Ecosystem Resources for Science 7 Classes

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Britannica School: Ecosystem

Tundra

• lemmings
  
• herbs
  
• grasses
  
• dryas
  
• saxifrage
  
• willows
  
• mosses
  
• musk ox
  
• caribou (reindeer)
  
• arctic hare
  
• geese 
  
• ptarmigan
  
• insects 
  
• ravens 
  
• gulls 
  
• rough-legged buzzard (hawk)
  
• ermine
  
• jaeger (birds)
  
• peregrine falcon
  
• snowy owl
  
• red fox
  
• arctic fox
  
• tundra

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Marshes, Ponds & Streams

• silver maple
• aspen
• willow
• seeds
• American beaver / impact of beaver dams 
• elk
• deer
• rabbit 
• weasel
• badger
• pine vole (woodland vole)
• swallowtail caterpillar
• parasol fungus
• bolete fungus
• bobcat
• black racer snake
• marsh
• pond
• stream

Coastal Marine

• kelp
• sea urchin /issues caused by sea urchin
•  crab 
• octopus
• small herbivore fish (ex: sturgeon)
• carnivorous fish (ex: piranha)
•  seaweed
•  sea lions
•  sea otter
• orca (killer whales) 
• abalones
• phytoplankton
• zooplankton
• sea stars

Marine

• ​phytoplankton
• zooplankton
• fish
• seals
• krill
• sea birds
• squid
• penguin
• leopard seal
• elephant seal
• orca
• humpback whale
• sperm whale
• marine

Desert (Sonoran)​

• long-nosed bats
• white-winged doves
• honeybees
• gila woodpeckers
• elf owls
• house finches
• saguaro cactus 
• ash-throated flycatchers 
• purple martins
• red-tailed hawks
• coyotes
• cactus wrens
• creosote bush

Hardwood (temperate)

• ​white-tailed deer
• red squirrel
• sugar maple / about sugar maple roots
• painted maple aphids
• Asian long-horned beetles
• tent caterpillars
• robins
• wasps
• bitternut hickory
• elk 
• blackberry
• purple martins
• red fox
• barred owl
• osprey
• copperhead
• great horned owl
• red-tailed hawk
• saddled prominent moth 
• scarlet tanager
•  eastern chipmunk

Estuaries & Bays​

• phytoplankton
• underwater grasses
• grass shrimp
• Atlantic menhaden
• zooplankton
• American shad
• great blue heron
• blue crab
• American sea turtle
• eastern oyster 
• striped bass 
• white perch
• osprey 
• sandbar shark
• ruddy duck

Grasslands & Meadows​

• ​pollen (from grasses and flowers)
• butterflies
• spider
• cardinal
• robin
• crow
• bee mite (varroa mite)
• honeybees and other native bees
• squirrel
• small lizard
• rabbit 
• grasslands and meadows