Asarum canadense
speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Asarum canadense's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 970 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics26 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Asarum canadense, commonly known as Canada wild ginger, Canadian snakeroot, and broad-leaved asarabacca, is a herbaceous, perennial plant which forms dense colonies in the understory of deciduous forest throughout its native range in eastern North America, from the Great Plains east to the Atlantic Coast, and from southeastern Canada south to around the Fall Line in the southeastern United States. It is protected as a state threatened species in Maine.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology5
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment6
Physiology & chemistry3
Compounds documented for Asarum canadense across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds72 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EO | 45,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
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 Asarum canadense has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Asarum canadense carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 2610×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · eflora · CCDB · book-fedorov +1
n 131×CCDB · Cave1956
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type8 970 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions103 of 162 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 422 |
| St. Paul, US | 309 |
| Madison, US | 295 |
| Philadelphia, US | 248 |
| Bloomington, US | 194 |
| Green Bay, US | 130 |
| Québec, CA | 118 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 85 |
| College Park, US | 80 |
| Saint Louis, US | 76 |
| New Haven, US | 75 |
| Burlington, US | 70 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 64 |
| Toronto, CA | 63 |
| Bronx, US | 63 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 59 |
| Bangkok, TH | 57 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 47 |
| Millersville, US | 44 |
| Cincinnati, US | 41 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 39 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 37 |
| WINlocation not on record | 36 |
| Williamsburg, US | 36 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 34 |
| Montréal, CA | 33 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 29 |
| Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record | 24 |
| Tampa, US | 23 |
| Whitewater, US | 21 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 19 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 19 |
| Dekalb, US | 17 |
| Saint John, CA | 17 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 16 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 16 |
| Morgantown, US | 14 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 13 |
| Flagstaff, US | 13 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 13 |
| Dover, US | 13 |
| Minia, EG | 11 |
| Staten Island, US | 11 |
| Mississippi State, US | 11 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| Fayetteville, US | 10 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| Fort Worth, US | 9 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 9 |
| GB | 9 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 8 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Davenport, US | 8 |
| Paris, FR | 8 |
| Waverly, US | 8 |
| Johnson City, US | 7 |
| Knoxville, US | 7 |
| Pittsburg, US | 7 |
| Philadelphia, US | 7 |
| Hudson, US | 6 |
| Miami, US | 6 |
| US | 6 |
| Denver, US | 6 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 6 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 6 |
| DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record | 6 |
| Kirksville, US | 5 |
| Vancouver, CA | 5 |
| Brookings, US | 5 |
| Emporia, US | 5 |
| Jefferson City, US | 4 |
| Springfield, US | 4 |
| Fairfax, US | 4 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Northridge, US | 4 |
| San Angelo, US | 4 |
| Chicago, US | 4 |
| New Brunswick, US | 4 |
| Richmond, US | 4 |
| Conway, US | 3 |
| Boise, US | 3 |
| Washington, US | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 3 |
| Beijing, CN | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 3 |
| Harrisonburg, US | 3 |
| Pullman, US | 3 |
| Moscow, US | 3 |
| Jackson, US | 3 |
| GAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 3 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 3 |
| Russellville, US | 3 |
| Hamilton, US | 3 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 3 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 2 |
| Asheville, US | 2 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Henderson State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| DULlocation not on record | 2 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 2 |
| Clemson, US | 2 |
| Conway, US | 2 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Edmonton, CA | 2 |
| Kunming, CN | 2 |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record | 2 |
| CSBSJUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| Provo, US | 2 |
| Fargo, US | 2 |
| Phoenix, US | 2 |
| State University of New York, College at Oneontalocation not on record | 1 |
| Black Rock Forest Consortiumlocation not on record | 1 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Riyadh Municipalitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Norfolk, US | 1 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record | 1 |
| LINUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Missoula, US | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Walla Walla, US | 1 |
| Durango, US | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Macomb, US | 1 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Cheney, US | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Charleston Southern Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record | 1 |
| Kingston, US | 1 |
| Due West, US | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Decorah, US | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| University of South Dakotalocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Asarum canadense 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.