Grasslands+Facts

Riley M Allison T Libby S **__Welcome to Grassland Facts page!__**   **__Kingdom Monera __**   In the grasslands there are many different types of Monera that live there. Kingdom Monera is the kingdom of single celled organisms that have no nucleus and are not green. The first Monera is //Diogenidae clibanarius//, it is commonly known as red slime algae it lives in the freshwater ponds. The second Monera is Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, it is commonly known as blue-green algae, it lives in freshwater ponds.









<span style="display: block; font-size: 70%; color: rgb(129,29,3); background-color: rgb(158,191,3); text-align: center;">**__Kingdom Protista__** Many types of cells live in the grasslands. Some of them are from the Protista kingdom. Protista means- A huge variety of organisms that are mostly single-celled, they have a nucleus, organelles and they are not green, and almost all are microscopic. The first Protista is <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Trichonympha trichonympha**,**// it is commonly known as Trichonympha//,// it lives in the termite gut. The second Protista is //Heteromita globosa,// it is commonly known a soil flagellate, It lives in soil.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 200%; color: rgb(108,246,40); background-color: rgb(3,175,181); text-align: center;">Kingdom Fungi <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(129,199,10); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(193,228,33);">Kingdom Fungi __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(23,161,66);">- Most fungi are multi-celled, have no chlorophyll, and they absorb nutrients to get food! <span style="color: rgb(226,160,8);">The first fungus is the //Tulostoma niveumis.// It is a club fungus that lives in the Scottish grasslands on the rocks. Its common name white stalkball. The second fungus is a //Colletotrichum graminicola// or as it's commonly known as Anthracnose//.// It is a threadlike fungus that lives on trees and the ground. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(29,166,205); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(102,226,18); text-align: center;">Kingdom Plantae <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(94,197,27);">Kingdom Plante-<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(18,117,171);">Most organisms in Kingdom Plante are multi-celled, most have cell wall and chlorophyll wich means they are mostly green.

<span style="color: rgb(5,5,5);">**__Kingdom__**: Plantae
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(11,10,10); text-align: center;">__<span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: rgb(150,235,40); font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(27,81,106); text-align: center;">Angiosperms __ **

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(94,197,27);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(18,117,171);"><span style="color: rgb(5,5,5);">**__Class__**: Magnoliids <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(94,197,27);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(18,117,171);"><span style="color: rgb(5,5,5);">**__Order__**: Magnoliales
 * __Division__**: Angiosperms

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 * __Family__**: Magnoliaceae   <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * __Genus__**: Magnolia


 * __species__**: virginia


 * __Common name__**: Sweet Bay


 * __Lives__**: It lives off of the ground like normal trees, it is found in the central part of the United States in the grasslands region.   <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

__** <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: rgb(27,82,121); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(101,232,23); text-align: center;">Gymnosperms **__
 * __Kingdom__**: Plantea <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:stangeria_eriopus.JPG align="right" caption="Stanger's cyad"]]

**__Division:__** Cycadopyta <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * __Class:__** Cycadopsida <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * __Order:__** Cycadles


 * __Family:__** Stangeriaceae <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * __Genus:__**//Stangeria//


 * __species:__** //eriopus//

**__common name:__** Stanger's cyad


 * __Lives:__** Stanger's cyad lives on the coastal, (land next to the sea; the seashore) ,grassland sand and on a few inland forests along the east coast of South Africa!

__**<span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; color: rgb(119,245,41); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(20,75,103); text-align: center;">Ferns **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

**__Kingdom__**:Plantea <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * __Division__**: Pteridophyta

**__Family__**: Azollaceae
 * __Class__**: Pteridopsida[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Azolla_caroliniana0.jpg/200px-Azolla_caroliniana0.jpg width="362" height="320" align="right" caption="Mosquito Fern" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Azolla_caroliniana0.jpg"]] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * __Order__**: Salviniales


 * __Genus__**: Azolla

**__Lives__**: The mosquito fern is usually found in the moist areas of the grasslands all over the world, it is on top of the water in swampy areas or in watering holes! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * __species__**: <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(5,5,5);">caroliniana
 * __Common name__**: Mosquito Fern

<span style="color: rgb(34,247,38); background-color: rgb(8,15,161);"> <span style="color: rgb(34,247,38); background-color: rgb(8,15,161);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(6,130,152); text-align: center;"> **<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(89,214,247); background-color: rgb(10,134,4); text-align: center;">Horsetails __Kingdom:__ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Plantea


 * __Division:__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">    ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Equisetophyta <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(3,8,2);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(23,3,3);"> <span style="color: rgb(47,94,23);">

__**Class:**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Equisetopsida __**Order:**__ Equisetales  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

**__Family:__** Equisetaceae <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

__**Genus:**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Equisetum  //

__**species:**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// t elmateia //

**__Common Name:__**Milde giant horsetail **__Lives:__** It lives in the marshy parts of the grasslands all over he world.

