Tundra+Facts

Facts of the Tundra

Single-cellular organisms with no nucleus
Achromobacter xylosoxidans



In the shape of Bacilli Found in Southwestern Alaska, can cause diseases of the blood = ﻿ Alcaligenes xylosoxidans =



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//Testacea lobosa//, //a type of Testate Amoebae//
A Protozoa is a protist that is animal-like, with no cellwall or chlorophyllLive in a variety of biomes (including tundra), in soil, leaf litter, and fresh water

= //Chlamydomonas nivalis//, also known as //snow algae// =

An algae is "plant like" with cell walls and chlorophyllLives under glacier ice in Alaska, looks like watermelon juice under the ice.

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Reindeer lichen
Ascomycota are a cup-shaped fungus Found primarily in the frigid Alpine Tundra Kingdom:Fungi Phylum:Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes Order: Lecanorales Family: Cladoniaceae Genus: //Cladonia// species: //rangiferina//



//** Botrytis Terrestris﻿ **// Ascomycota are a cup shaped Fungus Found in the Tundra causing diseases in plants Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes Order: Helotiales Family: Sclerotiniaceae Genus: //Botrytis// Species: //Terrestris//

// **Phycomyces blakesleeanus** // Zygomycota are a thread-shaped fungus Found in Alaska (no exact location or disease given) Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Zygomycota Class: Zygomycetes Order: Mucorales Family: Phycomycetaceae Genus: //Phycomyces// Species: //blakesleeanus// Basidiomycota are a club fungi
 * // Sporotrichum epigaeum //**

Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes Order: Not assigned Family: Mucoraceae Genus: //Sporotrichum// Species: //epigaeum// Common Name: Not assigned Location: In the soils of alpine tundra

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Chlorophyll, Cellwalls, Producers
// Calliergon giganteum //



Kingdom: Plantae Division: Bryophyta Class: Bryopsida Order: Hypnales Family: Bombycoida Genus//:Calligeron// Species://giganteum// Definition of Division: A Division of simple plants possessing no vascular tissue and rudimentary rootlike organs. They grow in a variety of damp habitats, from fresh water to rock surfaces. Some use other plants for support. The Giant Calliergon Moss is found in the Arctic Tundra on the bottom of fresh-water lake beds.

= // Sphagnum alaskense // =

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Bryophyta Class: Sphagnopsida Order: Sphagnales Family: Noctuoidea Genus: //Sphagnum// Species: //alaskense// Definition of Division : A Division of simple plants possessing no  vascular tissue and rudimentary rootlike organs. They grow in a variety of damp habitats, from fresh water to rock surfaces. Some use other plants for support. Found on the Ground of the Alpine Tundra.

//﻿// //﻿﻿ Equisetum arvense//

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Tracheophyta Class: Equisetopsida Order: Equisetale Family: Equisetaceae Genus: //Equisetum// Species://arvense// Definition of Division: A division of plants comprising green plants with a vascular system that contains tracheids Found on the Ground of the Alpine Tundra.



= // Pediastrum boryanum // =

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Chlorophyta Class: Chlorophyceae Order: Chlorococcales Family: Hydrodictyaceae Genus: //Pediastrum// Species//:boryanum// Defintion of division: a division of plants including about 7000 species of plants mostly of aquatic photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms Found in soil in tundra, also lives on polar bears fur.



= // Lycopodium complantatum // = Kingdom: Plantae Division: Tracheophyta Class: Lycopsida Order: Lycopodiales Family: Lycopodiaceae Genus: //Lycopodium// Species://complantatum// Definition of divsion: a division of plants including about 7000 species of plants mostly of aquatic photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms Lives on rocky slopes.

= // Anthoceros donnelli // =

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Anthocerotophyta Class: Anthocerotopsida Order: Anthocerotales Family: Tenebrionoidea Genus: //Anthoceros// Species://donnelli//

Definition of Division: A division non-vascular plants, comprising the division Anthocerotophyta. The common name refers to the elongated horn-like structure, which is the sporophyte. The flattened, green plant body of a hornwort is the gametophyte plant. This hornwort is found throughout the alpine regions of Unites States, such as the Rocky Mountains.

﻿//Arctostaphylos alpina// ﻿**Kingdom/Division/Class-** Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida ** Order/Family- ** Ericales Ericaceae ** //Genus/species//- ** //Arctostaphylos alpina// ** Definition of Tracheophyta- ** a group of green plants with a vascular system that contains elongated cells in the xylem. **Location-** located all over North America, in dry, non-nutrient soil.

//Salix arctia// **Kingdom/Division/Class**- Plantae Magnoliophyta Magnoliopsida //**Genus/specie****s**//- //Salix arctica//
 * Order/Family- ** Salicales Salicaceae
 * Definition of Magnoliophyta- ** a plant with a covered seed that has flowers & fruit (angiosperms)
 * Location- ** The //Salix arctica// prefers to live in muddy salt flats in course, sandy soil.

//Abies lasiocarpa// **Kingdom/Division/Class-** Plantae Pinophyta Pinopsida **Order/Family**- Pinacles pinaceae ** Definition of Pinophyta- ** cone-berring seed plants, conifers (gymnosperms) They live all around the tundra, no specific location.
 * ** **Genus/species**- //Abies lasiocarpa//
 * Location- ** The //Abies lasiocarpa// lives from the Yukon of Canada to New Mexico.

