Temperate+Rainforest+Facts

​ ​​​ ​  Welcome to the Temperate Rainforest Facts Page! by Jared R. and Colin F. Monerans A single celled organism with no nucleus. //Methylokorus infernorum//

Cocci shaped

Found in geothermal bogs in New Zealand

//Nostoc pruniforme//

Cocci shaped

Found on wet rocks and in places that are wet

Protists Single-celled organisms, all have nuclei Protozoan: an animal-like protist, they do not have chlorophyll or a cell wall. They absorb food from their environment.    //Hemitrichia serpula//  Pretzel Slime Mold

Found on rotting logs in shady forests.

Algae: a plant-like protist with a cell wall and chlorophyll. They can make their own food.  //Ulva latuca// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Sea lettuceLives near shores and on rocks in Japan, Great Britain, western shores of U.S. and Canada and many other places. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">​ <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">Fungi <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 134%; text-align: center;">Multi-cellular organisms, absorb food from the enviornment <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Basidiomycota (Phylum): Fungi with closely packed filaments Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Marasmiaceae Genus: //Armillaria// Species: //ostoyae// Dark Honey FungusLives on mountainsides of the Pacific Northwest <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.6%;">Basidiomycota (Phylum): Fungi with closely packed filaments

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 138.6%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Kingdom: Fungi <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 63%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 126%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 56%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 70%;"> Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Pluteaceae Genus: //Amanita// Species: muscaria <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Fly Agaric

Found in the soil in the Pacific Northwest and Great Britian

Ascomycota (Phylum): Cup shaped Fungi ​Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes Order: Pezizales Family: Tuberaceae Genus: //Tuber// Species: //gibbosum// Oregon White Truffle Lives underneath Douglas Firs <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 132%;">Glomeromycota (Phylum): Microscopic fungi that grow on roots of plants.

Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Glomeromycota Class: Glomeromycetes Order: //Glomerales// Family://Glomeraceae// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Genus: //Glomus// Species: //microcarpum//

Lives on roots of plants in British Columbia and Australia. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">

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<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 210%; text-align: center;">Plants <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> Multi-cellular organisms, have cell walls and chlorophyll, make their own food <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Non-Vascular Plants: Plants that have no water-conducting tissue <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Bryopsida (Division): Mosses and Liverworts <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 102.48%;">Kingdom: Plant Division: Bryophyta Class: Bryopsida Order: Leucodontales Family: Leucodontaceae Genus: //Antitrichia// Species: //curtipendula//

Antitrichia Moss

Antitrichia Moss is and ephiphyte, which means it lives on other plants.

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Magnoliopsida (Class): Flowering Plants with an embryo that has two seed leaves. Kingdom: Plant Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Aceraceae Genus: Acer Species: macrophyllum Broadleaf Maple The Broadleaf Maple's range is in the Pacific Northwest.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">​ Magnololiopsida (Class): Flowering plants with an embryo that has two seed leaves.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kingdom: Plant Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Genus: //Rubus// Species: //spectabilis//

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Polypodiophyta (Division): Ferns
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kingdom: Plant Division: Polypodiophyta Class: Polypodiopsida Order: Cyatheales Family: Cyatheaceae Genus: //Cyathea// Species: //dealbata//

Silver Tree Fern

Found mostly in New Zealand Temperate Rainforests. Lycopodiophyta (Division): Quillworts, Spikemosses and clubmosses

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12.8pt; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.4pt;">Kingdom: Plant <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.4pt;">Division: Lycopodiophyta <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.4pt;">Class: Lycopodiopsida <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.4pt;">Order: Selaginellales <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.4pt;">Family: Byrrhoidea <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.4pt;">Genus: Selaginella <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> <span style="font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.4pt;">Species: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.1pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14.4pt;">oregana <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Oregon Spikemoss

It is found in Oregon and Washington State.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Psilotophyta (Division): Wisk ferns
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kingdom: Plant Division: Psilotophyta Class: Psilotopsida Order: Psilotales Family: Psilotaceae Genus: //Tmesipteris// Species: //tannensis//

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px;">Rosopsida (Class): Flowering Plants, often classified under Magnoliopsida ====== <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%; text-align: left;"> Kingdom: Plant Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Rosopsida Order: Fabales <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Family: Fabaceae Genus: Trifolium Species: hybridum Alsatian Clover It is found in all temperate regions.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Liliopsida(Class): Monocots
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kingdom: Plant Division: Tracheophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Amaryllidales Family: Hemerocallidaceae Genus: //Phormium// Species: //tenax//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Equisetophyta(Division): Horsetails
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kingdom: Plant Division: Equisetophyta Class: Equisetopsida Order: Equisetales Family: Equisetaceae Genus: //Equisetum// Species: //telmateia//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Giant Horsetail
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Found in the Pacific Northwest.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Mollusca (Phylum): Soft bodied with well developed organ system.
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kingdom: Animalia
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Stylommatophora Family: Noctuoidea Genus: //Ariolimax// Species: //columbianus//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Pacific Banana Slug
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Found in the Pacific Northwest.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Species: //dichtomus//
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Found in Japan.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Phylum: Annelida
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Class: Hirudinea Order: Arhynchobdellida Family: Haemadipsidae Genus: //Haemadipsa// Species: //zeylanica//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Is found all over in Japan.
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Brachiopoda (Phylum): Brachiopods

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Brachiopoda Class: Rhynchonellata Order: Terebratulida Family: Laqueidae Genus: //Terebratalia// Species: //transversa//

Common Lampshell Is found on Pacific Northwest beaches.

Platyhelminthes (Phylum): Have one opening for food and waste, have a simple nerve system

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Turbellaria Order: Polycladida Family: Stylochidae Genus: //Kaburakia// Species: //excelsa

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<span style="display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; font-size: 16pt; text-align: left;">Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Aeshnidae Genus: Anax Species: junius

<span style="display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; font-size: 16pt; text-align: left;">Green Darner Dragonfly Is found in the Pacific Northwest.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Class: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Mammalia    ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Family: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Felidae    ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Genus: //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Lynx //   ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Species: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; white-space: nowrap;">//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">canadensis // ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Found in the pacific Northwest and in Western Canada. <span style="font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; font-size: 21px; line-height: 32px;">Amphibia (Class): Have gills as larva, lungs as adults, has two pairs of legs, ectotherms ====== <span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; font-size: 16pt;">Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Urodela Family: Dicamptodontidae Genus: Dicamptodon Species: tenebrosus <span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive;">Coastal Giant<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Salamander Found in Pacific Northwest.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Bony Fish (Class): Gills, bone skeleton, two pairs of fins, lay eggs, ectotherms

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae Genus: Oncorhynchus Species: nerka

Sockeye Salmon Found in streams and lakes of the Pacific Northwest

Birds (Class): Hollow bones, enlarged lungs, lay eggs, have scaly legs and feathers, endotherm

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Falconidae Genus: Falco Species: sparverius

American Kestrel Found over all of North America.

Reptiles: Two pairs of legs, covered with scales and lay eggs.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Colubridae Genus: //Amphiesma// Species: //vibakari//

Japanese Keelback

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Other species found in the Temperate Rainforest include //Ursus americanus// (Black Bear), //Corvus corax// (Common Raven), //Sciurus griseus// (Western Gray Squirrel), and //Odocoileus hemionus// (Mule Deer), all found in the Pacific Northwest. ======