<span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(21,87,101); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(109,240,15); text-align: center;">__**Coniferophyta**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

**__Kingdom:__** Plantae **__Division:__** Pinophyta


 * __Class:__** Pinopsida
 * __Order:__** Pinales


 * __Family:__** Pinaceae

__**Genus:**__ //Pinus//


 * __species:__** //pinea//

__**Common Name:**__ Italian Stone Pine. There are also some other variations to it's common name. Such as a Nut pine, a Parasol Pine, and an Umbrella pine (not the Japanese kind of Umbrella Pine)!

__**Lives:**__ The Italian stone pine is native to Southern Europe, commonly found in the Mediterranean region. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

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**<span style="display: block; color: rgb(107,240,40); background-color: rgb(17,83,141); text-align: center;">__Mosses__ **  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **__Kingdom:__** Plantae

__**Division:**__<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(6,5,5);">Bryophyta


 * __Class:__**Bryoesida


 * __Order:__**hypnales

**__Genus:__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> //Brachythecium// **__species:__** //r utabulum // **__Common name:__**Brachythecium Moss
 * __Family:__**Brachytheciaceae <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * __Lives:__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This mosses lives on rocks,and soil. Also it lives by rocky streams and wet woodlands

<span style="display: block; color: rgb(19,120,164); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(12,146,34); text-align: center;"> **<span style="color: rgb(6,82,127);">__<span style="background-color: rgb(16,163,5);">Gnetophyta __ **  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **__Kingdom:__** Plantae


 * __Division:__** Gnetophyta


 * __Class:__** Gnetopsida
 * __Order:__** Gnetales


 * __Family:__** Gnetaceae


 * __Genus:__** //Gnetum//


 * __species:__** //gnemon//


 * __Common Name:__** Melinjo


 * __Lives:__** It mainly lives in the southeastern part of Asia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(202,7,7); text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(15,39,199); background-color: rgb(80,233,32); text-align: center;">__**Mangnoliophyta**__
 * __Kingdom:__** Plantae


 * __Phylum:__** Magnoliophyta[[image:Earleaf_acacia.jpg align="right" caption="Earleaf acacia"]][[image:Earleaf_acacia2.jpg align="right"]]


 * __Class:__** Magnoliopsida


 * __Order:__** Fabales


 * __Family:__** Fabaceae


 * __Genus:__** //Acacia//
 * __species:__** //auriculiformis//


 * __Common Name:__** Auri, Earleaf acacia, Earpod wattle, Northern black wattle, Papuan wattle, Tan wattle


 * __Lives:__** It is commonly found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea<span style="color: rgb(90,54,150);">.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __** Kingdom: **__ Plantae __**
 * __Consumer Type:__** Producer

Division: ** __ Magnoliapyta __**

Class: ** __ Lilospida __**

Order: ** __ Poales __**

Family: ** __ Poaceae __**

Genus: **__ Echinochloa __**

species: **__ muricata __**

Common Name: **__ Grass __**

Lives: ** __ Everywhere __**

Consumer Type: **__ Producer <span style="display: block; font-size: 190%; color: rgb(255,0,210); background-color: rgb(255,177,0); text-align: center;">__Kingdom Animalia__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __**Kingdom Animalia:**__ are multi-celled organisms that digest food. <span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(7,100,2); background-color: rgb(35,246,226); text-align: center;">Mammals **<span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(7,100,2); background-color: rgb(35,246,226); text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(242,2,2);">__Lion__ **
 * __Kingdom__:** Animalia[[image:male_lion.jpg width="275" height="218" align="right" caption="Male Lion"]]

**__Phylum__:** Chordata  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

**__Class__:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mammalia

**__Order__:** Carnivora  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * __Family__:** Felidae  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

