Temperate+Rain+Forest+Facts

A kind of moneran found in Temperate Rainforest Climates are //**Arthrospira Platensis**//.
This spirilla-shaped bacteria is generally found in very moist areas such as fertile land. It is found mainly along the coast of New Zealand. It's scientific name is //Arthrospira Platensis// .
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Spirul2.jpg/220px-thumb.jpg width="207" height="198" caption="Arthrospira Plantensis"]] ||
 * Arthrospira Plantensis ||


 * [[image:http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/GLWL/Algae/Cyanophyta/Images/nostoc.jpg caption="Nostic Pruniforme"]] ||
 * Nostic Pruniforme ||

These are spirilla-shaped monerans. Their scientific name is //Nostic Pruniforme.//
Protists in the Temperate Rain Forest **//Protist-//** A unicellular organis lacking complex structure.They have no organisms, //**Algae-**// a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthes.
 * //Protozoan//** - are microorganisms classified as unicellular. They play a key role in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem


 * [[image:http://www.korseby.net/outer/flora/algae/ulvophyceae/ulva_lactuca.jpeg width="201" height="128" caption="ulva lactuca"]] ||
 * ulva lactuca ||

===An example of an algae in the temperate rain forest is U //lva lactuca// (common name sea lettuce).Ulva lactuca is found commonly found on rocks. ===

**__Protozoans__**

An example of a Protozoan in the Temperate Rain Forest climate is the //**Entamoeba histolytica**//. ​ This is a deadly intestine diesese found in the intestines and digestive system of animals. There are roughly 70,00 deaths per year due to this diesese.


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 * Entamoeba histolytica ||

Fungi- Fungi is a multicellular organism that decomposes dead, organic material. It has an average developed cell structure.
__Basidiomycota: -__ (Phylum)
 * //Basidiomycota//** is a fungus that bears spores and has a structure comprised of hypae.

An Example of a fungi that is a **//Basidiomycota//** is **__Bracket Fungi__** Fungi- A multicellular organism that decomposes dead organic material. scientific name of Bracket Fungi is **//Daedaleopsis confragosa.//**
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 * Bracket Fungus ||
 * __Bracket Fungi__** - Bracket Fungi is one of the many species of Fungi inside of the Temperate Rain Forest. they produce shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting bodies called **conks** that lie in a close grouping of separate or interconnected horizontal rows. Brackets can range from only a single row of a few caps .

Bracket Fungi is located on decaying trees or logs. They grow in a cluster and can be found in temperate zones, such as new zealand or forests located in chilly areas. ​

Kingdom: Fungi

Phylum: Basidiomycete

Class: Hymenomycete

Order: Polyporales

Family: Polyporaceae

Genus: Daedaleopsis

specie: //confragosa//  Chytridiomycota (Phylum)

An example of a **// Chytridiomycota //** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">in the temperate rain forest is <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**// Synchtrium endobioticum //** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">//** Synchtrium endioticum **// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">is a chytrid fungus that causes the potato wart disease or black scab. It also affects some other plants of the <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">** //Solanum// ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">//Genus//, thought it mainly only affects potatoes. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**// Synchtrium endioticum //** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">is found on decaying potatoes.
 * //Chytridiomycota//** - Is the oldest living fungi. It causes Fungal Dermatitis. It also bears spores and usually found together in clusters.


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Kingdom: Fungi

Phylum: Chytridiomycota

Class: Chytridiomycets

Order: Chytridiales

Family: Synchytriacea

Genus: Synchtrium

specie: endobioticum

= Ascomycota ​= ​ Another example of fungi in the temperate rain forest are //Aleuria aurantia (orange peal fungi) .// These cup shaped fungi is located on bare clay or disturbed soil.


