⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · AusTraits: tussock
Habitat GIFTrain forest
Leaf compoundnesssimple
Woodinessnon-woody
Physiology & chemistry1
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Other traits1
Plant support typefree-standing
05DNA & barcoding1 specimens
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 maculata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences2
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.
★matK1★rbcL1
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type900 records
Wild obs. + sensor310
Museum / vouchered584
Cultivated / captive2
Other4
Origin
Native57
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 484 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 accuracy98% within 1 km
≤100 m 235≤1 km 13≤10 km 4>10 km 2
254 georeferenced · 56 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor310
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 accuracy34% within 1 km
≤100 m 39≤1 km 24≤10 km 91>10 km 33
187 georeferenced · 397 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence584
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 1
1 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living2
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 institutions37 of 56 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Brisbane, AU
65
Sanda, JP
62
Mount Annan, AU
57
Kochi, JP
42
Tokushima, JP
40
Tsukuba, JP
33
Odawara, JP
22
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
15
Guangzhou, CN
14
Plocation not on record
14
KURAlocation not on record
13
Bando, JP
12
Smithfield, AU
11
Kunming, CN
10
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
10
Toyama, JP
10
Osaka, JP
9
Armidale, AU
9
Sendai, JP
8
Auckland, NZ
8
Beijing, CN
7
Taipei, TW
7
Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record
6
Chiba, JP
6
Nishihara, JP
6
Canberra, AU
6
Kew, GB
4
Hangzhou, CN
4
Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record
4
Hobart, AU
3
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record
3
SIHUlocation not on record
2
Shinshu Universitylocation not on record
2
Wellington, NZ
2
SSNHlocation not on record
2
Guangzhou, CN
2
Shanghai, CN
2
Berlin, DE
1
Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record
1
Kyoto Universitylocation not on record
1
Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record
1
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record
1
WNNUlocation not on record
1
Fort Worth, US
1
Christchurch, NZ
1
Bronx, US
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Honolulu, US
1
Taipei, TW
1
Taipei, TW
1
TAIElocation not on record
1
KR
1
Tomioka, JP
1
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record
1
GNWPlocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
56 institutions · 551 of 584 vouchered records shown · 33 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Carex maculata 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 median25.0 °C 25.0–25.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.90 °C
Max temp (day)27.2 °C
Min temp (night)22.7 °C
Precipitation162 mm/mo
Air humidity60.8 %
Moisture balance-46.6 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,235 Pa
Wind speed5.40 m/s
Cloud cover30.4 %
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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility900 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