My Riparian Project! :) by Megan Liu https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117 en-us 2022-09-15 16:13:05 UTC 2022-09-30 04:01:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f416.png meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309053264 2022-09-22 15:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309053264 Common Names: Crawfish, Crayfish, Crawdad, Red swamp crayfish meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309059662 2022-09-22 16:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309059662 Scientific Name: Decapoda, Genus: Procambarus, Species: Procambarus clarkii meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309068749 2022-09-22 16:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309068749 Living Conditions: Clean Flowing water (rivers, streams) and standing waters (Lakes, marshes, swamps), found in almost any wetland (including drainage ditches), wherever there is water meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309075330 2022-09-22 16:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309075330 Sources + Citations meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309077935 https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/420/420-524/CNRE-82.pdf
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https://www.ecospark.ca/crayfish

]]> 2022-09-22 16:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309077935 Food Chain: Crayfish are both predator and prey meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309083407
  • Crayfish are prey for different types of fish including trout and bass, for aquatic mammals, waterfowl and other birds.
  • When young, they may also be preyed upon by other invertebrates.
  • Crayfish are also eaten by humans! In France they are called Écrevisses and are cooked like lobsters.

    • ]]>     2022-09-22 16:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309083407     Region: Half of the known species occur in North America.They can be found in East Asia, Europe, New Zealand, and throughout the world. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309084939 2022-09-22 16:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2309084939 meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313912788 2022-09-26 15:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313912788 Common Names meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313918049 Common Minnow, Minnow, Eurasian Minnow]]> 2022-09-26 15:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313918049 Sources + Citations meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313924286 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_minnow
    https://www.bioexplorer.net/what-do-minnows-eat.html/
    https://www.google.com/search?q=Common+minnow+role+in+food+chain&bih=821&biw=1440&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS974US980&hl=en-US&ei=9Tw2Y6LXKZypptQP5MikiAU&ved=0ahUKEwjipa_dpbv6AhWclIkEHWQkCVEQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Common+minnow+role+in+food+chain&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIICCEQwwQQoAE6CggAEEcQ1gQQsAM6DQgAEEcQ1gQQsAMQyQM6BQgAEKIEOgcIABAeEKIEOgoIIRDDBBAKEKABSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUKQUWLAfYKUiaAJwAXgAgAGOAYgBrweSAQMyLjaYAQCgAQHIAQjAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&safe=active&ssui=on]]>     2022-09-26 15:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313924286     meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313929128 2022-09-26 15:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313929128 meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313929901 2022-09-26 15:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313929901 meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313933373 2022-09-26 15:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313933373 meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313935736 2022-09-26 15:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313935736 meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313937790 2022-09-26 15:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313937790 meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313938947 2022-09-26 15:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2313938947 meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320234919 2022-09-30 00:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320234919 meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320235473 2022-09-30 00:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320235473 Scientific name: Phoxinus phoxinus, Genus: Phoxinus Species: P. phoxinus meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320243163 2022-09-30 00:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320243163 Living Conditions: The common minnow is found in a wide variety of environments that have cold, well oxygenated water, often in syntopy with salmonids. These include small streams with fast currents, and, in the more northerly parts of its range, large lowland rivers. It also lives in still waters as varied as small mountain lakes to large, oligotrophic lakes. For spawning, it requires clean gravel areas in well oxygenated flowing water or where waves wash on lake shores. It also needs deep pools with low current to overwinter in, and these must have a coarse substrate among which the fish can hide. