Grasslands+facts

= = =Kingdom Animalia= There are about 80 species of animals in the grassland biomes and about 300 species of birds. Some examples are Coyotes, eagles, bobcats, the gray wolf, wild turkey, flycatcher, Canadian geese, crickets, dung beetle, bison, Elephant, and prairie chicken. Click here for the scientific names. =Kingdom Plantae= There are hundreds species of Plants in the grassland biomes. There are nonvascular plants like grass. Vascular plants which also includes grass. There are gymnosperms, or non-flowering plants, which includes savannah trees, palm trees, and acacias. Angiosperms, or flowering plants, include a wide variety of flowers. Click here for the scientific names. =Kingdom Fungi= There are three major types of fungi. There are a couple types in the Grassland Biome. They are threadlike fungi, club fungi, and sac fungi. Threadlike fungi includes mold. Club fungi includes mushrooms and puffballs. Sac fungi includes yeast. Click here for the scientific names. =Kingdom Protista= There are two major groups of protists in the Grassland biome. Some of which include protozoans, and rarely you'll stumble across some algae. Algae is very rare to find because there a very limited water resources. The Protozoa have common names, which are also the scientfic names. The protozoans include luffisphaera, Praluffisharea, and Trinemalineare.

=Kingdom Monera= There are two major groups of monerans in the Grassland biome. They include bacteria and cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria is very hard to find because they strive on water. However, there are billions of bacteria living in the soil of the grasslands. Some of which include Arthrobacter, Bacillus, Nocardia, Micrococcus, and Corynebacterium, which is also a decomposer, or it breaks down organic materials.

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