Taiga+Facts

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​​ ​ = = = = = K​ingdom Monera = Kallie J. Marek S.

Monerans have the same scientific and species name. Monera have no nucleus and are single celled organisms. One type of monera in the taiga is cyanobacteria, a photosynthetic bacteria. Cyanobacteria is a cocci bacteria meaning it is shaped like a sphere. Cyanobacteria is also called blue-green algea. Some examples of it are Pleurozium Schreberi, Calothrix, and Nostoc. It is located in the ocean, freshwater, and arid areas where it is a major component of biological soil crust. //Anaplasma phagocytophilum// is a bacterium that causes human granulocytic anaplasm. It is often speard through tick bites. //Anaplasma// //phagocytophilum// is located in North America, Europe, and Asia.



= Protists = Definition: an organism with a nucleus, organelles, and most are single celled.

Protozoans
Protozoans are "animal -like" they don't have cell walls or chlorophyll. One is //Giardia duodenalis.// It lives in the guts of wolves.



= Algae = Algae is a plant-like organism. They have chlorophyll and make their own food. //Chlamydomoas// //gelantinosa// is an example of an algae that lives in the taiga biome. It lives in in freshwater and soil but it can also be found in the snow.

= Fungi =

=Basidiomycota= One of the classes of Fungi is Basidiomycota. Basidiomycota is a phylum in the kingdom fungi. Basidiomycota includes mushrooms. //Blastomyces dermatitidis// **Kingdom:** //Fungi//
 * Phylum:** //Basidiomycota//
 * Class:** //Basidiomycetes//
 * Order:** //Filobasidiales//
 * Family:** //Filobasidiaceae//
 * Genus:** //Blastomyces//
 * Specific descriptor:** //dermatitidis [[image:http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1189293725778&id=8c17bb50651a663f67e84b09507fa72d&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.mycology.adelaide.edu.au%2fimages%2fblasto22.gif width="159" height="160" caption="This fungi is a disease in dogs and other simalar mammals."]] //

//Langermannia gigantea// is an example of a basidiomycota living in the taiga. //Langermannia gigantea// is more commonly named The Giant Puffball.


 * Domain:** //Eukaryota//


 * Kingdom:** //Fungi//


 * Phylum:** //Basidiomycota//


 * Class:** //Basidiomycetes//


 * Order:** //Agaricales//


 * Family:** //Lycoperdaceae//


 * Genus:** //Langermannia//


 * Specific descriptor:** //gigantea [[image:puffball02.jpg width="300" height="207" caption="The Giant Puffball is a Basidiomycota found in the taiga"]]//

Ascomycota Asomycota, also known as sac-fungi. Ascomycota can be found in almost all continents. Ascomycoa is a Phylum. //Lopadium// //disciforme// is located in nortern canada. ** Specific descriptor: **// disciforme //
 * Kingdom:** //Fungi//
 * Phylum:** //Ascomycota//
 * Class:** //Ascomycetes//
 * Order:** //Lecanorales//
 * Family:** //Ectolechiaceae//
 * Genus:** //Lopadium//

Chytridiomycota Chytridiomycota is a Phylum of the Fungi kingdom. Chytridiomycota is a microscopic organism.

//Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis// is a Chytridiomycota that causes Chytridiomycosis in amphibians. //Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis// can also be called "Frog Chytrid Fungus".

Plants Definition: plants are multi-celled organisms with cell walls and chlorophyll.
 * Kingdom:** //Fungi//
 * Phylum:** //Chytridiomycota//
 * Class:** //Chytridiomycetes//
 * Order:** //Chytridiales//
 * Family**: //Chytridiaceae//
 * Genus:** //Batrachochytrium//
 * Specific descriptor:** //dendrobatidis [[image:batrachochytrium_dendrobatidis.jpg width="240" height="240" caption="The Frog Chytrid Fungus caused many frogs and other amphibians to get Chytridiomycosis."]]//

**Pinopsida:** most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.


 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Class:** //Pinopsida//
 * Order:** //Pinales//
 * Family:** //Pinaceae//
 * Genus:** //Pinus//
 * Specific epithet:** //banksiana//

//Pinus banksiana// lives in places such as New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont. It only lives in the northern states and countries.It's more commonly named the Jack Pine.

**Pinopsida** : most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta. //Abies concolor// is located in western regions of North America and North American Taiga (Canada and Northern States). It's common name is the white pine.


