Pennsylvania species: Native, Endangered/Extinct Invasive

You will be researching the various habitats of our state, one PA native species, one PA endangered or extinct species, and one species that is considered invasive in PA and creating a Glog (online interactive multimedia poster) for each! You will be provided a list of species to choose from for each category and if you want to research other species not listed, please check with me first. Along the way, remember to document your sources to use as Glog links! It’s ok to use Wikipedia as an introduction to your own understanding but you must use more than a wikipedia article for your content.

For each of these species, you will find:

1) all taxonomy categories (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)

2) how the species meets its 4 basic needs of food, water, gas and shelter

3) adaptations the species has to help it with meeting those needs in #2

4) any species interactions (predator/prey, mutualism, symbiosis, commensalism, parasitism)

5) adaptations the species has to help it with those interactions in #4

6) There are also add’l questions for both the endangered/extinct invasive species (see below)

Each topic below will be a separate Glog, see me for your login name and password. Login to: www.glogster.com

PA Habitats

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wlhabitat/pahabitats.aspx

Using the web site above as a starting resource, briefly describe each of the various habitats in Pennsylvania. Include: forests, farmlands, grasslands, open habitats, wetlands, streams & rivers, caves, slopes, beaches and vernal ponds. Additionally, discuss the temperature/weather ranges found throughout the year in our state.

PA Native species

Choices: redbud, black oak, brown trout, sycamore, tulip tree, witch hazel, spotted salamander, eastern American toad, black bear, eastern painted turtle, eastern red-spotted newt, great horned owl, downy woodpecker, red fox, opossum, spicebush, sharp-shinned hawk, and shad

PA Endangered/extinct species (may not be endangered/extinct elsewhere)

Choices: eastern mud turtle, chestnut, elm, eastern mud salamander, eastern spadefoot, grey wolf, eastern hognose snake, timber rattlesnake, high bush blueberry, karner blue butterfly, showy lady’s slipper and Allegheny woodrat

** Why is this species endangered or extinct?

PA Invasive/Alien species

Choices: crown vetch, shield bug, loosestrife, wooly adelgid, Japanese beetle, Japanese honeysuckle, Asian stiltgrass, garlic mustard, white-tailed deer, bighead carp, quagga mussel, snakehead fish, coyote, zebra mussel, and European starling

** Why is this species considered invasive?

** What problems is the invasion of this species causing?