 * Kingdom:** Fungi


 * Phylum:** Ascomyco


 * Class:** Ascomycetes


 * Order:** Pezizales


 * Family:** Curculionoidea


 * Genus:** //Aleuria//


 * speicies:** //Aurantia//


 * [[image:http://www.azfotos.com/fungi/stockphotos_agefotostock/L48-324782_stinkhorn_fungus.jpg width="190" height="262" caption="stinkhorn fungus"]] ||
 * stinkhorn fungus ||

Mutinus //caninus// or stinkhorn fungus is another example of fungi in the temperate rain forest they are found in <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Sans Serif;">soil, sod, wood chipsand, trees.


 * Kingdom:** Fungi


 * Phylum:** Basidiomycota


 * Class:** Basidiomycetes


 * Order:** Phallales


 * Family:** Phallaceae


 * Genus:** Mutinus


 * species:** //caninus//

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<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Plants- plants are any living organisms belonging in the kingdom Plantae. They have the ability to make their own food and contain chlorophyll, cell walls, and are multicellular. They can be both nonvascular and vascular. ======

<span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">An example of a plant in the temperate rain forest is //Castilleja coccinea// or the Indian Paintbrush.
 * Magnoliopsida** - (Class) A class within the plant kingdom comprising plants with a vascular system that bear flowers during at least some stage of their life cycle.

//Castilleja coccinea// are found in Temperate rain forests. They are found in nutrient rich and fertile soil. They are also sweet edible flowers and were used as a food by indegous people long ago.

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum : Magnoliophyta <span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Scrophulariales <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #ff9200; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Family: Scarabaeoidea

Genus: //Castilleja//

specie: //coccinea//

<span style="color: #c6ef43; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Another example of a plant in the temperate rain forest is Skunk Cabbage or //Lysichiton americanus//

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<span style="color: #c6ef43; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Liliopsida** - (Class) comprising seed plants that produce an embryo and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids ======

<span style="color: #c6ef43; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Kingdom: Plantae :
<span style="color: #c6ef43; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Phylum: Tracheophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Order: Arales

Family: Araceae

//<span style="color: #c6ef43; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Genus: Lysichiton //

//<span style="color: #c6ef43; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">specie: americanus

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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Another example of a plant in the temperate rain forest is **//Polystichum munitum//** or Sword Fern. **Psilotophyta** - (Division) A division of the plant kingdom represented by three living species; the life cycle is typical of the vascular cryptogams.

The sword fern habitat is located long lakes and cool bodies of water.

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Tracheophyta

Class: Pteridopsida

Order: Polypodiales

Family: Dryopteridaceae

Genus: //Polystichum//

species: //munitum//


 * ~ //Polystichum munitum// ||
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<span style="color: #7300ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Another example of a plant in the temperate rain forest is **//Mahonia aquifolium//** or Oregon Grape Plants. ====== <span style="color: #7300ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Magnoliopsida- A class within the plant kingdom comprising plants with a vascular system that bear flowers during at least some stage of their life.

Oregon Grape plants are found in moist soil, in fertile areas like Washington, United States of America.

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum:Tracheophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Ranunculales

Family: Berberidaceae

//<span style="color: #7300ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Genus: Mahonia

specie: aquifolium //

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Another example of a plant in the temperate rain forest is //Lycopodium clavatum// or Ground Pine.
 * Lycopodiophyta**- <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; word-spacing: 0px;">is a subdivision of the Kingdom Plantae. It is the oldest extant (living) vascular plant division at around 410 million years old. and includes some of the most <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: medium; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"primitive" extant species. These <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: medium; word-spacing: 0px;">species reproduce by shedding spores <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; word-spacing: 0px;">.

Ground Pine is found in fertile, woody areas that contain a sufficient amount of moisture.

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Tracheophyta

Class: Lycopodiospida

Order: Lycopodiales

Family: Lycopodiaceae

//Genus: Lycopodium

Specie: clavatum//



<span style="color: #db5170; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Another example of a plant in the temperate rain forest is //Rubus idaeus// or Red Raspberry.

