Aristida basiramea, the forked three-awn, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to North America. The specific epithet basiramea means "branching from base".
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 Aristida basiramea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences1
eDNA detections1
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.
★rbcL1★rbcLa
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type681 records
Wild obs. + sensor82
Museum / vouchered599
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 044 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 accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 52≤1 km 3>10 km 14
69 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor82
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 accuracy43% within 1 km
≤100 m 48≤1 km 109≤10 km 192>10 km 12
361 georeferenced · 238 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence599
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 institutions41 of 57 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Madison, US
174
St. Paul, US
77
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
75
Wuzhou, CN
50
Ann Arbor, US
26
Bronx, US
19
Chadron, US
17
Bloomington, US
16
Lincoln, US
13
University of New Hampshirelocation not on record
12
Tampa, US
11
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
10
Bangkok, TH
7
Montréal, CA
5
Fort Worth, US
5
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
5
Saint Louis, US
5
Davenport, US
4
Dekalb, US
3
Burlington, US
3
University of Wisconsinlocation not on record
3
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
3
Québec, CA
3
Beijing, CN
2
Dresden, DE
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
US
2
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
2
Karlsruhe, DE
2
Moscow, US
2
Columbia, US
2
Denver, US
2
Waverly, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Chapel Hill, US
1
Durham, US
1
Paris, FR
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Emporia, US
1
Clemson, US
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Provo, US
1
Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record
1
Keene State Universitylocation not on record
1
US
1
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
1
Green Bay, US
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record
1
Wellington, NZ
1
New Brunswick, US
1
Whitehorse, CA
1
Oswego, US
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record
1
57 institutions · 591 of 599 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Aristida basiramea 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median18.4 °C 18.4–18.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter33.3 °C
Max temp (day)22.7 °C
Min temp (night)16.2 °C
Precipitation88.3 mm/mo
Air humidity60.4 %
Moisture balance-16.0 mm/mo
Vapour deficit836 Pa
Wind speed2.70 m/s
Cloud cover39.8 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
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