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Project Summary Summary- Each of us four students were responsible for five different categories of species group. The five categories are Prokaryote, Non- woody plant, Woody plant, Invertebrate animal, and Vertebrate animal. This is the list of species group us students chose through out the Biodiversity Lab Project.Nikki Skifstrom: Morel Mushroom, Sphagnum Moss, Northern White Cedar, Cedar Beetle, and White -tail deer.Kevin Alicea: Bacillus Megaterium, Lady Fern, Quaking Aspen, Wolf Spider, and Crow.Brianna Blais: Nevicula, Sneezeweed, Paper Birch, Bandit woolly-bear caterpillar, and Gray Squirrel.Claire Herzig: Lichen, Purple Stemmed-aster, Balsam Fir, Aedes Vexans (Mosquito), and Wood Frog.We are located in International Falls MN and go to Rainy River Community College. We collected these species through out certain areas located at Rainy River Community College. We had three different spots we collected species. The places we collected species were called Aspen- Fir, Cedar Forest, and Forest Edge. Aspen Fir was 68 degrees F, wind speed was .8 mph, vegetation height was 2ft, and vegetation density was low. Forest Edge was 64 degrees F, wind speed was .7 mph, vegetation height was 4 feet , and vegetation density was very low. Cedar Forest was 62.4 degrees F, wind speed was .8 mph, vegetation height was less than 1 feet, and vegetation density was very low.

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Project Summary Summary- Each of us four students were responsible for five different categories of species group. The five categories are Prokaryote, Non- woody plant, Woody plant, Invertebrate animal, and Vertebrate animal. This is the list of species group us students chose through out the Biodiversity Lab Project.Nikki Skifstrom: Morel Mushroom, Sphagnum Moss, Northern White Cedar, Cedar Beetle, and White -tail deer.Kevin Alicea: Bacillus Megaterium, Lady Fern, Quaking Aspen, Wolf Spider, and Crow.Brianna Blais: Nevicula, Sneezeweed, Paper Birch, Bandit woolly-bear caterpillar, and Gray Squirrel.Claire Herzig: Lichen, Purple Stemmed-aster, Balsam Fir, Aedes Vexans (Mosquito), and Wood Frog.We are located in International Falls MN and go to Rainy River Community College. We collected these species through out certain areas located at Rainy River Community College. We had three different spots we collected species. The places we collected species were called Aspen- Fir, Cedar Forest, and Forest Edge. Aspen Fir was 68 degrees F, wind speed was .8 mph, vegetation height was 2ft, and vegetation density was low. Forest Edge was 64 degrees F, wind speed was .7 mph, vegetation height was 4 feet , and vegetation density was very low. Cedar Forest was 62.4 degrees F, wind speed was .8 mph, vegetation height was less than 1 feet, and vegetation density was very low.

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Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class:
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulacaea
Genus: Betula
Species: B. papyrifera

Habitat/Geography
Paper birch trees are native to North America and can be found in both evergreen and deciduous forests.

Adaptations
The branches on birch trees are very flexible so the tree will not be damaged by heavy snowfall. The trunk of the birch is covered with a thick, papery bark that protects the inner wood from damage. This bark contains resinous oils that make it durable and resistant to decay.

Nutrition
Sunlight, oxygen, nutritious and fertile soil

Reproduction
The birches begin producing seed when 10–15 years old. Seed quality is usually higher in years with warm springs and abundant flowering. The seed ripens in late summer to early autumn and disperses mostly within a few months. The birch seed-coat contains a germination inhibitor that can be neutralized by stratification or by light.

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Banded Woolly Bear Caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella)

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Banded Woolly Bear Caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella)

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Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pyrrarctia
Species: P. Isabella

Nutrition
These caterpillars generally feed on a variety of plant leaves.

Adaptations
To prevent damage occurring to their tissues in freezing climates, banded woolley bears produce a cryoprotectant in their hemolymph.