**__Genus__:**Panthera <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">


 * __species__: ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> leo

__**Lives**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">: In the savannas, in Africa

__** Commo n    Name **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">: Lion

__**Consumer** **Type:**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Carnivore

<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(229,16,16);">**__Deer Mouse__** <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(3,2,2);"> **__Kingdom:__** Animalia


 * __Phylum:__** Chordata


 * __Class:__** Mammalia
 * __Order:__** Rodentia


 * __Family:__** Cricetidae


 * __Genus:__** //Preomyscus//


 * __species:__** //maniculatus//


 * __Common Name:__** Deer mouse


 * __Lives:__** It lives mainly in the southwestern parts of America, and in some parts of New Mexico. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(3,2,2);">


 * __Consumer Type:__** Omnivore

<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(244,6,6);">__**Horse**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __**Kingdom**__: Animalia

__**Phylum**__: Chordata

__**Class**__: Mammalia


 * __Order__**: Perissodactyla

__**Family**__: Equidae

__**Genus**__:Equus

__**species**__:caballus


 * __Common Name__**: Horse

__**Lives**__: Grassy Plains

<span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(255,17,0); text-align: left;">__**Giraffe**__
 * __Consumer Type:__** Herbivore <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(3,2,2); text-align: left;">**__Kingdom:__** Animalia
 * __Phylum:__** Chordata


 * __Class:__** Mammalia


 * __Order:__** Artiodactyla


 * __Family:__** Giraffidae


 * __Genus:__** //Giraffa//


 * __species:__** //camelopardalis//


 * __Common Name:__** Giraffe[[image:giraffe2.jpg width="316" height="119" align="right" caption="Because of their long necks giraffes' must bend down to drink "]]


 * __Lives:__** It is commenly found in the grasslands central to southern regions of Africa. They especially like areas that have acacia (shrub) growth.


 * __Consumer Type:__** Herbivore
 * __Zebra__

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(7,8,8);"> <span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);">__Kingdom__:  ** <span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);"> <span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Animalia


 * __Phylum:__** <span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chordata


 * __Class:__** <span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mammalia


 * __Order:__** <span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Perissodactyla


 * __Genus:__** <span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Equus//


 * __species:__** <span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//quagga//


 * __Common Name__**  <span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">: Zebra


 * __Lives:__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the Grasslands of Africa

__**Consumer Type:**__ Herbivore

<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(242,13,13);">__Elephant__

__**Kingdom:**__ Animalia


 * __Phylum:__** Chordata


 * __Class:__** Mammalia


 * __Order:__** Proboscidae


 * __Family:__** Elephantidae


 * __Genus:__** Loxodonta     <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(255,17,0); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);">
 * __species:__** africana


 * __Common Name:__** African Elephant


 * __Lives:__**On the savannas in Africa


 * __Consumer Type:__** Herbivore

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,3);">__**Bison**__

__**Kingdom:**__ Animaila

__**Phylum:**__ Chordata

__**Class:**__ Mammalia

__**Order:**__ Artiodactyla

__**Family:**__ Bouidae

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(255,17,0); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);"> __**Genus:**__ Bison

__**species:**__ bonaus

__**Common Name:**__ Bison

__**Lives:**__ Grasslands in North America

__**Consumer Type:**__ Herbivore <span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(5,118,13); background-color: rgb(0,202,255); text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(177,0,255); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(34,1,1);">Birds <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(205,4,4);">**__Ostrich__** __**Kingdom:**__ Animalia <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(0,92,16); background-color: rgb(36,249,219); text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(3,2,2); background-color: rgb(248,247,247);"> __Class__: ** Aves **
 * __Phylum__: ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Chordata **

__Order__: ** Struthioniformes **

__Family__: ** Struthioidea **

__Genus__: ** Struthio **

__species__: ** camelus **

__Lives__: ** Grasslands in Africa


 * __Common Name:__** Ostrich

__**Consumer Type:**__ Omnivore

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 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(255,12,0);">__<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255,0,34);">Red-tailed Hawk: __ <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255,0,34);">
 * __ Kingdom: __ ** Animalia **__ [[image:Red-tailed_Hawk.jpg align="right" caption="Red-tailed Hawk"]]