 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Magnoliophyta//
 * Class:** //Pinopsida//
 * Order:** //Pinales//
 * Family:** //Papilionoidea//
 * Genus:** //Abies//
 * Specific epithet:** //concolor//



**Pteridophyta** : a pylum containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns. //Athyrium flex-femina// is found in the taiga of North America and Eurasia(Europe and Asia). It is also kown as the Lady Fern.


 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Pteridophyta//
 * Class:** //Filicatae//
 * Order:** //Filicales//
 * Family:** //Woodsiaceae//
 * Genus:** //Athyrium//
 * Specific epithet:** //felix-femina//


 * //Bryophyta//**: A class of non-flowering, nonvascular plants. It includes mosses and liverworts.

//Sphagnum andersonianum// is more commonly called Peat moss. Peat moss is mainly found in bogs in the North American Taiga. Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * [[image:sphagnum_moss.jpg width="212" height="151" align="right" caption="Peat Moss"]]
 * Phylum:** //Bryophyta//
 * Class:** //Sphagnopsida//
 * Order:** //Sphagnales//
 * Family:** //Noctuoidea//
 * Genus:** //Sphagnum//
 * Specific epithet:** //andersonianum//

**Lycopsida:** Club mosses and related forms. Also it is sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta.

//Lycopium annotinum// is found in the interior of Alaska. It's comon names are bristly clubmoss, stiff clubmoss, and interrupted clubmoss.

=Pinophyta:= //Larix laricina// is more commonly called Tamarack or American Larch. It is native to Canada and Alaska and can be found as far North as it is possible for trees to grow.
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae[[image:http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1437957754538&id=3060bcd0606591f9b0114a3f76d26e77&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.lino.com%2f%7Evmartino%2fimages%2flycopodium_annotinum.jpg width="76" height="160" align="right" caption="Lycopodium annotinum L ..."]]//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Class:** //Lycopsida//
 * Order:** //Lycopodiales//
 * Family:** //Lycopodiaceae//
 * Genus:** //Lycopodium//
 * Specific epithet:** //annotinum//
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Pinophyta//
 * Class:** //Pinopsida//
 * Order:** //Pinales//
 * Family:** //Pinaceae//
 * Genus:** //Larix [[image:tamarack-tree-1.jpg align="right" caption="More commonly known as the American Larch, this tree can be found as far north as trees can grow. "]]//
 * Specific epithet:** //laricina//

//Cornus canadensis// more commonly known as Bunchberry Dogwood is one of the few flowering plants in the taiga. It can be found as far north as Canada and Greenland. Kingdom: //Plantae// Division: //Anthophyta// Class: Dicotyledoneae Order: //Cornales// Family: // Cornaceae // Genus: //Cornus// Species: //canadensis //
 * Anthophyta:** A division of flowering plants. They have adapted to almost every habitat.

Magnoliopsida:
Seed bearing plants. //Betula papyrifera// is found in Siberia and North America. It's common name is paper birch or conoe birch.
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Clas****s:** //Magnoliopsida//
 * Order:** //Corylales//
 * Family:** //Betulaceae//
 * Genus:** //Betula//
 * Specific epithet:** //papyrifera//



Polypodiopsida:
a class of plants that includes all the leptosporangiate ferns //Gymnocarpium dryopteris// is located in the Polovinnaya Pad' valley. It's common name is oak fern. //
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Class:** //Polypodiopsida//
 * Order:** //Polypodiales//
 * Family:** //Dryopteridaceae//
 * Genus:** //Gymnocarpium//
 * Specific epithet:** //dryopteris

Magnoliopsida:
Seed bearing plants. //Conyza canadensis// is located in North America (mainly Canada), which is how it gets its name Canadian horse weed. //
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Class:** //Magnoliopsida//
 * Order:** //Asterales//
 * Family:** //Asteraceae//
 * Genus:** //Conyza//
 * Specific epithet:** //canadensis


 * Magnoliopsida**: Seed bearing plants

//Salix fuscescens,//more commonly known as the Alaska Bog Willow, lives in the moist artic/alpine tundra and taiga.


 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Class:** //Magnoliopsida//
 * Order:** //Salicales//
 * Family:** //Salicaceae//
 * Genus:** //Salix//
 * Specific epithet:** //fuscescens//

//**Magnoliophyta: Flowering plants**

Maianthemum bifolium,// also called the May Lily, is native to Western Europe.