Interactions and Behavior
These caterpillars often play dead when disturbed by predators

Reproduction
Sexual

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Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Species: S. Griseus

Habitats
Gray Squirrels inhabit hardwood and coniferous forests. Mature, hardwood and mixed pine-
hardwood forests and pine forests offer suitable habitats. Squirrels build nests from leaves and twigs about 25 feet above the ground. They also live in hollow trees and
cavities.

Adaptations
In order to endure the cold, gray squirrels have bushy fur coats.

Nutrition
gray squirrels eat a range of foods, such as tree bark, berries, many types of seeds and acorns, walnuts, and a variety of other nuts

Reproduction
Gray squirrels reproduce sexually and can give birth to up to two litters per year

Interactions and Behaviors
Gray squirrels store the food they find by burying it. To make sure that other animals do not eat the squirrels food, the squirrel will often perform deceptive acts, such as pretending to bury the food somewhere but putting it in a different location.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Grey_Squirrel.jpg

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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
animals
Phylum
Chordata
chordates
Chordata
Craniata
craniates
Subphylum
Vertebrata
vertebrates
Superclass
Gnathostomata
jawed vertebrates
Euteleostomi
bony vertebrates
Sarcopterygii
lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates
Sarcopterygii: pictures (13759)Sarcopterygii: specimens (6805)Sarcopterygii: sounds (709)
Tetrapoda
tetrapods
Tetrapoda: pictures (13752)Tetrapoda: specimens (6805)Tetrapoda: sounds (709)
Amniota
amniotes
Amniota: pictures (13104)Amniota: specimens (6792)Amniota: sounds (689)
Class
Reptilia
turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives
Reptilia: information (1)Reptilia: pictures (8805)Reptilia: specimens (170)Reptilia: sounds (676)
Class
Aves
birds
Aves: information (1)Aves: pictures (7310)Aves: specimens (153)Aves: sounds (676)
Subclass
Neognathae
neognath birds
Neognathae: pictures (7244)Neognathae: specimens (140)Neognathae: sounds (673)
Infraclass
Neoaves
modern birds
Neoaves: pictures (6297)Neoaves: specimens (129)Neoaves: sounds (647)
Order
Passeriformes
perching birds
Passeriformes: pictures (2832)Passeriformes: specimens (20)Passeriformes: sounds (455)
Corvoidea
crows, birds of paradise, and relatives
Corvoidea: pictures (361)Corvoidea: specimens (3)Corvoidea: sounds (32)
Family
Corvidae
crows and jays
Corvidae: pictures (174)Corvidae: specimens (3)Corvidae: sounds (20)
Genus
Corvus
crows
Corvus: pictures (53)Corvus: specimens (3)Corvus: sounds (5)
Species
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American crow

Geography/Habitat - American Crows are common birds of fields, open woodlands, and forests. They thrive around people, and you’ll often find them in agricultural fields, lawns, parking lots, athletic fields, roadsides, towns, and city garbage dumps.

Adaptations -  American Crows congregate in large numbers in winter to sleep in communal roosts. These roosts can be of a few hundred up to two million crows.
Nutrition - American Crows eat a vast array of foods, including grains, seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and many kinds of small animals such as earthworms and mice. They eat many insects, including some crop pests, and also eat aquatic animals such as fish, young turtles, crayfish, mussels, and clams.  .
Reproduction - mating, both build the nest together.

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Named after the genus Lycosa, itself from the Greek word "lycosa" meaning "wolf".
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)Class Arachnida (Arachnids)Order Araneae (Spiders)Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)No Taxon (Entelegynes )Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)
Habitat- Preferred habitat varies between species but includes open grasslands, suburban lawns, deciduous forests, deserts, coastal dunes, sandy soil and wet terrain such as marshes and swamps.

Adaptations- Some wolf spiders will flip onto their backs, using all eight legs like a basket to hold an insect catch, and then bite the prey with sharp fangs to render it immobile.
Nutrition - Mainly insects.

