Alopecurus saccatus is a species of grass known by the common name Pacific foxtail, or Pacific meadow foxtail. It is native the west coast of the United States from Washington to California, where it grows in moist areas at low elevations.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Alopecurus saccatus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences2
eDNA detections3
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type620 records
Wild obs. + sensor71
Museum / vouchered549
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 404 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km
≤100 m 40≤1 km 7≤10 km 1>10 km 2
50 georeferenced · 21 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor71
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy55% within 1 km
≤100 m 19≤1 km 168≤10 km 147>10 km 9
343 georeferenced · 206 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence549
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions30 of 44 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Davis, US
126
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
50
Claremont, US
48
Santa Barbara, US
25
San Diego, US
21
US
20
CASlocation not on record
18
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
17
Corvallis, US
16
Riverside, US
15
WTUlocation not on record
14
Bronx, US
12
Pullman, US
11
Arcata, US
10
Chicago, US
9
San Luis Obispo, US
9
Ashland, US
6
Wuzhou, CN
6
Logan, US
6
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
4
Santa Cruz, US
4
Saint Louis, US
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
San Jose, US
3
Boise, US
3
Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Officelocation not on record
2
Provo, US
2
Ann Arbor, US
2
Irvine, US
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
2
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
Angwin, US
2
Flagstaff, US
1
Portland, US
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Fullerton, US
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Macomb, US
1
KNFHClocation not on record
1
Tacoma, US
1
44 institutions · 486 of 549 vouchered records shown · 63 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Alopecurus saccatus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Eleocharis|Phenology=FFL
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median19.8 °C 17.0–22.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.7 °C
Max temp (day)25.8 °C 21.1–30.4
Min temp (night)15.0 °C 13.4–16.5
Precipitation6.30 mm/mo 4.80–7.70
Air humidity54.6 % 49.1–60.0
Moisture balance-158 mm/mo -181–-135
Vapour deficit1,106 Pa 793–1,419
Wind speed2.00 m/s 1.50–2.40
Cloud cover18.9 % 15.2–22.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility620 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