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= Monera = **Monera are bacteria and other mostly tiny, single-celled organisms whose genetic material is loose in the cell** **.**



Scientific name
//**Pseudomonas aeruginosa**//   Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Gamma Protobacteria Order: Pseudomonadales Family: Pseudomonadaceae Genus: Pseudomonas Species: aeruginosa **
 *  Kingdom: Monera

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**//Pseudomonas eruginosa// is bacteria found in soil. It plays a key role is soil, and it is found in grasslands. It is commonly found on the surface of plants. It is also found in water and skin flora.** ======


= //Escherichia coli// = Order: Enterobacteriales Family: E nterobacteriaceae Genus: Escherichia Species : E//.//coli ** shape:bacilli
 * //Escherichia coli// is found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms. Most Escherichia coli strains are harmless, but some, such as serotype, can cause series food poisoning in humans. The harmless strains are part of the normal flora of the gut and can benefit their hosts by producing vitamin k or by preventing the establishment of pathogenic bacteria within the intestine.there shape is bacilli German pediatrician and bacteriologist Theodord Escherich discovered E//.// Coli in 1885. **
 * //Escherichia coli// Phylum: P roteobacteria [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/EscherichiaColi_NIAID.jpg/250px-EscherichiaColi_NIAID.jpg width="250" height="210" align="right" link="http://biomessecond09.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:EscherichiaColi_NIAID.jpg"]] **
 * Class: Gamma Proteobacteria

= __Protista__ =

**__Protozoan__**
= =

__**protist:**__
Cryptosporidium parvum The Cryptosporidium parvum live in the intestinal tract of mammals. It causes a parasitic disease that is transmitted by the fecal-oral route. caused by ingestion of    sporulated     oocysts. ** scientific name: Cryptosporidium parvum common name: ** Kingdom: **// Protozoa // ** Phylum: **// Apicomplexa // ** Class: **// Conoidasida // ** Order: **// Eucoccidiorida // ** Family: **// Cryptosporidiidae // ** Genus: **// Cryptosporidium // ** Scientific name: ** - //Cryptosporidium parvum// Tyzzer
 * Any member of a kingdom (Protista) of diverse eukaryotes including algae protozoan, and lower fungi (. Most are single-celled organisms, though the algae tend to be multicellular. Many can move, mainly by using flagella cilia, or foot like extensions (pseudopodia).

**__Algae__**
**are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic (capable of self-nourishment) organisms.** **.**

** Scientific name: // Chlorococcum oleofaciens [[image:Chlorococcum_pic.jpg align="right"]]// **
**//Chlorococcum oleofaciens// lives in both aquatic and terrestrial environments including rich wet soils.**

**__Fungi__​** ** an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms .​**



Basidiomycota

 * is recognized by a spore-bearing organ, it has a class called Basidiomycetes. [[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:-TPJwn0uCg9G0M:http://i1.treknature.com/photos/286/coprinusplicatilis4.jpg width="171" height="269" align="right" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i1.treknature.com/photos/286/coprinusplicatilis4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/Spain/photo98786.htm&usg=__A2PyFKxLI9Q3beh356jDbb9awaw=&h=800&w=502&sz=200&hl=en&start=17&tbnid=-TPJwn0uCg9G0M:&tbnh=143&tbnw=90&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCoprinus%2BPlicatilis%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DG"]] **

__// Coprinus Plicatilis //__
**//Coprinus Plicatilis// is commonly known as the Fairy Parasol, and sometimes as the Japanese Umberella.**  Phylum: // Basidiomycota // Class: // Basidiomycetes // Order: // Agaricales // Family: ** // **Agaricaceae Genus: Coprinus Species: plicatilis**
 * K** **ingdom:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 64.8%;"> **// Fungi //
 * It lives on the floor of most grasslands.** //

Basidiomycota

 * is recognized by a spore-bearing organ, it has a class called Basidiomycetes. **

=__// Hygrocybe punicea //__= =<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Kingdom: //Fungi// = =<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Phylum: //Basidiomycota// = =<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Class: //Agaricomycetes// = =<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Order: //Agaricales// = =<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Family: //Hygrophoraceae// = =<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Genus: //Hygrocybe// = =<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Species: //Punica It lives in the soil of grasslands.// =
 * //Hygrocybe punica// is known as the Scarlet Wax Cap. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:d2Efv8Z9QOHvUM:http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/3028642073_dff52e564d_o.jpg width="240" height="247" align="right" link="http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/3028642073_dff52e564d_o.jpg"]] **

