on disturbed soil at the edge of a garden.

= ﻿Plants = = Multi-celled, cell-walls, chlorophyll =

Caitlin's Plant Kingdom: Plants Division: Magnolipyta Class: Lilopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: //Bouteloua// Species: // gracilis // Definition: Covered seeds, flower, seeds in fruit,riped ovary that contains seeds. Common name: blue grama The blue grama is found in prairie grasslands.It grows were there is a lot of sun and where there is well- drained soil.

Kingdom:plant Phylum:Ginkgophyta class:Ginkgoosida order:ginkgoales family:ginkoacae Genus://Ginkgo// Species://biloba// Defintion:(naked seed) reproduced with cones or seeds outside of plants,no fruits,evergreen. Common name:Ginkgo tree defintion of where they live://Ginkgo biloba// lives within scattered trees (usually grazed or burned) in the grassland.

Caitlin's plant Kingdom: Plants Division: Magnoliopsida Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Solanales Family: Convolvacea Genus: //Calystegia// Species: // sepium // Definition:Covered seeds, flower, seeds in fruit,riped ovary that contains seeds. Common name: bearbind Mostly live in the wetter areas of the grasslands.

Caitlins plant Kingdom: Plants Division:Psilotophyta Class: Filicopsida Order: Hydropteridales Family: Salviniaceae Genus: //Salvina// Species // : natans // Definition: ferns, fonds (leaves) with spores on bottom Common Name: Floating watermoss They live near or in the water of grasslands.

Definiton:horetail--hollow stems with-joints Kingdom:Plant Division:Equisetophyta Class:Equisetopsida Order:Equisetales Family:Equisetaceae Genus://Equisetum// species://pratense// Common name:meadow horsetail Defintion of where they live:They live all most everywhere in the grasslands.

Caitlins plant Kingdom: Plants Division: Magnoliphyta Class: Liliopsda Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: //Avena// Species: //fatua// Definition:Covered seeds, flower, seeds in fruit,riped ovary that contains seeds Common name: Wild oats Live mostly in the California grasslands. Mostly on the Northern coast.

Kingdom:Plant Phylum :Cycadophyta Class: Cycadopsida Order: Cycadales Family:Cycadaceae Genus: //Cycas// Species://opoa// definion:(naked seed) reproduced with cones or seeds outsideof plants,no fruit,evergreen. Common nam:no common name Definiton of where it lives:scattered almost everywher in the grassland.

Caitlin's plant Kingdom: Plants Phylum: Lycopodiophyta Class: Lycoypodiopsida Order: Lycopodiales Family: Lycopodiaceae Genus: //Lycopodium// Spiecies: // clavatum // Definition: club mosses- larger than nonvascular mosses. Common Name: common clubmoss Common clubmoss live mostly in open grasslands, in the soil and on the banks.

Caitlin's Plant Kingdom: Plants Phylum: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Cephaloaxacus Genus: //Cephalotaxus// Species: // sinensis // Definition: Naked seed: reproduce with cones or seeds outside of a plant,no fruit,evergreen Common Name: Chinese plum yew These live in the China grasslands.

kingdom:Plant Phylum:Anthocerotophyta class:Anthocerotopsida order:Anthocerotales family:Anthocerotaceae Genus://Anthoceros// species://fusiformis// defintition:no water-conducting ,tissue ,close to ground common name:no common name definition of where it lives:it lives almost everywhere in the grasslands.

Animails
multi-celled, digest food inside body

Caitlin's animail Kingdom: Animails Pylum: Antropod Class: Insecta Order: montadea Family: mantidae Genus: //Mantis// Species: //religiosa// Definition: multi-body segments, Joined appendages, Exoslelotons (hard outer covering for protection that is typical for Arthropods.) Comman Name: European Mantid

Caitlin's Animal Kingdom: amimals Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: turbellaria Order: tracladida Family: Bipaliidae Genus://Bipalium// Species: //kewense// Definition: one opening for food and waste, simple nervous system Hammerhead worm lives mostly in mammels in grasslands.

Caitlin's Animal Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Acanthocephala Class: Archiacanthocephala Order: Apororhyenida Family: Apororhynchidae Genus: //Apororhynchus// Species: //aculeatum// Definition: one opening for food/waste, curvy spines on probosics ( flexible snout) They live in Tropical grasslands.

Caitlins animail Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Arlioactyla Family: Giraffida Genus: //Giraffa// Species: //camelopardalis// Definition: Hairy, milk-producing, endothermic Girrffe's live in the tropical grasslands and savannah grasslands.

Kingdom: Animal Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family:carinalidae Genus: //Spiza// Species: //americana// Definition: hollow bones, scaly legs, feathers Dickcissel are found in the grasslands hay fields.

Caitlin's animal Kingdom: animal Phylum: Chordta Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Ictaluridae Genus: //Noturus// Species: //flavus// Definiton: Fins supported by bones, upper jaw bones slides forward when opened Stonecat live in shrub grasslands, in the cold river valleys.

Kingdom: animals Phylum: mollusca Class: gastropoda Order: gymnosomata Family: hydromylidae Genus: //hydromyles// Species://globulosus// //definition:soft body, two openings, simple organ sysems, some with shell.//

Kingdom:animals Phylum:Cephalorhyncha class:kinorhyncha order:cyclorhagida family:cateriida geus://cateria// species://aculeatum// definition:spiny proboscis

Kingdom:animals phylum:amphibia class:chordata order:Caudata family:Ambystimatidae genus:Ambystoma species:tigrinum denfinin:spend first part of life in water with gills,second part of life on land with lungs,smooth skin. common name:Tiger Salamander

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