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320244389 2022-09-30 00:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320244389 Regions: It is ubiquitous throughout much of Eurasia, from Britain and Spain to eastern Siberia, predominantly in cool (12–20 °C (54–68 °F)) streams and well-oxygenated lakes and ponds. It is noted for being a gregarious species, shoaling in large numbers. They are found in northern Eurasia from Ireland in the west and in the east to the Amur drainage and Korea. In Great Britain occurs to 58 °N and in Scandinavia and Russia occur up to the northernmost extremities. In western Europe the southern limit appears to be the Garonne and the upper Rhone. It has been recorded in the drainages of the Volga and the Ural, as well as in Lake Balkhash and the upper Syr-Darya drainage. Records else where require confirmation as this species is similar to a number of others. In Scotland it is regarded as an introduced non native species, and this is probably the case in Ireland. Introductions are likely to have occurred elsewhere, including Norway. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320246883 2022-09-30 00:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320246883 Food Chain meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320256159 Minnows play an instrumental role in the animal food chain. These fishes feed on ostracods, aquatic insects, and zooplankton, thus influencing their population. In performing the above role, minnows help maintain a balance in the population of the organisms they consume. Minnows of various sizes are eaten by the more popular game fish (and fish-eating birds); thus, they provide an important link in the food chain by converting certain small aquatic plants and animals (algae, insects, fish, etc.) into protein available to larger fish.]]> 2022-09-30 00:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320256159 Common Names: Common buckeye, Butterfly meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320263664 2022-09-30 00:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320263664 Scientific Name: Junonia coenia Species: J. coenia Genus: Junonia meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320264765 2022-09-30 00:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320264765 Living Conditions: meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320299073 Its habitat is open areas with low vegetation and some bare ground. Its original ancestry has been traced to Africa, which then experiences divergence in Asia.]]> 2022-09-30 01:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320299073 Regions: It is found in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and in Mexico. Common buckeyes move to the south along with tailwinds directed to the north or northwest after the cold fronts from September or October. They are sensitive to the cold and cannot spend the winter in northern regions that will experience extreme cold temperatures. However, they will migrate back from the south during the spring. It was spotted in California in late summer, early fall of 2022. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320300318 2022-09-30 01:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320300318 Food Chain: Predators for these organisms include ants, wasps, birds, and small animals. Caterpillars feed on a variety of plants including the narrowleaf plantain (Plantago lanceolata), the common greater plantain (Plantago major), blue toadflax, false foxglove, Mexican petunia (Ruellia species), the firecracker plant, and Cudweed. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320302359 2022-09-30 01:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320302359 Sources + Citations meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320303159 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia_coenia]]> 2022-09-30 01:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320303159 Common Names: Scorpion Grasses, Alpine Forget-Me-Nots meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320305807 2022-09-30 01:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320305807 Scientific Name: Myosotis alpestris Genus: Myosotis, Species: M. alpestris meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320318158 2022-09-30 01:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320318158 Living Conditions: meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320319184 Native habitats include moist mountainous areas on wooded slopes and grassy meadows. part shade, sun; moist to wet; shallow water, streams, seeps, lakeshores, wet ditches]]> 2022-09-30 01:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320319184 Region: The alpine forget-me-not is the county flower of Westmorland in the United Kingdom and the state flower of Alaska in the United States. It grows well throughout Alaska in open, rocky places high in the mountains, flowering in midsummer. It is also found throughout the Himalaya range at elevations of 3,000–4,300 metres (9,800–14,100 ft). meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320319446 2022-09-30 01:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320319446 Food Chain meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320323886 Invasive Species. Poisonous to deer and other wildlife. Potato flea beetles, Epitrix cucumeris, are tiny black beetles that attack forget-me-nots. They feed on the lower surfaces of leaves and leave the upper portions intact, but the sections where they feed eventually die, leaving holes in the leaves.

