Desert+Facts

Megan F. Owen K.

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**__Monera Of The Desert__**

There are many types of monera in the desert one example is one that can live almost anywhere called //Streptomyces rimousus.// Desert Home. Click here for Desert fiction Click here for Desert Food Web Click here for Desert

But there ar others such as //Helicobakter pylori// which lives manly in mammals.



Hypolithic: Meaning growing beneath rocks Experiment I - Located on the floor of the Chihuahuan Desert in southwest Texas. In this desert the floor is littered with gypsum plates. The plates form along the bedding planes in Cretaceous- aged Pen Formation siltstone. The gypsum plates are pitted and embayed and make great conditions for Hypolithic bacteria. The purpose of the experiment is to collect microclimatological data on the hypolithic environment in order to better understand the conditions in which these colonies exist. The experiment is located in Beg Bend National Park (N 29' 19.007, W 103' 12.390) in sotol grassland.

Experiment II - NASA is researching the question of life on Mars. The main objective of the work in Death Valley National Park is to identify locations where hypolithic algae exist and compare it the the algae in the dry conditions at different locations within the park. A thorough understanding of how Microbial life survive in dry environments on Earth will allow us to developed ideas of how life might have survived in dry conditions on Mars.



=__Fungi Of The Desert__= The definition of fungi is: multicellular no chloraphyll absorbs neutrients.



common name; Hard skinned puffball scientific name; //Astraeus hygrometricus// This fungi lives in the Sonoran Desert.



//Podaxis pistillaris//

The Podaxis pistillaris, or more comonly none as the Desert Shaggy Mane is the most common mushroom in the Sonoran Desert. But it can be found in deserts world wide. The Shaggy Mane grows on the desert floor. An isteresting fact about this fungus is it has capremains which close arownd the gills and spores to protect them from desiccation, which is a state of extreme dryness.

= the plant kingdom:  = multicelular, has a nucleous, can make own food

__Mosses__ definition: multicellular, chlorofyll, they can grow in shady areas like forests. and almost anywere that the ground is wet, soggy, or soft. common name: Desert Spike Moss

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Lycopodiophyta

Class: Lycopodiopsida

Order: Selaginellales

Familiy: Selaginellaceae

Genus: Selaginella

species: arizonoca

__Liverwarts__ definition: mullticellular, nonvascular, chlorophyll, like moss liverwarts grow were it is wet but they don't cover as much of the wet aria. Common Name: Califonia Aserela Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Heoaticophyta

Class: Hepaticopsida

Order: Marchaniales

Familiy: Aytoniaceae

Genus: Asterella

Species: californica

__Horsetails__ definition: vascular, chlorophyll, reproduse with spores. It can live in many places because there is a large variaty of them, some dont need as much water so they will live in more sunny places like the desert floor. Common Name: Scouring Rush Horsetail Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Equisetophyta

Class: Equisetopsida

Order: Equisetales

Familiy: Equisetacea Genus: Equisetum Species: Hyemate

**__angiosperms__** == Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cacticeae Genus:Echinopis Spiesies: spachiana It lives in Numbia == kingdom plantae phyllum Pteridophyta class Filicopsida order polypodiales family Pteridaceae genus Cheilanthes species wootonii Maxon This fern is located mostly in california Common name beaded lipfern Scientific name Cheilanthes wootonii maxon It lives in New Mexico __**Gymnosperms**__ kingdom plantae phyllum gnetohyphyta class welwitschiopsida order welwitschiales family welwiitschiaceae Genus Welwitschia species marabilis It lives Namib Desert Kingdom Plantae Phyllum bryophyta Class bryopsida Order grimmiales Family grimmiaeae Genus Grimmia species americana Lives in Througout Africa
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__**animals**__

The Gila Monster lives in burows or under rocks in semiarid areas. The Gila Monster is a Carnavore which means it eats meat. They love to eat birds and reptile eggs.

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 * __Animals__** The Gila Monster lives in burows or under rocks in semiarid areas. The Gila Monster is a Carnavore which means it eats meat. They love to eat birds and reptile eggs. [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Gila_monster2.JPG/250px-Gila_monster2.JPG width="250" height="188" caption="external image 250px-Gila_monster2.JPG" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gila_monster2.JPG"]]======

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//Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:mollusca Class:Gastropoda Order:Stylommatophora Family:Helminthoglyptidea Genus:Erimarinota spiesies:immaculata// The Red Tailed Hawk is a bird found in the desert the hawk is======

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found in grass lands marshes but they have addapted to live in the desert. It is a carnivor that eats small rodents, snakes and lizzards. ======

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//lives in warm climates The Kangaroo rat (Dipodomys Deserti) kingdom animalia phylum chorata class mamlia order rodentia family heteromyidae Genus dipodomys species deserti Herbavore It lives a simi moist enviornment where its favorit food is Sugar berry. common name Hackberry butterfly (Asternocampa celtis) Kingdom Animalia Phylum arthropoda Class insecta order lepidoptera family Nymphalidae Genus Asterocampa species celtis //======

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//Anfibion The Sanoran tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum Lives in oais in the chawain desert. when the water drys up they leave and come back years later. Kingdomanimalia Phylum chordata Class anphibia Order urodela Family ambystomatidae Genus Ambysto species// The desert slender salamander is an Hebivore. it eats leaves. ======

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Craniata

Class:Amphibia

Order:Caudata

Family:Plenthodoteidea

//Genus:Barachoseps

spieses:aridus//

The ladybug is a type of insect that lives in the desert. It is an omnivore. It eats leaves and other desert plants and also othe insects.

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order:Coleprtera

//Family:Coccinelliae

Genus:Coccinellidae//

The Desert Pocket Mouse. It lives on the desert floor in burows. It is an herbivore and it eats seeds and small leaves.



Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammlia

Order:Rodentia

Family:Heteromyidea

Genus: Chaetodipus

species:Pennicalatis The gila woodpecker is a omnivove It nests in SaguaroCacti or Mesquite Trees Kingdom anamilia phyllum Chordata class Aves order Piciformes Family Picidae Genus Melanerpes species uropygialis

Texas Horned lizered lives in the southern part of north anerica Carnivore kingdom animila phyllum chordata order squamala family phrynosomatidae genus Phrynosoma species corhutum

Bob cat This is a carnivore and it lives in north america

kingdom animila phyllum chordata class mammalia order carnivora family felidae genus Lynx species rufus