Kingdom: //Fungi// Phylum: //Zygomycota// Class: //Zygomycetes// Order: //Mucorales// Family: //Mucoraceae// Genus: //Phycomyces// Species: //P. blakesleeanus// <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;"> ** did not find common name the phycomyces blakesleeanus lives in the grassland of un ited states,
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">__//Phycomyces blakesleeanus//__

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 144%;">**//__Geoglossaceae__// Kingdom: //Fungi// phylum: //Ascomycota// Class: // Ascomycetes // Order: //Helotiales// Family: // Geoglossaceae // Genus: //Geoglossum//** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> species:geoglossaceae Geoglosssaceae lives on the grassland floor. __ ** Plantae ** __ <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Common name: Queen Anne's Lace** Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular) Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Apiales Family: Scarabaeodea Genus: //Daucus// Species: //carota// ** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Queen Anne's Lace lives on the floor of many grasslands.**
 * Common name: Earth Tongue**
 * Scientific name: //Daucus carota//** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kingdom: Plantae
 * Magnoliopsida: A taxonomic class within the division Magnoliophyta — the dicots **


 * Common name: Goldenrod[[image:goldenrod_pic.jpg width="174" height="217" align="right" caption="Goldenrod"]]

Scientific name: //Soldago canadensis//

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular) Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family: Noctuoidea Genus: //Solidago// Species: //canadensis//** Magnoliopsida: A taxonomic class within the division Magnoliophyta — the dicots **
 * Goldenrod lives on the floor of grasslands.


 * Scientific name: //Bryum algovicum[[image:http://members.tripod.com/~NPK1/Bryum_rock_mix.jpg width="208" height="188" align="right" caption="Bryum moss"]]//

Common name: Bryum moss

Kindom: Plantae Phylum: Bryophyta (non-vascular) Class: Bryopsida Order: Bryales Family: Bryaceae Genus: //Bryum// Species:** //**<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Algovicum **// <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Bryophyta: A division of non-flowering plants that are non-vascular.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bryum moss is found on small rocks and stones in grasslands. **


 * Scientific name: //Brachythecium albicans//

Common name: Brachythecium moss

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Bryophyta (non-vascular) Class: Bryopsida Order: Hypnales Family: Brachytheciaceae Genus: //Brachythecium// Species: //albicans// Brachythecium moss is found on the floor of grasslands. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bryophyta: A division of non-flowering plants that are non-vascular. **

Scientific name: //Amentotaxus argotaenia//
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[[image:http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4npVGFxmm9I/R60-hL9g_HI/AAAAAAAAAJc/LTyy4uLrOTM/AMENTOTAXUS_argotaenia_GBG.jpg align="right" caption="Chinese flowering yew"]]

Common name: Chinese Flowering Yew **

Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Taxales Family: Taxaceae Genus: ****<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Amentotaxus// Species: **//**<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">argotaenia **// <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**The Chinese flowering yew is found on the floor of grasslands. Pinopsida: Most conifers.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kingdom: Plantae


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Scientific name: Trioncinia retroflexa

Common name: I couldn't find one.

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Rosopsida Order: Astrales Family: Asteraceae (sunflower) Genus: ****<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Trioncinia// Species: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//retroflexa// ** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**I couldn't find a picture** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reioncinia retroflexa is found in grasslands. **
 * Magnoliophyta: Flowering, vascular plants.

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #31f20d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Prairie Grass Sporobolus cryptandrus ** Family: **// Poaceae // The parairie grass is found on open grass land
 * Kingdom: **// Plantae [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Prairie_grass.JPG width="189" height="173" align="right"]] //
 * Phylum: **// Tracheophyta //
 * Class: **// Liliopsida //
 * Order: **// Poales //
 * Genus: **// Sporobolus //

Andropogon gerardii Turkeyfoot turkeyfoot lives on the grassland floor
 * Kingdom: **// Planate //
 * Phylum: **// Tracheophyta //
 * Class: **// Liliopsida //
 * Order: **// Poales //
 * Family: **// Poaceae //
 * Genus: **// Andropogon //