Phylum __**__ : __ Chordata **__

Class: __ ** Aves **__

Order: __** Accipitriformes ** __

Family: __ ** Accipitridae **__

Genus: __ ** Buteo **__

species: __ ** jamaicensis __** Common Name: **__ Red-tailed hawk __**

Lives: **__ In the grasslands in North America __**

Consumer Type: **__Carnivore

<span style="display: block; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(93,254,253); background-color: rgb(59,7,131); text-align: center;">Reptile <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(236,9,9);">__**Cobra**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __**Kingdom:**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Animalia

__**Phylum:**__ Chordata

__**Class:**__ Reptilia

__**Order:**__ Squamata

__**Family:**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Elapidae __**Genus:**__ Naja

__**species:**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> mandalayensis __**Common Name:**__ Cobra

__**Lives:**__ In the northern region of India

__**Consumer Type:**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Carnivore

<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(228,12,12);"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(226,3,3); text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(228,12,12);">__**Bullsnake**__

<span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(6,5,5); text-align: left;">**__Kingdom:__** Animalia


 * __Phylum:__** Chordata


 * __Class:__** Reptilia


 * __Order:__** Squamata[[image:deadly_bullsnake.jpg width="429" height="306" align="right" caption="Deadly Bullsnake"]]


 * __Family:__** Colubridae


 * __Genus:__** //Pituophis//


 * __species:__** //catenifer//


 * __Common Name:__** Bullsnake


 * __Lives:__** The Bullsnake is native to the northern parts of Mexico, and southern Canada!


 * __Consumer Type:__** Carnivore  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(156,0,255); background-color: rgb(87,250,248); text-align: center;">Amphibians <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __**Kingdom:**__ Animalia
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(247,24,24);">__White's Tree Frog__ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

__**Phylum:**__ Chordata


 * __Class:__**Amphibia


 * __Order:__** Anura


 * __Family:__** Ascaphidae
 * __Genus:__**Litoria

__**species:**__caerulea

__**Common Name:**__White's Tree Frog


 * __Lives:__** On the Trees in Grasslands all over the World

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(217,18,20);"> **__Kingdom:__** Animalia
 * __Consumer Type:__** Carnivore
 * __African Bull Frog__**


 * __Phylum:__** Chordata


 * __Class:__** Vertebrata<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:African_Bull_Frog.jpg align="right" caption="African Bull Frog"]]


 * __Order:__** Anura


 * __Family:__** Ranidae

__**Genus:**__Encephalopathy


 * __species:__** adspersus


 * __Lives:__** In the grasslands of Africa


 * __Common Name:__** African Bull Frog


 * __Consumer Type:__** Carnivore


 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(136,17,123); background-color: rgb(116,255,0); text-align: center;">Arthropods ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(244,21,21);"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(251,14,14);">**__Mexican Redknee Tarantula__**   <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

**__Kingdom:__** Animalia

**__Phylum:__** Arthropoda

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **__Order:__** Araneae <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * __Class:__** Arachnida
 * __Family:__** Theaphosidae


 * __Genus:__** //Brachypelma//

**__Common Name:__** Mexican Redknee Tarantula
 * __species:__** //smithi//


 * __Lives:__** This tarantula is manily found in the mountains of Mexico.


 * __Consumer Type:__** Carnivore <span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(212,8,8); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">

__**Monarch Butterfly**__

<span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: left;">**__Kingdom:__** Animalia


 * __Phylum:__** Arthropoda


 * __Class:__** Insecta


 * __Order:__** Lepidoptera


 * __Family:__** Nymphalidae


 * __Genus:__** //Danaus//


 * __species:__** //plexippus//


 * __Common Name:__** Monarch Butterfly


 * __Lives:__** Since the 19th century they've lived in New Zeland and Australia but the migrate to different places like here in Michigan!