// Eriophorum beringianum //

**Kingdom/Division/Class-**Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida //** Genus/species- ** Eriophorum beringianum // that contain elongated cells in the xylem.
 * Order/Family- ** poales cyperaceae
 * Definition of tracheophyta- ** a group of green plants with vascular systems
 * Location- ** found in Alaska, in open fields.



// Xerophyllum tenax // **Kingdom/Division/Class-** Plantae Magnoliophyta Liliopsida
 * Order/Family- ** Liliales Melanthiaceae
 * // Genus/species- //**// Xerophyllum tenax //
 * Definition of Magnoliophyta- ** a plant with a covered seed thathas flowers & fruit (angiosperms)
 * Location- ** lives in meadows and plains across the alpine tundra. Only found in North America and India.

//Dryopteris dilatata//

**Kingdom/Division/Class-** Plantae Pteridophyta Filicopsida **Order/Family-** Polypodiales Dyropteridaceae Fern can be found in Alaska's Boreal Forest.
 * // Genus/species- //**// Dyropteris dilatata //
 * Definition of Pteridophyta- ** vascular plants with fronds (which have spores on their under side)
 * Location- ** the //Dyropteris dilatata// is one of few species of ferns in the tundra. The Broadleaf Buckler

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=Kingdom Animalia =

Multi-cellular, consumers, use their body to digest food
Kingdom/Phylum/Class- Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Order/Family- Basommatophora Physidae Genus/species- //Physella johnsoni// Definition- invertebrates with soft bodies covered by a shell of one or more pieces Location- The Banff Springs Snail lives in the Canadian Rockies, in hot springs located inside Banff National Park.
 * // Physella johnsoni //**



=// Kaburakia excelsa //= Kingdom/Phylum/Class- Animalia Platyhelminthes Turbelarria Order/Family- Polycladida Stylochidae Genus/species- //Kaburakia excelsa// Definition- a type of worm; having a soft, flat, bilaterally symmetrical body and no body cavity Location- The Giant Flatworm can be found in Alaska and Washington, on the undersides of rocks.



=**// Mesenchytraeus armatus //**= Kingdom/Phylum/Class-  ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ Animalia Annelida Clitellata Order/Family- Haplotaxida Enchytraeidae Genus/species- //Mesenchytraeus armatus// Definition- segmented Worms Location- Found in glaciers near Denmark and Sweden

=//Hypogastrura nivicola //=

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Entognatha Order: Collembola Family: Hypogastruroidea Genus: Hypogastrura Species: nivicola Arthropoda (phylum) - a phylum definied by invetebrates characterized by multiple body segments,jointed appendages and an exoskeleton.

=//Mesenchytraeus solifugus //=

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Clitellata Order: Haplotaxida Family: Enchytraeidae Genus: Mesenchytraeus species: solifugus Annelida - a phylum of segmented worms
 * lives in the Pacific Northwest of North America, on freshwater glaciers. ||

=//Toxascaris leonina //=

Tardigrada: phylum of tardigrades, which are microscopic invertebraes that live on mosses and lichens Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematoda: Class: Secernentea Order: Ascaridida Family: Ascarididae Genus: Toxascaris species: leonina These roundworms live in canines of the tundra such as arctic foxes. ==

Kingdom/Phylum/Class- Animalia Chordata Aves Order/Family- Galliformes Tetraonidae Genus/species- //Lagopus muta// Definition- creatures with scaly legs, lay eggs, enlarged lungs, feathers. Location- The Rock Ptarmigan lives in the tundra, on mountainsides (such as the Canadian Rockies)
 * //Lagopus muta// **



=//Ursus maritimus //=

T his animal lives in the polar ice sheet regions and swim in the costal waters of the ice sheets Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus: Ursus Species: maritimus Mammalia(class) - a class definied by warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female.

= // Salvelinus alpinus // = 

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae Genus: Salvelinus Species:alpinus Found in the coastal waters around Alaska. (Actinopterygii) Fins supported by bones, (bony fish)

**Order/Family- Petromyzontiformes Petromyzontidae ** ** Genus/species- //Lampreta tridentata//** D**efinition- Jawless fish, saltwater as adult, fresh when laying eggs** **Location- Swimming in the Bering Sea**
 * // Lampetra tridentata //**
 * Kingdom/Phylum/Class- Animalia Chordata Agnatha **




 * // Rana arvalis //**
 * // ﻿﻿ // Kingdom/Phylum/Class- Animalia Chordata Amphibia **
 * Order/Family- Anura Ranidae **
 * Genus/species- //Rana arvalis// **
 * //Definition-// Spend first part of life in water with gills, second part of life on land with lungs, smooth skin **
 * Location- Can be found hopping around in the Tundra of Norway, Finland, and Sweden **



= // Lepus arcticus // =

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Genus: Lepus Species: arcticus

Mammalia (class) - a class definied by warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary g

lands in the female. This rabbit lives in cold polar or mountainous regions and travels in small clusters throughout the year.

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