Temperate+Deciduous+Forest+Facts

Mitchell C. Forrest B.

__**Kingdom Monerans**__ In the Temperate deciduous Forest their is also bacteria named monera. Moneras are the lowest division of rhizopods, including those wich resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus. one kind of moneran in the temperate deciduous forest is E. Coli or it's scientific name is escherichia coli. This bacteria usually lives in peoples or animals stomaches. Another moneran bacteria is actinomyces wich live in the topsoil in the Temperate Deciduous Forest. 

 __Kingdom Protista__ Also in the Temperate Deciduous Forest their is organisms named protists. A protist is any of a group of eukaryotic organisms belonging to the kingdom of protista their is variety of unicellular, coenocytic, colonial, and multicellular organisms. An example of a protist in the Temperate Deciduous Forest is a paramecium. Its an animal like protist thet lives almost anywhere. Another protist in the Temperate Deciduous Forest is the ameba wich is also an animal like protist and lives usually in ponds but sometimes also in soil, animals, and people.



In the Temperate Deciduous Forest there is also fungi. Fungus is a multi celled organism that absorbs nutrients from other live organisms. Fungi in the Temperate Deciduous Forest is overwhelming. There are huge amounts of different species of fungi. One of these many fungi species is the ascomycetes fungi wich is it's scientific name, or the cup fungi, wich is it's commen name. It usually grows or lives on dead logs or branches that are usually wet or moist during the spring time. Another interesting fungi species in the Deciduous Forest is the Basidiomycetes or otherwise known as the puffballs. This interesting fungi usually grows in fields, lawns, or on rotten wood.
 * __Kingdom Fungi __**



__**Plant Kingdom **__  In the Temperate Deciduous Forest their is millions of plants. A plant is a multicelled organism with a cell wall that makes its food from the sun and rain, this process of how plants make food is called photosynthesis. One plant in the Temperate Deciduous Forest that is part of the division of bryophytes are liverworts.

Kingdom: plant Division (Phylum): hepatophyta Class: hepatopsida Order: marchantiales Family: aytoniaceae //Genus//: marchantia species: dioicious or monoicous Liverworts often live on the forest floors of the temprate deciduous forest and usually on moist ground.

Another plant in the temperate deciduous forest from the division of polypodiophyta, is the fern Kingdom: Plant Division (Phylum):Pteridophyta Class: Filices Order: Ophioglossales Family: Dryopteridaceae //Genus//: Azolla species: Platycerium Ferns live almost anywhere buut usually stay deep in a forest in shady areas

One more interesting plant from the Equisetophyta (syn. Sphenophyta) division is the scouring rush plant.

Kingdom: Plant Division (Phylum): Equisetophyta Class: Equisetopsida Order: Equisetales Family: Equisetaceae //Genus//: Equisetophyta species: Hyemale Scouring rush usually lives in wet soil, even though it does not require it. It's commonly found along the edge of streams or rivers.

Another important plant in the temperate deciduous forest that is from the division lycopodiophyta is the club moss.

Kingdom: Plant Division (Phylum): Lycopodiophyta Class: Lycopodiopsida Order: Lycopodiales Family: Lycopodiaceae //Genus//: Lycopodiella species: Brucei brucei Club moss usually lives and is found on moist ground in shady areas.

Another plant from the division of Psilotophyta is the whisk ferns

Kingdom: Plant Division (Phylum): Psilophyta Class: Psilopsida Order: Psilotales Family: Psilotaceae //Genus//: Psilotum species: Nudum Nudum

Whisk ferns usually live in the same places as regular ferns, almost everywhere but usually deep in forests.

One more plant in the temperate deciduous forest that is a gymnosperm and is from the division of pinophyta is the pine tree.

Kingdom: Plant Division (Phylum): coniferophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae //Genus//: Pinus species: Halepensis Halepensis

Pine trees live almost everywhere especially in the United States.

One more plant in the temperate deciduous forest is a angiosperm from the division magnoliophyta is the crabapple flower.