 * __Consumer Type:__** Herbivore

<span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255,236,20); background-color: rgb(106,176,54); text-align: center;"> __**<span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(62,227,249); text-align: center;">Flatworms **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255,0,32);"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(197,17,17);">Tapeworm __** **__Kingdom:__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Animalia


 * __Phylum:__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Platyhelmirthes


 * __Class:__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Castoda


 * __Order:__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cyclophyllidea


 * __Family:__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Taeniidae [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Tenia_solium_scolex.jpg width="239" height="165" align="right" caption="Tapeworm"]]


 * __Genus:__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Taenia


 * __species:__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> solium

__**Lives:**__ In the digestive tracks of wild hogs
 * __Common Name:__** Tapeworm


 * __Consumer Type__**: Carnivore  <span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: #b10606; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">

__**Landchovy**__ **__Kingdom:__** Animalia


 * __Phylum:__**


 * __Class:__**

**__Order:

Family:

Genus:__** Bipalium


 * __species:__** adventitium


 * __Lives:__** It is native to Indonesia but it is also found in most of North America


 * __Common Name:__** Landchovy


 * __Consumer:__** Carnivore

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 22pt; color: rgb(242,246,19); background-color: rgb(213,141,11); text-align: center;">Roundworms
 * __Eats:__** Earthworms

**<span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(209,12,10); text-align: left;">__Lancet Liver Fluke__ **
**__<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,3,0);"><span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> Kingdom :  __** Anamalia **__Phylum:__** Platyhelminthes


 * __Class:__** Trematoda

**__Order:__** Plagiorchiida

**__Family:__** Dicrocoeliidae

**__Genus:__** //Dicrocoelium//

**__species:__** //dendriticum//

**__Common Name:__** Lancet liver fluke

**__Lives:__** The Lancet liver fluke tends to live in cattel or other grazing mammals

**__Consumer:__** Decomposer

<span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(182,7,7); text-align: left;">__**Ascaris**__ <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: left;">
 * __Kingdom:__** Animalia


 * __Phlyum:__** Nematoda[[image:scary_giant_roundworm.jpg width="334" height="338" align="right" caption="Giant intestinal roundworm"]] <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: left;">
 * __Class:__** Secernentea


 * __Order:__** Ascaridida


 * __Family:__** Ascarididae


 * __Genus:__** //Ascaris//


 * __species:__** //lumbricoides//


 * __Common Name:__** giant intestinal roundworms


 * __Lives:__** giant intestinal roundworms are commonly found in horses


 * __Consumer:__** Decomposer

<span style="display: block; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(202,7,7); text-align: left;"> **<span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(224,64,11); background-color: rgb(237,210,7); text-align: center;">Segmented Worms ** <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(226,24,24);">**__Earthworm__**

__**Segmented worms**__

__**Kingdom:**__ Animalia


 * __Phylum:__** Annelida


 * __Class:__** Oligochaeta


 * __Order:__** Haplotaxida


 * __Family:__** Lumbricidae


 * __Genus:__** //Lumbricus// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:earthworm.jpg width="288" height="234" align="right" caption="Earthworms"]]


 * __species:__** //terrestris//


 * __Common Name:__** Earthworm


 * __Lives:__** In the ground of the grasslands

**<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(203,16,16);"> __Tube Worm__<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(212,12,12);">
 * __Consumer Type:__** Decomposer

__ Kingdom: __** Animalia <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0);"> **__Common Name:__**Tube Worms **__ Lives:__** in soil
 * __ Phylum: __** Annelida
 * __Class:__** Clitellata
 * __Order:__** Pogonophora
 * __Family:__** Riftiidae
 * __Genus:__** //Riftia//
 * __species:__** //pachyptila//


 * __Consumer Type:__**Decomposer

__**<span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(197,6,198); text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(40,197,246); background-color: rgb(251,14,238); text-align: center;">Mollusk <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(245,25,25);">Slug Kingdom:**__ Animalia

__**Phylum:**__ Mollusca

__**Class:**__ Gastropoda

__**Order:**__ Sacoglossa

__**Family:**__Stiligeridae

__**Genus:**__//Stiliger//  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: left;"> __**species:**__//bellulus//

__**Common Name:**__Slug

__**Lives:**__ On plants, in soil

__**Consumer Type:**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Herbivore

<span style="color: rgb(230,10,10);"> __**Snail**__ __**Kingdom:**__ Animalia

__**Phylum:**__ Mollusca <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: left;">__**Class:**__ Gastropoda <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: left;">__**Order:**__ Pulmonata <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: left;"> __**Family:**__ Helicidea

__**Genus:**__ //Cepaea//

__**species:**__ //hortonsis//

__**Lives:**__ On wood and plants

__**Common Name:**__ White-lipped Snail <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: left;">__**Consumer Type:**__ Herbivore

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