Andreaea blyttii, also commonly known as Blytt's rock moss, is a moss belonging to the family Andreaeaceae, commonly known as rock moss, granite moss, or lantern moss because of this family's unique sporangium. It is part of the genus Andreaea which is known for forming dark brownish or reddish-black carpets in high elevations. This species was first described by Schimper in 1855.
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 Andreaea blyttii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens12
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections11
Countries3
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.
★rbcL3★rbcLa★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 233 records
Wild obs. + sensor472
Museum / vouchered761
Origin
Native29
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 368 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 accuracy97% within 1 km
≤100 m 306≤1 km 59≤10 km 11
376 georeferenced · 96 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor472
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 accuracy35% within 1 km
≤100 m 86≤1 km 77≤10 km 153>10 km 147
463 georeferenced · 298 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence761
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 institutions32 of 59 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Vancouver, CA
132
Uppsala, SE
106
Trondheim, NO
96
Turku, FI
51
Olocation not on record
45
LDlocation not on record
45
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
22
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
22
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
19
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
18
Knoxville, US
14
Durham, US
13
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
12
Stockholm, SE
10
TROMlocation not on record
10
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
10
CASlocation not on record
9
Université Lavallocation not on record
8
Garðabær, IS
7
Oulu, FI
7
St. Paul, US
6
Edmonton, CA
6
Corvallis, US
6
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
6
Madison, US
5
Metsähallituslocation not on record
5
Helsinki, FI
5
4
Frankfurt am Main
4
Oskarshamn, SE
3
Bourges, FR
3
Ann Arbor, US
3
Bronx, US
3
Chicago, US
2
Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museumlocation not on record
2
Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record
2
Minia, EG
2
Montréal, CA
2
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
2
GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
PHlocation not on record
2
MAlocation not on record
2
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
2
Kuopio, FI
1
New Haven, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Paris, FR
1
nbflocation not on record
1
WINlocation not on record
1
Buenos Aires, AR
1
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Victoria, CA
1
Göteborg, SE
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Portland, US
1
59 institutions · 753 of 761 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA11 detections
Where the DNA of Andreaea blyttii 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 found11
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 11 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
Montane slopes with Salix herbaecea; on boul…rocky valley above loch, on rock slabeast facing late snow area below low cliffs;…late snow area; on large boulderEast-facing late snow area; on large bouldersouth east facing late snow area, on boulder
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 median7.90 °C 6.40–10.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.1 °C
Max temp (day)10.1 °C 8.30–13.1
Min temp (night)3.80 °C 3.00–6.60
Precipitation130 mm/mo 102–233
Air humidity72.5 % 67.3–75.0
Moisture balance68.1 mm/mo 18.9–166
Vapour deficit295 Pa 261–425
Wind speed7.40 m/s 5.00–8.60
Cloud cover52.7 % 50.0–62.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 8 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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 233 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics12 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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