Racoon!

I was in the woods...and I was able to snatch up this racoon and take a quick picture with it before it bit me and gave me rabies...
TAXONOMY:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Procyon
Species: Lotor

-Caleb D.
Artist- Jesse D.

Gerbera Daisy

Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Dicotyledon
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gerbera
Species: Jamesonii

-Haley and Hannah

- Haley C.

BIRD

Western Wood-Pewee

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Tyrannidae

Genus: Contopus

Species: Sordidulus

-hALEY c.

American crow

Kingdom- Animilia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Vertebrata
Order- Aves
Family- Passeriforms
Genus- Carvidae
Species- Corvus brachyrhynchos

-chandler

Lichen

Kingdom- Fungi
Phylum- Ascomycota
Class- Lecanormycetes
Order- Lecanorales
Family- Teloshistaceae
Genus- Caloplace
Species- Coralloides

-chandler

Brown Thrasher

Kingdom- Animilia
Phylum- Chordate
Class- Vertebrata
Order- Aves
Family- Passeriforms
Genus- toxostoma
Species- toxostoma rufum

-chandler

DEER

BLACK tailed deer

KINGDOM: Animalia

PHYLUM: Chordata

CLASS: Mammalia

ORDER: Artiodactyla

FAMILY: Cerdivae

GENUS: Odocoileus

SPECIES: Hemionus

Deer I found Today in the woods.  - Haley C.

Frog in Geometry - Haley C.

Pickerel Frog

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Amphibia
ORDER: Anura
FAMILY: Ranidae
GENUS: Rana
SPECIES: Palustris

Baby Bella Mushroom

    

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Fungi

Phylum: Basidiomycota

Class: Agaricomicetes

Order: Agaricales

Family: Agaricaceae

Genus: Agaricus

Species: Bisporus

Caleb D.

Toad!

Toad! Taxonomy coming soon.

I was running around with some friends when I almost stepped on this toad!

-Hannah C.

Turtle classification!

Three-Toed Box Turtle

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Testudines 

Genus: Terrapene

Species: Carolina

Family: Emydidae

-Hannah C.

Armadillo Classification!

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Cingulata

Genus: Dasypus

Species: Novemcinctus

Family: Dasypodidae

-Hannah C.



Armadillo - Taxonomy coming soon

Caleb D.

Turtle - Taxonomy coming soon

Caleb D.

Sciurus griseus (Western Gray Squirrel)

Kingdom: Animalia

Class: Mammalia

Phylum: Chordata

Species: S. Griseus

Genus:Sciurus

Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae

Caleb and I ran around a neighborhood and stalked this squirrel!

Canis lupus familiaris

Kingdom - Animalia

Phylum - Chordata

Class - Mammalia

Order - Carnivora

Family - Canidae

Genus - Canis

Species - Lupus (wolf) 

Caleb and I were hunting for a squirrel in my backyard and almost got attacked by this dog! Thank the Lord for fences!

- Hannah C.

Bufo Americanus

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Bufonidae

Genus: Anaxyrus

Species: Americanus

-Caleb D.

Brown Pelican

Haley saw this pelican while she was in Florida over spring break!

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Pelecanidae

Genus: Pelecanus

Species: Occidentalis

-Caleb D.

Limber Pine

 Kingdom: Plantae 

Phylum: Coniferophyta

Class: Pinopsida

Order: Pinales

Family: Pinaceae

Genus: Pinus

Species: Flexilis

Chandler and I saw this while we were cruising around for some roadkill.

-Caleb D.

LEAF

NOTICE: Haley is in this picture
Type of venation: Simple pinnate

Margin: Undulate

DICOT

FIBROUS ROOT SYSTEM

Log fungus!!! Trametes gibbosa

Trametes gibbosa

Kingdom: Fungi

Phylum: Basidiomycota

Class: Agaricomycetidea

Order: Polyporales

Family: Polyporaceae

Genus: Trametes
Species: Gibbisa

Hannah found this while we were outside looking at plants! -Caleb D.

Bad week!

None of us got a lot done this week. I will add one photo of a fungus found on some wood and hopefully the post with the leaf and info about the structure this weekend.

                          

Aleuria aurantia

    
                                                  

 

                                                     Classification: 

Kingdom: Fungi 

Phylum: Ascomycota 

Class: Discomycetes 

Order: Pezizales 

Family: Pyronemataceae 

                                                                 Genus: Aleuria 

                                                           Species: aurantia

 

Caleb and I were still roaming around the Centennial woods when we saw this wicked orange peel fungus on this piece of wood!

-- Hannah C.

 Trifolium repens

 

Classification:

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae

Species: Trifolium repens

Genus: Trifolium L.

Caleb and I were walking around some woods in Centennial and found some four leaf clovers!

--- Hannah C.

                                         
  

My new friend! :D

                           I was outside chasing a dog when I almost stepped on some dandelions!


                                                                Taraxacum officinale

                                                                



CLASSIFICATION:          Kingdom Plantae – Plants

Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

Order Asterales             Family Asteraceae – Aster family            Genus Taraxacum – dandelion P           Species-Taraxacum officinale - Hannnnnnnnnnnnnnah C.

Black-legged Kittiwake Seagull!

Haley snagged a picture of these seagulls while she was in Florida over spring break!



Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Laridae

Genus: Rissa

Species: Tridactlya

-Caleb D.

Brown Anole!

This is a Brown Anole that Haley found while she was in Florida!

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Polychrotidae

Genus: Anolis

Species: Sagrei

-Caleb D.

Working on classifying!

We have a few pictures of birds, lizards, and plants. Just working on classifying them now. -C.D.

Red Chanterelle!

Hannah and I were wandering around some woods in Centennial searching for anything, and we found a red chanterelle mushroom!

CLASSIFICATION:
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Cantharellaceae
Genus: Cantharellus
Species:  Cibarius

Posted by: Caleb D.

HEY Y'ALL IT'S A ROSE

CLASSIFICTION:
 Kingdom: Plantae
 Phylum: N/A
 Class: Liliopsida
 Order: Commelinales
 Family: Commenlinaceae
 Species: Tradescantia wrightii
 Genus: Tradescantia

Location: Caleb's house!

We were searching around Caleb's house for lizards and spotted this rose bush!

-Hannah C.

American Toad

Hannah found this in her garage yesterday!

CLASSIFICATION:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Salientia
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Anaxyrus
Species:  Americanus

-Caleb D.