    ]]>     2022-09-30 01:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320323886     Sources + Citations meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320324272 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosotis_alpestris]]> 2022-09-30 01:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320324272 Common Names: meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320339249 Horsetail weed, Field Horsetail, Scouring Rush]]> 2022-09-30 02:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320339249 Scientific Name: Equisetum arvense, Genus: Equisetum, Species: E. arvense meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320342739 2022-09-30 02:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320342739 Living Conditions: It commonly occurs in damp and open woodlands, pastures, arable lands, roadsides, disturbed areas, and near the edge of streams. It prefers neutral or slightly basic clay loams that are sandy or silty, especially where the water table is high, though it can occur occasionally on slightly acid soils. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320370568 2022-09-30 02:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320370568 Region: The plant is widespread in the northern hemisphere, growing as far as 83° North in North America and 71° North in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia and as far south as Texas, India and Iran. It is less widespread in the southern hemisphere, but it occurs in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Madagascar, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320371228 2022-09-30 02:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320371228 Food Chain: Weed meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320372289 Horsetail is eaten by caribou, moose, sheep and bears and, when young, can be eaten by humans too. ]]> 2022-09-30 02:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320372289 Citations and Sources: meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320373012 https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/encyclopedia/equisetum-biology-and-management#:~:text=Horsetails%20are%20members%20of%20the,most%20common%20species%20in%20Iowa.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equisetum_arvense]]>     2022-09-30 02:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320373012     Common Name: Acorn, Oaknut meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320384156 2022-09-30 02:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320384156 Scientific Name: Quercus rubra, Genus: Quercus, Species: Q. rubra meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320385991 2022-09-30 02:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320385991 Food Chain: Acorns play an important role in forest ecology when oaks are the dominant species or are plentiful. The volume of the acorn crop may vary widely, creating great abundance or great stress on the many animals dependent on acorns and the predators of those animals. Acorns, along with other nuts, are termed mast. wildlife that consume acorns as an important part of their diets include birds, such as jays, pigeons, some ducks, and several species of woodpeckers. Small mammals that feed on acorns include mice, squirrels and several other rodents. Acorns have a large influence on small rodents in their habitats, as large acorn yields help rodent populations to grow. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320386660 2022-09-30 02:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320386660 Living Conditions: Grows in loose and moist and nutrient-rich soil in a location that gets plenty of sunlight and rainfall. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320403485 2022-09-30 02:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320403485 Sources + Citations: meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320403796 https://www.google.com/search?q=where+are+oak+trees+located&bih=821&biw=1440&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS974US980&hl=en-US&ei=AFw2Y7z5GYKeptQPkvSkqAM&oq=where+are+oak+&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQARgBMggIABDJAxCRAjIFCAAQkQIyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDoOCAAQjwEQ6gIQjAMQ5QI6DgguEI8BEOoCEIwDEOUCOgQIABBDOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToLCC4QgAQQsQMQgwE6BQguEIAEOhEILhCABBCxAxCDARDHARDRAzoUCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQ0QMQ1AI6CgguEMcBENEDEEM6BAgAEAM6CwguEIAEELEDENQCOggIABCABBCxAzoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAguELEDEIMBSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUPcDWPQXYO0haAFwAXgAgAF8iAGNCpIBBDEwLjSYAQCgAQGwAQrAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&safe=active&ssui=on]]> 2022-09-30 02:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320403796 Region: Oak trees/Acorns can grow throughout the world, but they are native to North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. North America has nearly 300 native species, more than any other continent. Oak trees/ Acorn grow in nearly every state in the US. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320408895 2022-09-30 03:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320408895 Common Name: Knotweed, Pennsylvania smart weed, Smart weed, knotgrass meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320438963 2022-09-30 03:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320438963 Scientific Name: Persicaria longiseta, Genus: Persicaria, Species: longiseta meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320442060 2022-09-30 03:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320442060 living conditions: Smartweeds require wet soil conditions to germinate; hot, dry soil conditions cause seed dormancy. Fresh seeds are always dormant and require a cold period (winter) before being able to germinate the following spring. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320444208 2022-09-30 03:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320444208 Region: It is native to parts of North America, where it is widespread in Canada and the United States. It has also been noted as an introduced species in parts of Europe and South America. Common names include Pennsylvania smartweed and pinkweed. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320444382 2022-09-30 03:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320444382 Sources+Citations: meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320444658 https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/factsheet/pdf/fs_pope2.pdf
    https://www.arborday.org/trees/treeguide/treedetail.cfm?itemID=877]]>     2022-09-30 03:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320444658     Food Chain: This plant is an excellent wildlife food plant, especially for waterfowl. Twenty species of ducks, geese, bobwhites, mourning doves, ring-necked pheasants, and four species of rails, as well as 30 nongame birds, eat the seeds. Dense stands provide cover for young waterfowl, marsh birds, and wintering pheasants. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320447108 2022-09-30 03:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320447108 Common Name: Common Dandelion, dandelion meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320448690 2022-09-30 03:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320448690 Scientific Name: Taraxacum officinale, Genus: Taraxacum, Species: T. officinale meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320449335 2022-09-30 03:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320449335 Living conditions: Dandelion is a short-lived perennial that will grow just about anywhere, regardless of soil conditions, but rich soil will improve its growth. They withstand frost and freezes and tolerate crowding. Heat and insufficient moisture will cause the leaves to get bitter, but it won't kill the plant. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320449774 2022-09-30 03:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320449774 Sources+Citations: meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320450027 http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Taraxum_officinale.htm#:~:text=Dandelions%20are%20perennial%2C%20herbaceous%20plants,of%20the%20northern%20temperate%20zone.
