Carex lepidocarpa
Tausch · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Carex lepidocarpa's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility46 692 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System5 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI48 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics36 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Carex lepidocarpa, called the long-stalked yellow-sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to eastern Canada, Morocco, and most of Europe. It is a member of the Carex flava species complex.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology10
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry4
Other traits1
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 Carex lepidocarpa 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 Carex lepidocarpa 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 682×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type46 697 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions63 of 130 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 567 |
| LDlocation not on record | 561 |
| South Kensington, GB | 502 |
| Trondheim, NO | 380 |
| Uppsala, SE | 342 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 204 |
| Olocation not on record | 166 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 139 |
| Tartu, EE | 129 |
| Salzburg, AT | 124 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 120 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 92 |
| Helsinki, FI | 92 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 86 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 77 |
| Vitoria, ES | 67 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 64 |
| Philadelphia, US | 64 |
| Barcelona, ES | 58 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 56 |
| MAlocation not on record | 54 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 53 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 51 |
| València, ES | 50 |
| Mlocation not on record | 44 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 42 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 39 |
| Brussel, BE | 37 |
| Görlitz, DE | 34 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 30 |
| BClocation not on record | 28 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 26 |
| Oulu, FI | 26 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 24 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 23 |
| Tallinn, EE | 21 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 20 |
| Bern, CH | 20 |
| Turku, FI | 19 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 19 |
| Bergen, NO | 18 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 18 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 17 |
| H-Adlerlocation not on record | 17 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 16 |
| Wlocation not on record | 13 |
| Fulda, DE | 13 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 12 |
| Salamanca, ES | 11 |
| KFGBlocation not on record | 11 |
| Kew, GB | 10 |
| Tilburg, NL | 9 |
| Dresden, DE | 9 |
| Berlin, DE | 9 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 8 |
| Lausanne, CH | 8 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 8 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 8 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 7 |
| NBSIlocation not on record | 7 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 7 |
| Glarus, CH | 7 |
| Madrid, ES | 7 |
| Madison, US | 7 |
| University of Birminghamlocation not on record | 6 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 6 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 6 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 6 |
| nbflocation not on record | 6 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 6 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 5 |
| JBAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 5 |
| Jaén, ES | 5 |
| Kostrzyca Forest Gene Banklocation not on record | 4 |
| Granada, ES | 4 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 4 |
| Auckland, NZ | 4 |
| Québec, CA | 4 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 4 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 4 |
| MHNAIXlocation not on record | 4 |
| Pamplona, ES | 3 |
| Pamplona, ES | 3 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kuopio, FI | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 3 |
| Porvoo, FI | 3 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 3 |
| Adelaide, AU | 3 |
| Sion, CH | 3 |
| Dhaka, BD | 3 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| Wellington, NZ | 2 |
| Alicante, ES | 2 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 2 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 2 |
| Badajoz, ES | 2 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 2 |
| NMWlocation not on record | 2 |
| PRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 1 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Toronto Mississaugalocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| NoColllocation not on record | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| München, DE | 1 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 1 |
| Canberra, AU | 1 |
| PTHlocation not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Carex lepidocarpa 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.