<span style="color: #db5170; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Magnoliopsida**- (Class) A class within the plant kingdom comprising plants with a vascular system that bear flowers during at least some stage of their life.

Red Raspberries are found in moderate wood areas that supply a cast suppy of rainfall.

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Tracheophyta.

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Rosales

Family: Rosaceae

//<span style="color: #db5170; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Genus: Rubus

specie: ideaeus //

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Another example of a plant in the temperate rain forest is //Sassafras albidum// or White Sassafras


 * Magnoliopsida**- A class within the plant kingdom comprising plants with a ascular system that bear flowers during at least some stage of their life

White Sassafras are found in forest areas that supply an immense amount of water.

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Laurales

Family: Lasiocampoidea

Genus: //Sassafras//

specie: //<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">albidum

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Another example of plants in the temperate rainforest is //Cyathea// //australis or rough tree fern.Rough tree ferns are// located along southern Australia.
 * Kingdom:** Plantae
 * Phylum:** Tracheophyta
 * Class:** Polypodiopsida
 * Order:** Cyatheales
 * Family:** Cyatheaceae
 * Genus:** //Cyathea//
 * species:** //australis//

Another example of plant in the temperate rain forest is Stinging Nettle or //Urtica dioica. S//trong teas made from the leaves are also a good preventative medicine for allergies.


 * Kingdom:** Plantae


 * Class:** Magnoliopsida


 * Order:** Urticales


 * Family:** Histeroidea


 * Genus:**//Urtica//


 * species:**//dioica

//

Another example of plants in the temperate rain forest are //Ginkgo biloba// or ginko tree.Ginkgos are dioecious, with separate sexes, some trees being female and others being male.




 * Kingdom:** Plantae


 * Phylum:** Tracheophyta


 * Class:** Ginkgoopsida


 * Order:** Ginkgoales


 * Family:** Ginkgoaceae


 * Genus:** //Ginkgo//


 * species:**//biloba//

Another example of plant in the temperate rain forest is //Swietenia macrophylla// or Honduras mahogany.


 * Kingdom:** Plantae


 * Phylum:** Tracheophyta


 * Class:** Magnoliopsida


 * Order:** Rutales


 * Family:** Meliaceae


 * Genus:** //Swietenia//


 * species:**//macrophylla//



<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;"> Animals In The Temperate Rain Forest

Animals- Animals are multicellular organisms that ingest food inside their body. An example of a animal that is in the Temperate Rain Forest is called //Ariolimax columbianus or// the Pacific Banana Slug. Mollusks- (phylum) Mollusks are soft bodied organisms that have well developed organ systems. Some come with hard shells. Banana Slugs live in extremly moist areas. They can protect their soft bodies by leaving a trail of slime behind them.
 * __Tanya's Invertebrates__**

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Molluska

Class: Gastropoda

Order: Stylommatophora

Family: Noctuoidea

//Genus: Ariolimax

specie: columbianus//



Another example of an animal that is in the Temperate Rain Forest is //Danaus plexippus// or the Monarch Butterfly. Arthropoda- (phylum) An animal that has multiple body segmints, jointed appendages, and exoskeletons.

Monarch Butterfly are found in moist yet cool locations such as New Zealand.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Nymphalidae

//Genus: Danaus

specie: plexippus//



Another Example of an animal in the Temperate rain forest is //Komarekiona eatoni// or an Earthworm. Annelida-(Phylum) are a large phylum of segmented worms, with over 17,000 modern species including ragworms, earthworms and leeches.

Earthworms are found underground in areas which have extremly moist soil.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Annelida

Class: Oligochaeta

Order: Haplotaxida

Family: Komarekionidae

//Genus: Komarekiona

specie: eatoni// ==


 * __Tanya's vertibrates__**

Another example of an animal in the temperat rain forest is a Cougar or //Puma Concolor//

Chordata(Phylum)- are animals which are either vertebrates or one of several closely related invertebrates. They are united by having, for at least some period of their life cycle, a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a tail.