    https://www.gardenguides.com/12554214-what-eats-dandelions.html]]>     2022-09-30 03:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320450027     Region: Dandelions are perennial, herbaceous plants that grow best in moist, sunny areas found in all parts of the northern temperate zone. Dandelions have been established in the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand amongst many other temperate regions such as Austria, Italy, Poland, and Turkey and throughout the United States. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320451066 2022-09-30 03:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320451066 Food Chain: Dandelions are a vitally important element of the diets of many flying and ground insects. Many types of bee and wasp, including the honeybee, bumblebee and bald-faced hornet, use dandelions as a food source. Other insects that eat dandelions include grasshoppers, mites, fireflies and butterflies. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320451665 2022-09-30 03:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320451665 Common Name: Honey bee, Bumble Bee, Bee meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320453190 2022-09-30 03:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320453190 Scientific Name: Bombus borealis, Genus: Bombus, Species: B. Borealis meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320454075 2022-09-30 03:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320454075 Living Conditions: Honey bees can thrive in natural or domesticated environments, though they prefer to live in gardens, woodlands, orchards, meadows and other areas where flowering plants are abundant. Within their natural habitat, honey bees build nests inside tree cavities and under edges of objects to hide themselves from predators. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320454475 2022-09-30 03:52:09 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320454475 Sources+Citations: meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320454863 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee
    https://honeystinger.com/blogs/blog/the-honey-bee-the-anchor-in-our-food-supply]]>     2022-09-30 03:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320454863     Regions: native to Afro-Eurasia. After bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasia, humans became responsible for the current cosmopolitan distribution of honey bees, introducing multiple subspecies into South America (early 16th century), North America (early 17th century), and Australia (early 19th century). meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320456024 2022-09-30 03:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320456024 Food Chain: Of the pollinators, and how they relate to our food supply, most coaches would consider the honey bee the anchor. They are the final link in the chain for the plant to produce the food we eat through pollination.The most common predators faced by honey bees are skunks, bears and hive beetles. Skunks are insectivores, and when they discover a hive, they often return every night to attack the hive and eat large quantities of bees. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320457169 2022-09-30 03:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320457169 Common Name: American Herring Gull, Herring Gull, Gull meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320458237 2022-09-30 03:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320458237 Scientific Name: Larus argentatus, Genus: Larus, Species: argentatus meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320458751 2022-09-30 03:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320458751 Living Conditions: Herring Gulls' scavenging habits take them to open water, intertidal pools and shallows, mud flats, landfills, newly plowed fields, picnic grounds, and fish-processing plants. They roost and loaf, often in large mixed species groups, in open areas with good visibility for spotting predators, including agricultural and athletic fields, beaches, parking lots, airport runways, and garbage dumps. They breed near lakes in northern forests across Canada to Alaska and in some coastal areas. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320459652 2022-09-30 03:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320459652 Sources+Citations: meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320460009 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_herring_gull]]> 2022-09-30 03:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320460009 Regions: One of the best-known of all gulls along the shores of Western Europe, it was once abundant. It breeds across Northern Europe, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and the Baltic states. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320460382 2022-09-30 03:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320460382 Food Chain: As Herring Gulls are typically at the end of the marine food chain they are so-called apex predators. In recent decades, there has been a shift in many Herring Gull populations from a typically marine, intertidal diet to a more terrestrial diet. Herring Gulls are opportunists and will eat most things: fish, crabs, insects, eggs, young birds, small mammals and garbage. meganliu3 https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320461511 2022-09-30 04:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/meganliu3/ddrfe6l64kl7w117/wish/2320461511