Freshwater+Lake&Pond+Facts

=Monerans= ​Monerans are single celled organisms that have no nucleus or organelles. Monerans do not have a specific job instead they're individual cells that survive on their own but can become clusters or groups of cells.The kingdom Monera is separated into two different areas, Bacteria and Cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria is green and usually water based but can grow on wet rocks or in some wet soils. Bacteria can be good or bad, good bacteria is the bacteria that helps you digest. Bad bacteria is the bacteria that carries disease and makes you sick. = Anabaena oumiana =

Scientific name: //Anabaena oumiana.// Shape: Cocci Location: On the bottom of ponds and lakes.

Scientific name://Gloeocapsa magma// Shape: Cocci Location: On the banks of ponds and lakes.

= Protists = Protists are complex single celled organisms although some are multi celled. Protists have a nucleus and organelles unlike Monerans. Protists are separated into two groups, Protozoan meaning animal like and Algae meaning plantlike.

=// Anabaena flos-aquae //=

=// Peranema trichophorum //=



Definition: Protozoans are animal like Protists. Protozoans are single celled with no cell wall or chlorophyl. They take in food and move around. Some protozoans can't move on their own so they just enter the hosts cells. Scientific name: //Peranema trichophorum// Type: Protozoan Location: In freshwater lake and ponds in the water. Fungi​ Fungus are multi-celled organisms with no chlorophyll. Absorb nutrients from whatever they are on.



Definition: Cup shaped Fungus. Scientific Name: //Xylaria polymorpha// Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: //Ascomycota// Class: //Ascomycetes// Order: //Xylariales// Family: //Xylariaceae// Genus: //Xylaria// Species: polymorpha Location: Can be found on dead decaying trees in the woods that can be found along lakes.



Definition: Club shaped- closely packed filaments. Scientific Name: //Amanita phalloides// Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: //Basidiomycota// Class: //Agaricomycetes// Order: //Agaricales// Family: //Pluteaceae// Genus: //Amanita// Species: phalloides Location: Along the shores of Lakes and ponds and in the outer forests.

Definition: Cup shaped Fungus. Scientific Name://Daldinia concentrica// Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: //Ascomycota// Class: //Ascomycetes// Order: //Xylariales// Family: //Xylariaceae// Genus: //Daldinia// Species: //concentrica// Location: Rotting trees surrounding Lakes and Ponds

Definition: microscopic fungus that grows on roots of plants. Scientific Name: //Glomus clarum// Kingdom: Fungi Phylum://Glomeromycota// Class: //Glomeromycetes// Order: //Glomerales// Family: //Glomeraceae// Genus: //Glomus// Species: //Clarum// Location: On the roots of some plants surrounding lakes and ponds 

Plants:
Plants are Multi-Celled organisms that have 2 groups. Non-vascular and Vascular. Non-vascular plants have no water conducting tissue, and they are close to the ground. Vascular plants have water conducting tissues through out the plant.

Vascular///Liliopsida// Location: On the banks of lakes and ponds. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: //Tracheophyta// Class: //Liliopsida// Order: //Typhales// Family: //Typhaceae// Genus: //Typha// Species: //angustifolia//



Vascular///Magnoliopsida// Location: Hanging over lakes and ponds. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: //Tracheophyta// Class: //Magnoliopsida// Order: //Salicales// Family: //Salicaceae// Genus: //Salix// Species: //alba//



Non-Vascular/ //Liliopsida// Location: A floating flower that can be found floating or on the shore. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: //Tracheophyta// Class: //Liliopsida// Order: //Pontederiales// Family: //Pontederiaceae// Genus: //Eichhornia// Species: //crassipes//



Non-vascular///Piperopsida// Location: In little groves around the shores of lakes and ponds. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: //Tracheophyta// Class: Piperopsida Order: //Apocynales// Family: //Apocynaceae// Genus: //Hoya// Species: //kerrii//