Kingdom: Plant Division (Phylum): Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae //Genus//: //Malus// species: M. sylvestris



The crabapple flower lives almost anywhere but usually in grassy meadows or in forests.

**__Kingdom Animalia__**  They're are thousends of animals in the Temperate Deciduous Forest and these are just some of the animals found in this biome. One famous animal in the Temperate deciduous Forest is a bird this bird is called the bald eagle.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves <span style="display: block; font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">Order: Falconiformes <span style="display: block; font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">Family: Accipitridae <span style="display: block; font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">//Genus:// Haliaeetus //Species:// Leucocephalus

Common name: Bald Eagle Type of consumer: Carnivoir Description of where it lives: Bald eagles usually live by open bodies of water like rivers or streams in tall trees.

One mammal in the temperate deciduous forest is the black bear.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae //Genus: //Ursus <span style="display: block; font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">species: U. americanus Type of consumer: Omnivor <span style="display: block; font-size: 50%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">Common name: Black bear Description of where it lives: the black bear usually live within the deep forests of the temperate deciduous forest. <span style="display: block; font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">Another mammal in the temperate deciduous forest is the wood mouse. <span style="display: block; font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae  <span style="display: block; font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">//Genus:// Peromyscus <span style="display: block; font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">//Species//:maniculatu <span style="display: block; font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 190%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;">Type of consumer: herbivoir Common name: wood mouse Description of where it lives: It usually lives in woodlands and fields

One amphibian in the temperate deciduous forest is the red spotted newt

Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Lissamphibia Order: Caudata Family: Salamandridae //Genus//: notophthalmus //Species//: notophthalmus viridescens common name: Red spotted newt Type of consumer: Carnivoir Newts usually live in grassy moist areas by a pond or lake

One more bird in the Temperate deciduous forest is the Easter screech owl.

Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae //Genus//: Otus //Species:// Otus Asio Common name: Eastern Screech Owl Type of consumer: Carnivoir Description of where it lives: the eastern screech owl usually lives almost everywhere but usually in wooded areas in forests but some also live in urban and suburban areas.

One kind of reptile in the temperate deciduous forest is the eastern box turtle

Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Emydidae Genus: Terrapene Species: Terrapene Carolina Common name: Eastern Box Turtle Type of consumer: Omnivore

Description of where it lives: Eastern box turtles usually live in open woodlands, pastures, and marshy meadows usually by a river or stream.

One more Amphibian in the temperate deciduous forest is the green frog

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Ranidae //Genus//: Rana //Species//: Rana Clamitans Common name: Green Frog Type of consumer: Carnivoir Description of where it lives: green frogs usually live on the edge of banks near a pond, river, or small streams, it can also be found in boggy areas or swamps.

One kind of arthropod in the temperate deciduous forest is the wolf spider.

Kingdom:Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Lycosidae //Genus//: Lycosa //Species//: Rabidosa Rabida Common name: Wolf Spider Type of consumer: Carnivoir Description of where it lives: The wolf spider lives almost everywhere from austrailia to your front lawn.

One more reptile in the Temperate Deciduous Forest is the garter snake.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Caudata Family: Ambystomatidae //Genus//: Ambystoma //Species//: Tigrinum Common Name: Garter Snake Type of Consumer: Carnivoir

Description of where it lives: The garter snake usually lives in park meadows or woodlands usually wherever a river or stream is nearby.

One kind of segmented worm in the temperate deciduous forest is the earthworm.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Oligochaeta Order: Opisthopora Family: Lumbricidae //Genus//: Lumbricus //Species//: Lumbricus Terrestris Common Name: Earthworm Type of consumer: Decomposer

Description of where it lives: The earthworm lives almost anywhere in the world in moist damp soil underground where theres not much light.

Another arthropod in the temperate deciduous forest is the pill bug.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Armadillidiidae //Genus//: Armadillidium //Species//: Armadillidium Vulgare Common Name: Pill Bug Type of consumer: Omnivores Description of where it lives: pill bugs live in moist places usually under rocks, piles of decaying leaves, and tree bark.

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