Reproduction- The mating rituals of wolf spiders can vary depending on the species, as is true for most spider groups. Adult males follow silk and chemical cues left by females. Generally, males then use a combination of visual and seismic (vibratory) behaviors to court their potential mate. They often wave and rhythmically thump their pedipalps and/or abdomen on the ground. Most species also create sounds (usually inaudible to humans) by quickly rubbing together two corresponding parts of their body, known as "stridulatory files."

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Classification
Kingdom | Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass | Dilleniidae
Order | Salicales
Family | Salicaceae – Willow family
Genus | Populus L. – cottonwood
Species | Populus tremuloides Michx. – quaking aspen
Geography/Habitat - Quaking aspens are the most widely distributed tree species in North America. They grow in Alaska and Canada, all the way south to Mexico! They withstand such a wide range in climatic conditions by growing at lower altitudes in the north and higher altitudes in the south. Quaking aspens are conspicuously absent from the U.S. southeast, because there are no high elevation mountains to act as habitat.
Adaptations -  It is a shade-intolerant, disturbed site species and is quickly replaced in succession by more tolerant species.
Nutrition - Sunlight and Oxygen
Reproduction - Quaking aspens can reproduce via pollen and eggs that are contained in pendulous flowers called catkins. However, it’s much more common for them to reproduce asexually by sending up new stems from a single root system.

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Classification
Kingdom | Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division | Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class | Filicopsida
Order | Polypodiales
Family | Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus | Athyrium Roth – ladyfern
Species | Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth – common ladyfern

Geography/Habitat -

Forests

Fields and Open Areas

Wet Areas

Water

Bogs and Fens

Lakes

Lakeshores

Lake Beaches

Seashores

Ponds

Pond Margins

Riverbanks

Marshes

Swamps

Shrub Swamps

Mud

Meadows

Moist Meadows

Fields

Sand Dunes

Alvars

Roadsides

Thickets

Open Forests

Lawns

Cliffs and Rock Faces

Disturbed Sites and Waste Places

Limestone Barrens

Sandy Places

Bottomlands

Adaptations -  One of its key evolutionary characteristics is its versatility; it can grow in dry soil, allowing it the ability to survive droughts.
Nutrition - .Sunlight and oxygen
Reproduction - Its reproductive system is also quite interesting. It reproduces by either spores, or its rhizomes. Usually following a fire, the plant sprouts from its rhizomes. If not, they rely on the spores, which cling to the underside of the fern’s leaf, in areas called ‘sori’.

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Domain eukaryote
Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda Class Insecta Order Diptera (Flies)No Taxon  ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)Family Culicidae (Mosquitoes)Tribe AediniGenus AedesSpecies vexans (Inland Floodwater Mosquito)
reproduction\nutrients:
- Aedes vexans overwinter in the egg stage. Eggs are laid singly in sites subject to inundation by rain water.  It is known that Ae. vexans eggs need some moisture for embryonation.
- Only the female Aedes mosquito bites as it needs the protein in blood to develop its eggs.

- The mosquito becomes infective approximately seven days after it has bitten a person carrying the virus. This is the     extrinsic incubation period, during which time the virus replicates in the mosquito and reaches the salivary glands.

- Peak biting is at dawn and dusk.

- The average lifespan of an Aedes mosquito in Nature is two weeks.

- The mosquito can lay eggs about three times in its lifetime, and about 100 eggs are produced each time.
Adaption:
- Mosquitoes are cold-blooded creatures and do not generally bite in temperatures below 50F. In Connecticut, some adult mosquitoes become inactive with the onset of cold weather and enter into hibernation before the first frost. Other mosquitoes die in the fall but have winter-hardy eggs, which hibernate as embryos.
-The eggs can lie dormant in dry conditions for up to about nine months, after which they can hatch if exposed to favourable conditions, i.e. water and food.
Its abundance depends upon availability of floodwater pools.
This is a floodwater mosquito, meaning that the eggs are laid offshore and when a heavy rain comes the water rises, floods the eggs and the egg hatches. Eggs are mainly found in freshwater pools and depressions.