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #31f20d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">** Horsetails **
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Anthoceros_levis.jpg/240px-Anthoceros_levis.jpg width="240" height="211" align="center" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anthoceros_levis.jpg"]] ||
 * = Phaeoceros laevis ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #31f20d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** Kingdom: **// Plantae // the horsetails lives on the grassland floor and not vary big clubmoss can be found in open grassland. <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #31f20d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">  <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Division: **: Anthocerotopsida** <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #31f20d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Class: **Anthocerotophyta**
 * Phylum: **// Tracheophyta //
 * Class: **// Equisetopside //
 * Order: **// Equisetales //
 * Family: **// Equisetaceae //
 * Genus: **// Equisetum // [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Lycopodium_plant.jpg width="165" height="191" align="right" caption="File:Lycopodium plant.jpg" link="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Lycopodium_plant.jpg"]]
 * Clubmoss **
 * Kingdom: **// Plantae //
 * Phylum: **// Tracheophyta //
 * Class: **// Lycopodiopsida //
 * Order: **// Lycopodiales //
 * Family: **// Byrrhoidea //
 * Genus: **// Lycopodiella //

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0003; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Spikemoss** Kingdom: Plantae Division: Lycopodiophyta Class: Isoetopsida Order: **Selaginellales** Family: **Selaginellaceae** Genus: **//Selaginella//** the spikemoss can be found near the rock in the grassland or in open grassland.

**__Animals__** Animals are multi-celled, and digest food inside their body. ​


 * <span style="color: #0020d1; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Vertibrate: ** With a backbone or spinal chord

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * __<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mammal: Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair. __**


 * Scientific name: Odocoileus virginianus

Common name: White- Tailed Deer

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Genus: Odocoileus Species: virginianus**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Habitat: In many Grasslands

Scientific name: //Vulpes vulpes// Common name: Red Fox

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivoria Family: Canidae Genus: //Vulpes// Species: //vulpes// Habitat: In Grasslands

__Reptile: Any cold-blooded vertibrate of the class reptilia.__

Scientific name: //Gekko Gecko// Common name: Tokay Gecko

Kingdom: animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Gekkonidae Genus: //Gekko// Species: //gecko// Habitat: In Grasslands **

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> Without spinal chord or backbone
 * Invertibrate:**

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">**__ Annelida: Organisms that have segmented bodys, giving them a ringed appearance. __**
 * Scientific name: //Komarekiona eatoni//

Common name: Earthworm

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Oligochaeta Order: Haplotaxida Family: Komarekionidae Genus: //Komarekiona// Species: //eatoni//** **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Habitat: In the soil of Grasslands. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Arthropod: An invertebrate that has an exoskeleton.[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:zipZ8X5cGXnx_M:http://lifeofando.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/ant.jpg width="251" height="208" align="right" caption="Ant"]]__

Scientific name: //Lasius fuliginosus//

Common name: Ant

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Coccinellidae Genus: //Lasius// Species: //fuliginosus// Habitat: On the floor of Grasslands. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Scientific name: //Cynthia cardui//

Common name: Painted Lady Butterfly

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: //Cynthia// Species: //cardui// Habitat: On flowers found in grasslands. **

Panthera leo ||
 * ~ Lion
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Lion_waiting_in_Nambia.jpg/250px-Lion_waiting_in_Nambia.jpg width="250" height="188" align="left" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_waiting_in_Nambia.jpg"]] ||
 * = Male ||
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Okonjima_Lioness.jpg/250px-Okonjima_Lioness.jpg width="250" height="218" align="left" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Okonjima_Lioness.jpg"]] ||

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivoria Family: Felidae Genus: Panthera Species: leo

the lion lives in the savanna grassland in western Africa.

American Buffalo // Bison bision // Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodiactyla family:bovidae genus: bison Species: b.bison the bison lives in the grassland of the united states, the bison is slowly dieing. Wildebeest Gnu Kingdom: Animalia Phylum:chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodiactyla family:bovidae Genus: Connochaetes this gnu lives in the grassland in western Africa and Eastern in the savanna lowland.

dragonfly // Trithemis kirbyi // Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata the dragonfly live through the world from ponds,grassland,river,lakes. // Opodiphthera eucalypti // Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Kingdom: Animalia the moth lives just about any where in the usa. bot fly
 * Moths **

Fly // Gasterophilus intestinalis // Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class:insecta Order: diptera Family: oestridae

this fly in a host and slowly kills your it lays eggs in your head.



<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> // Common earthworm // // Lumbricus terrestris // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">// Kingdom: Animalia // // Phylum: An // // nelida // <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//class:// //Clitellata// //Order: Haplotaxida// // Family: Lumbricidae // // Genus: Lumbricus // // Scientific name: - Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus // class:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">scientific name cernuella cisalpina // Kingdom: Animalia // // Phylum: Mollusca // // Class: Gastropod // // Order: Stylommatophora // // Family: Hygromidae // // Genus: Gernuelia // //<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Species: Cernuella Cisalpina //

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