Cougars are found in chilly but temperate areas where there is alot of small animals for their to feed on.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

//Genus: Puma

specie: Concolor//

Another example of an animal in the Temperate Rain Forest is //Farancia erytrogramma// or the Rainbow Snake.

Reptillia- (Class) **Reptiles**, or members of the class Reptilia, are air-breathing, generally "cold-blooded" amniotes that generally have skin covered in scales or scutes

Rainbow Snakes are found in deep soil in very moist areas.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptillia

Order: Squamata

Family: Colubridae

//Genus: Farancia

specie: erytrogramma//



Another Example of an Animal in the Temperate Rain Forest is //Strigops habroptilus// or the Kakapo Owl Parrot

Aves-(Class) **Birds** (class **Aves**) are winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), vertebrate animals that lay eggs. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates.

Kakapo Owl Parrots live in woody areas with alot of rainfall.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Psittaciformes

Family: Psittacidae

//Genus: Strigops

specie: habroptilus//


 * __Chris's Invertibrates__**

A animal in the temperate rain forest is a

Peripatopsis alba or Velvet worm. A velvet worm is a kind of round worm.

Definition:enigmatic small elongated worm like terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions.

They live in damp dark and worm regions in the temperate rain forest.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Onychophora

Class: Onychophora

Order: Onychophora

Family: Peripatopsidae

Genus: //Peripatopsis//

species: alba



Another example of a animal that is in the Temperate Rain Forest is called in the temperate rain forest is

Canis lupus or gray wolf. Wolves are located around Alaska.

Definition:the phylum comprising the chordates.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Genus://Canis//

species://lupus//

Another example of animal in the temperate rain forest is //Acles acles or elk.//They are located in western parts of north america and also spread along temperate rain forest in many places.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Cervidae

Genus:Alces

species: //acles//



Another example of animal in the temperate rain forest are

Lontra canadensis or river otter.They are found in moist yet cool locations in temperate rain forests in north America.

Definition:the phylum comprising the arthropods.


 * Kingdom:** Animalia

Arthropoda Chordata
 * Phylum:**


 * Class:** Insecta Mammalia

Lepidoptera Carnivora
 * Order:**

Nymphalidae Mustelidae
 * Family:**


 * Genus:** //canadensis//

species://canadensis//



Another example of animal in the temperate rain forest is //Dicamptodon ensatus// or Pacific Giant Salamander.They are located in western parts of the united states.

Definition:the phylum comprising the chordates


 * Kingdom:** Animalia


 * Phylum:** Chordata


 * Class:** Amphibia


 * Order:** Urodela


 * Family:** Dicamptodontidae


 * Genus:** //Dicamptodon//


 * species:**//ensatus//



Another example of animal in the temperate rain forest is//Strix occidentalis or northern spotted owl.// They are found in western north america.

Definition:the phylum comprising the chordates


 * Kingdom:** Animalia


 * Phylum:** Chordata


 * Class:** Aves


 * Order:** Strigiformes


 * Genus:** //Strix//


 * species:**//occidentalis.//



Another example of animal in the temperate rain forest is the //Ornithoptera alexandrae// or Queen Alexandra's Birdwing. they are located in Temperate Rain Forests in places such as New Zelend

Definition: The phylum comprising the arthropods.


 * Kingdom:** Animalia


 * Phylum:** Arthropoda


 * Class:** Insecta


 * Order:** Lepidoptera


 * Family:** Papilionoidea


 * Genus:**  //Ornithoptera//


 * species:** //alexandrae//

Another example of animal in the temperate rain forest is the //Thamnophis sirtalis// or the Red Spotted Garter Snake. The are located in temperate rain forests in north America.


 * Kingdom:** Animalia


 * Phylum:** Chordata


 * Class:** Reptilia


 * Order:** Squamata


 * Family:** Colubridae


 * Genus:** //Thamnophis//

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 * species:** //sirtalis//

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