Virtually any transient water can support Ae. vexans larvae, but rainpools in unshaded areas produce the largest broods.
Habitats:
The species is most common in grassy pools that border wooded areas but specimens can be encountered in partially shaded woodland pools, roadside ditches, and vernal pools in open fields. Climate change is not effecting the mosquito.

species interactions:
Mosquitoes can have both positive and negative impacts on the ecosystem. As part of their useful role, the larvae of mosquitoes live in water and provide food for fish and other wildlife, including larger larvae of other species such as dragonflies. The larvae themselves eat microscopic organic matter in the water, helping to recycle it. Adult mosquitoes make up part of the diet of some insect-eating animals, such as birds, bats, adult dragonflies and spiders. They also help pollinate some flowers, when they consume nectar.

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Habitat:
Plant can survive in winter.

In Forests, swamps, wetland margins (edges of wetlands)
Growth form:

the plant is a tree

Leaf form
-the leaves are needle-like
-the leaves are scale-like

Classification:
- domain eukaryote
- Phylum pinophyta
- Genus Abies
- Kingdom Plantae, the Plants Division Coniferophyta, the Conifers Class Pinopsida Order Pinales Family Pinaceae, the Pines, Spruce, and Firs Genus Abies, the true firs, about 40 species in the Northern Hemisphere, nine, including balsamea, native to the US
adaptations:
-Fir trees, like most conifers, have adventitious roots, thick barks, and rapid life cycles to help them survive in extreme conditions and withstand forest fires. Fir trees are equipped with special root structures, called adventitious roots, which grow directly from their trunks to help keep them anchored on steep mountain slopes and resist strong pressure from blowing winds.
Reproduction:
Balsam fir is monoecious. In spring, 1 year before pollination, male (staminate) and female (ovulate or pistillate) strobili differentiate from flower buds. The strobili are microscopically recognizable at this time. Male strobili usually are distinguishable before the female strobili because they initially develop more rapidly. Flower buds usually open in late May or early June before vegetative buds but have been reported as flowering as early as late April.
Nutrients:
Balsam fir has been reported as growing on soils of a wide range of acidity.
Balsam fir grows on a wide range of inorganic and organic soils originating from glaciation and generally falling within the acid Spodosol, Inceptisol, and Histosol soil orders.

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Latin Name: Morchellaceae
Classification
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Discomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Geographical Habitat: Are all around Northern Hemisphere. Morel Mushrooms are most likely to be found in a forested atmosphere. When in forested areas they will usually be found by apple trees, elm trees ,and sycamore trees. They will be under these trees. They produce under trees or objects because of the cool damp nutrients.
Adaptions: After Cold weather or a fire  morels are still able to continue on with their life cycle in order to reproduce. They will sprout and appear when weather is moderate for mushroom.
Species Interaction & Behaviors- Mushrooms interact with animals like deer and squirrels. Animals like to eat mushrooms. They also interact with trees/ wood because its beneficial to both. "The host and fungi benefit. The fungi and the host exchange nutrients between the mycelium of the fungi and the roots of the tree."( Brady Long, 2006)
Nutrition: Feed off organic material due to being a heterotrophic.
Reproduction: They reproduce by releasing spores which grow into a fungus.

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Latin Name- Sphagnaceae
Classification:
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Bryophyta
Class: Sphagnopsida
Order: Sphagnales
Family: Sphagnaceae
Geography/Habitat- This moss occurs in Northern hemispheres and coniferous forests.  Sphagnum Moss stores water. They store water because both living and dead plants can hold large amounts of water inside their cells. Sphagnum moss tends to acidify its surroundings.
Adaptions: Moss can adapt very well to northern places . Northern places that have this moss make the sphagnum species to thrive. "Research on northern bogs in Europe and North America has found that climate change and atmospheric nitrogen deposition can shift species composition of bog communities and release carbon" (Australian Government 2007)
Species Interaction and Behaviors- Without sphagnums moss there would be no bogs in certain areas. Mosses do not produce flowers or
seeds. Moss grows from spores which are
encountered and produced in fruiting bodies, is called capsules.(Forestry Commission, 2016) Rainfall actually does good to mosses for water content.
Nutrition: Moss absorbs nutrients, water, and sunlight to create food by photosynthesis.
Reproduction: Sphagnum moss reproduces by spores, which is very similar to the flowering plant's seed.