 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Magnoliophyta//
 * Class:** //Liliopsida//
 * Order:** //Asparagales//
 * Family:** //Convallariaceae//
 * Genus:** //Maianthemum//
 * Specific epithet:** //bifolium//

=Kingdom Animals= Animals are organisms that digest food and are multi-celled.

//Mammalia:// Includes all mammals. //Canis lupis// more commonly known as the Gray Wolf can live in many biomes as long as the food is plentiful and the climate is relatively cold. The Siberian Taiga is best suited for these animals.


 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Mammalia//
 * Order:** //Carnivora[[image:gray_wolf.jpg width="167" height="253" align="right" caption="The Gray wolf lives in places where food is plentiful and the climate is relatively cold."]]//
 * Family:** //Canidae//
 * Genus:** //Canis//
 * Specific name:** //lupis//

// **Aves:** // Includes all birds

//Haliaeetus leucocephalus// otherwise known as the Bald eagle can be found in all North American Taiga but 80% of them live in Alaska.


 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Aves//
 * Order:** //Ciconiiformes//
 * Family:** //Accipitridae//
 * Genus:** //Haliaeetus//
 * Specific name:** //leucocephalus [[image:BaldEagle.jpg width="200" height="152" align="right" caption="The Bald eagle lives in all North American Taiga"]]//

//**Amphibia:**// Organisms that lived in water at some part of their life. //Rana septentrionalis// otherwise known as the Mink frog is native to the United states and Canada. It lives in bogs and ponds. They are highly aquatic and do not live to far from water.
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Amphibia//
 * Order:** //Anura//
 * Family:** //Ranidae//
 * Genus:** //Rana//
 * Specific name:** //septentrionalis [[image:images.jpg width="139" height="89" align="right" caption="The Mink Frog lives in North American bogs and ponds"]]//

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=Arthropoda=
 * Organisms with multiple body sections, jointed apedeges, and an exoskeleton, hard outer-covering found on athropods.

//Lycaena phlaeas,// also known as the American copper buttefly, is common in Europe, North America, and Asia.


 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Arthropoda//
 * Class:** //Insecta//
 * Order:** //Lepidoptera//
 * Family:** //Lycaenidae//
 * Genus:** //Lycaena [[image:copper_buttterfly.jpg width="237" height="192" align="right"]]//
 * Specific name:** //phlaeas//

//Sphaerium rhomboideum//, or Fingernail clams, live in New Zealand at the bottom of small ponds or brooks.
 * Mollusks**: Soft bodied organisms with a well developed organ system. Some have a hard shell


 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Mollusca//
 * Class:** //Bivalvia//
 * Order:** //Veneroida//
 * Family:** //Janiroidea//
 * Genus:** //Sphaerium//
 * Specific name:** //rhomboideum//


 * Athropoda:** Organisms with multiple body sections, jointed apedeges, and and exoskeleton.

//Choristoneura orae, a//lso known as Spruce Budworm, is an insect that lives in the United States and Canada. The Spruce budworm is a very destuctive insect because they destroy so many trees each year. The Balsam Fir is the species most effected by them.


 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Arthropoda//
 * Class:** //Insecta//
 * Order:** //Lepidoptera//
 * Family:** //Tortricidae//
 * Genus:** //Choristoneura[[image:pfra_org_budworm1.jpg width="154" height="160" align="right" caption="Spruce Budworm"]]//
 * Specific name:** //orae//

//Oncorhynchus tshawytscha// is located in an area between Yukon and the North West Territories. It's common name is the Chinook Salmon.
 * Osteichthyes:** a class includeing all bony fish
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:kWDpTQDQXSck2M:http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Salmonidae/chinook_salmon.jpg width="163" height="64" align="right" caption="chinhook salmon" link="imgres?imgurl=http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Salmonidae/chinook_salmon.jpg&imgrefurl=http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Salmonidae/chinook_salmon.html&usg=__uqUhp8otc2mHX3Ua0qXXE7lbs0g=&h=394&w=1000&sz=231&hl=en&start=4&itbs=1&tbnid=kWDpTQDQXSck2M:&tbnh=59&tbnw=149&prev=/images?q=chinook salmon&gbv=2&hl=en"]]//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Osteichthyes//
 * Order:** //Salmoniformes//
 * Family:** //Salmonidae//
 * Genus:** //Oncorhynchus//
 * Specific name:** //tshawytscha//

