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.