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Latin Name- Thuja occidentalis
Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom -Plantae
Phylum-Tracheophyta
Class -Pinopsida
Order-Pinales
Family-Cupressaceae
Geographical/ Habitat- In Terrestrial Biomes, Native Ranges, and is located in places like Minnesota, Wisconsin, Sourthern New York, Canada, and etc.....
Adaptions/Interaction/Behavior- The Northern -white cedar tree grows in places that are good in damp nutrients. Cedar trees need and prefer good protection from wind. Northern-white cedar trees can also grow in swamps. Cedar tress are one of the fewer that can grow in swamp areas. Some animals even feed of Cedar trees. There are a lot of Cedar trees that grow in humid weather. The climate can switch and change a lot with Cedar tree being okay.
Nutrition: Photosynthesis they feed off of good rich nutritents, sunlight, and water.
Reproduction- They reproduce by seeds. They can reproduce in different by wind blowing pollination.

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Classification

Domain: Eukaryote

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum:

Class:

Order: Asterales

Family: Asteraceae

Genus: Helenium

Species: Helenium autumnale

Common sneezeweed can be found in most of the United States in moist openings, edges, shores, and thickets. Sneezeweed can be cultivated in rich soils, needing moist to wet conditions and full sun.

Adaptations: Sneezeweed flowers, seeds, and leaves are poisonous. Ingesting this plant in any way can be fatal to both humans and animals

Nutrition:

Sunlight, oxygen, fertile soil

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Latin Name- Diorhabda carinulata
Domain: Eukaryote
Classification :Kingdom Animalia ( Animal)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family Rhipiceridae (Cicada Parasite Beetles)
Genus Sandalus
Species niger (Cedar Beetle)
Geography/ Habitat- Cedar beetles live in rotted wood or other dead organic matter. They are found all over the U.S and can adapt to many different climates.
Adaptions/ Species Interactions/ Behaviors- They do hibernate , and they adapt to seasonal climate changes. They are about 9-23 mm for size. There life span is 0.20 years – 0.50 years. They are active at night.
Beetles ( NUTRTION)-  They war leaves, seed or wood and some eat fungus.
Beetles Reproduction- "Parents have to mate, then its mother lays an egg. After a while, the egg hatches and the baby goes through many stages in its life cycle before it becomes an adult and is capable of making offspring of its own" (Jenny Drnevich 2016)

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habitat/reproduction/adaptation
Adults usually live in woodlands and lay eggs in vernal pools. During winter, they take shelter in leaf litter.
Wood frogs are found throughout the forests of Alaska and the northeast. They are found in smaller numbers as far south as Alabama and northwest into Idaho. They are the only frog that lives north of the Arctic Circle.
Wood frogs have adapted to super cold climates by freezing over the winter. During this time, they stop breathing and their hearts cease to beat. They produce a special antifreeze substance that prevents ice from freezing within their cells, which would be deadly. Ice does form, however, in the spaces between the cells. When the weather warms, the frogs thaw and begin feeding and mating again. Wood frogs are one of the first frogs to begin the breeding season.
Food web/nutrients:
Wood frogs are eaten by garter snakes, birds such as herons or crows, and mammals such as raccoons, skunks, or weasels. Their tadpoles are eaten by shorebirds, snakes and large insects like giant water bugs and diving beetles.
Wood frogs eat insects, worms and other small animals without backbones.
classification:
Domain: | eukaryote
Kingdom: | Animalia
Phylum: | Chordata
Class: | Amphibia
Order: | Anura
Family: | Ranidae
Genus: | Lithobates
Species: | L. sylvaticus

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Purple Stemmed Aster

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Navicula is Latin for "small ship", and also a term in English for a boat-shaped incense-holder.

Classification

Domain

Kingdom

Phylum: Heterokonta

Class: Bacillariophyceae

Order: Naviculales

Family: Naviculaceae

Genus

Species

Navicula species are common in both freshwater and marine habitats. They can also be found in moist soils.