Non-Vascular///Bryopsida// Location: In wet places around lakes. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: //Bryophyta// Class: //Bryopsida// Order: //Polytrichales// Family: //Polytrichaceae// Genus: //Polytrichum// Species: //strictum//



Vascular///Equisetopsida// Location: On the banks of lakes and ponds or in the shallows of lakes and ponds Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: //Tracheophyta// Class: //Equisetopsida// Order: //Equisetales// Family: //Equisetaceae// Genus: //Equisetum// Species: //hyemale//




 * Location:** can grow in slightly brackish water.
 * Kingdom:** //Plantae//
 * Phylum:** //Tracheophyta//
 * Class:** //Polypodiopsida//
 * Order:** //Polypodiales//
 * Family:** //Blechnaceae//
 * Genus:** //Woodwardia//
 * Species:** //orientalis//

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: //Tracheophyta// Class: //Isoetopsida// Order: //Isoetales// Family: //Isoetaceae// Genus: //Isoetes// Species://tegetiformans//

Kindom: Plantae Phylum: //Bryophyta// Class: //Bryopsida// Order: //Hypnales// Family: //Sematophyllaceae// Genus: //Heterophyllium// Species: //affine//



Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: //Tracheophyta// Class: //Magnoliopsida// Order: //Nymphaeales// Family: //Noctuoidea// Genus: //Cabomba// Species: //haynesii//



Kindom: Plantae Phylum: //Magnoliophyta// Class: //Magnoliopsida// Order: //Caryophyllales// Family: //Chenopodiaceae// Genus: //Chenopodium// Species: //rubrum//



Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: //Tracheophyta// Class: //Polypodiopsida// Order: //Salviniales// Family: //Marsileaceae// Genus: //Pilularia// Species: //americana//

** Animals: Animals are multi-celled organisms that digest their food inside their body. **


Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: //Chordata// Class: //Amphibia// Order: //Anura// Genus: //Rana// Species: //aurora// Location: In the wet marshy areas of lakes and ponds



Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: //Chordata// Class: Mamallia Genus: //Sciurus// Species: //carolinensis// Location: In the trees and banks of Lakes and ponds.



Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: //Coraciiformes// Genus: //Halcyon// Species: //cyanoventris// Location: Fishing In Lakes and ponds.



Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: //Gastropoda// Order: //Architaenioglossa// Genus : //Japonia// Species: //insularis// Location: found in the moist dirt around Lakes and ponds.



Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: //Oligochaeta// Order: //Opisthopora// Genus: //Komarekiona// Species: //eatoni// Location: In the soil of lakes and ponds.



Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nemetatoda Class: //Secernentea// Order: //Aphelenchida// Genus: //Aphelenchoides// Species: //besseyi// Location: In the intestines of other animals. Can also be found elsewhere in the hosts body. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: //Arthropoda Class: Malacostraca Order: // //Decapoda Genus: ////Astacopsis Species: Gouldi Location: In Freshwater Lakes and ponds usually hiding under weeds. //

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: //Chordata Class: // //Osteichthyes Order: // //Lepisosteiformes Genus: // //Atractosteus Species: Spatula Location: Usually lives in Oxbow lakes and sometimes strays into salt water as it is a fish of high salinity.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: //Chordata //Class:// Osteichthyes //Order:// Esociformes //Genus:// Esox //Species:// lucius //Location: Vegetated Lakes and Ponds. Usually a very territorial fish. Also usually lives deep in the water.

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: // //Chordata// // Class: // //Osteichthyes// // Order: // //Perciformes// // Genus: Pomoxis Species: nigromaculatus Location: Inhabit lakes and ponds. Usually hide in weeds under the water. //

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: //Annelida// Class: //Clitellata// Order: //Arhynchobdellida// Family: //Hirudinidae// Genus: //Hirudo// Species: //medicinalis// Location: Hiding in the mud and/or weeds.



Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: //Cnidaria// Class: //Hydrozoa// Order: //Limnomedusae// Family: //Olindiidae// Genus: //Craspedacusta// Species: //sowerbyi// Location: Just drifts around in the water so it can be anywhere in the lake or pond.

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