//Trichinella spiralis// is located in bears in the upper peninsylia near lake Superior. It's common name is not avalible.
 * Nematoda:** a phylum consisting of round worms, nematodes, pinworms, hookworms.
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia[[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:y-ykIdNTS5X2CM:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/picrender.fcgi%3Fbook%3Dmmed%26part%3DA4901%26blobname%3Dch91f7.jpg width="135" height="90" align="right" link="imgres?imgurl=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/picrender.fcgi?book=mmed&part=A4901&blobname=ch91f7.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=mmed&part=A4901&usg=__lW5Lcvzr6wBTOhl-D6CDg-1CdFM=&h=399&w=598&sz=79&hl=en&start=3&itbs=1&tbnid=y-ykIdNTS5X2CM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&prev=/images?q=Trichinella spiralis nativa&hl=en"]]//
 * Phylum:** //Nematoda//
 * Class:** //Adenophorea//
 * Order:** //Trichocephalida//
 * Family:** //Trichinellidae//
 * Genus:** //Trichinella//
 * Specific name:** //spiralis//

//Gulo luscus// is located in Canada. It's common name is the wolverine.
 * Mammalia:** a class that includes all mammals
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Mammalia//
 * Order:** //Carnivora//
 * Family:** //Mustelidae//
 * Genus:** //Gulo//
 * Specific name:** //luscus//

//Komarekiona eatoni// is located in the alpine taiga because the artic taiga's soil is perma frost which this organism can not live in. It's common name is the earthworm.
 * Annelida:**
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia[[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ync8GFBynIQ7mM:http://earthwormcastingfarm.com/images/european_nightcrawlers_sm.jpg width="112" height="107" align="right" caption="earthworm" link="imgres?imgurl=http://earthwormcastingfarm.com/images/european_nightcrawlers_sm.jpg&imgrefurl=https://fhsferronbio.wikispaces.com/annelides&usg=__j5kgDry5n3u0W3wJrVOnoVvoF2o=&h=118&w=125&sz=8&hl=en&start=4&itbs=1&tbnid=ync8GFBynIQ7mM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=90&prev=/images?q=Komarekiona eatoni&gbv=2&hl=en&sa=G"]]//
 * Phylum:** //Annelida//
 * Class:** //Oligochaeta//
 * Order:** //Haplotaxida//
 * Family:** //Komarekionidae//
 * Genus:** //Komarekiona//
 * Specific name:** //eatoni//

//Cyclopteropsis mcalpini// is located in the northern regions of the north Pacific and the north Atlantic. It's common name is the arctic lamprey.
 * Chordata:** A phylum containing all lampreys.
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Chordata//
 * Class:** //Actinopterygii//
 * Order:** //Scorpaeniformes[[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:fnQWp7Q5zX4QlM:http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Lecam_u0.jpg width="106" height="47" align="right" caption="arctic lamprey" link="imgres?imgurl=http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Lecam_u0.jpg&imgrefurl=http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/summary/Speciessummary.php?id=2524&usg=__AyqHVQRPAR8jCH7zLSz7cXXXeLU=&h=93&w=211&sz=3&hl=en&start=3&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=fnQWp7Q5zX4QlM:&tbnh=47&tbnw=106&prev=/images?q=arctic lamprey images&hl=en&rls=ig&sa=X&um=1"]]//
 * Family:** //Cyclopteridae//
 * Genus:** //Cyclopteropsis//
 * Specific name:** //mcalpini//

It is located in the Kaibab Platue, AZ and some other states up North. It's common name is the Taiga Bluet.
 * Arthropoda:** a phylum of invertebrate animals having a segmented body and jointed appendages.
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Arthropoda[[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Uur_r2AaExLfXM:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3766866530_0448867b89.jpg width="156" height="99" align="right" caption="Taiga Bluet" link="imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3766866530_0448867b89.jpg&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/gyr/3766866530/&usg=__Cs11uaMj8WV3JCqraePFM7N6Ck0=&h=319&w=500&sz=72&hl=en&start=7&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Uur_r2AaExLfXM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=130&prev=/images?q=Coenagrion resolutum&hl=en&sa=N&um=1"]]//
 * Class:** //Insecta//
 * Order:** //Odonata//
 * Family:** //Coenagrionidae//
 * Genus:** //Coenagrion//
 * Specific name:** //resolutum//

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