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- Scientific names: Aster calvus, Aster compactus, Aster condupicatus, Aster demissus, Aster firmus, Aster lucidulus, Symphyotrichum firmum
- grows in relatively wet areas
- grows in summer and fall
- grows in the sun
- Soil Condition: Normal, Clay, rocky, sandy
- Beneficial for Pollinators
- aster reproduces from center of flowers falling
- gets nutrients from sun and fertilizer (about handful) and phosphorus
Phylum
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Kingdom
-Plantae

Division
-Magnoliophyta

Class
-Magnoliopsida

Order
-Asterales

Family
-Asteraceae

Genus
-Aster

Domain
- eukaryote
Below is a map showing where Purple Stemmed Asters are native.
All of the green areas is where they are native.

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http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SYPU
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Classification
Domain: Bacteria - All of the members possess peptidoglycan in their cell walls.
Kingdom: Eubacteria - Members of this kingdom are all single celled.
Phylum: Firmicutes - Firmicutes are all gram positive.
Class: Bacilli - Bacilli means to be rod shaped.
Order: Bacillales - Members of this order possess the capability of forming endospores.
Family: Bacillacae - Members of bacillacae are Aerobic.
Genus: Bacillus - Members of the genus bacilicus inhabit soil, can be found in water, and posses peritrichous flagella for movement.
Species: Megaterium
Geography/Habitat - soil to seawater, sediment, rice paddies, honey, fish, and dried food
Adaptations - Elevated levels of salt decreases the maximum growth rate of Bacillus Megaterium. The spores help the bacteria survive hostile conditions, such as heat and drying out.
Nutrition - absorbs its nutrients from the environment; those nutrients have to be converted into energy in some way.
Reproduction - Germination of Bacillus spores is triggered by the interaction of germinant molecules with specialized receptor proteins localized to the spore inner membrane.

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White-tail Deer :FACTS
Latin -Odocoileus Virginianus
Vertebrate- Have a back bone and cranium.
Domain - Eukarya ( Deer is multicellular)
Kingdom- Animalia ( Lacks cell walls, and is hetertrophic)
Phylum- Chordata  (The white-tailed deer contains an endoskeleton)
Class- Mammalia ( Warm - blooded, four chamber heart, and hair on body.)
Habitat/ Adaptions- "Whitetail deer usually inhabit hardwood forests, forest edges. They tend to live in the interior of the thick woods during the winter months in the northern parts they inhabit, as use for shelter. They are found as far north as Canada and stretch as far south into Mexico. They've adapted to the transitional humid summers to the cold winters in the Midwest ." ( Jake Parr, 2007)
Species/ Interactions /Behavior/ Nutrtion- White- tail deer are can run up to 30 mph, they are fantastic swimmers as well!  They are not super social animals. Bucks are more social than does. Does and Bucks will only be social during breeding season. White tail deer do mate. They are herbivores, during summer they eat green plants. Fall they eat acorn's and corn. During winter they eat whatever vegetation they can get there hands on, ( like twigs and grass if they can reach through snow)

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Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata)
- comes in many sizes, colors, and forms
- kingdom fungi
- they produce their own food by photosynthesis
- Lichens occur from sea level to high alpine elevations, in a very wide range of environmental conditions, and can grow on almost any surface.
-  Different kinds of lichens have adapted to survive in some of the most extreme environments on Earth.
- reproduce by, Certain lichens reproduce asexually from broken-off pieces of thallus or from soredia.
Domain:| eukaryote
Kingdom:| fungi
phylum: |  Ascomycota  |  Magnoliophyta  |  Magnoliophyta
class: |  Lecanoromycetes  |  Magnoliopsida  |  Liliopsida
order: |  Lecanorales  |  Fabales  |  Poales
family: |  Pannariaceae  |  Mimosaceae  |  Poaceae
genus: |  Pannaria  |  Acacia |  Themeda
species: |  Pannaria sphinctrina  |  Acacia pycnantha |  Themeda triandra

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