Carex microptera
Mack. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Carex microptera's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 824 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI18 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics23 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & 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 microptera is a species of sedge known by the common name smallwing sedge. It is native to western North America, including most all of western Canada and the western United States. It occurs in moist mountain habitat such as meadows and riverbanks. This sedge produces dense clumps of erect stems over 20 centimeters tall and up to about a meter in height. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of green or brown spikes packed tightly and indistinct from each other.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction25
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment24
Physiology & chemistry19
Uses & economy14
Other traits6
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 microptera 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 microptera 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 822×CCDB · cyper-only · CCDB · carex
2n 862×CCDB · cyper-only · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 801×CCDB · carex
n 408×CCDB · cyper-only · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 452×CCDB · cyper-only · CCDB · Cave1963
Record type3 824 records
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 institutions71 of 119 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Bronx, US | 342 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 230 |
| Flagstaff, US | 214 |
| Moscow, US | 205 |
| Denver, US | 177 |
| Corvallis, US | 154 |
| Missoula, US | 153 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 147 |
| Albuquerque, US | 133 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 133 |
| Pullman, US | 112 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 103 |
| Boise, US | 95 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 83 |
| Caldwell, US | 77 |
| Provo, US | 72 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 66 |
| Logan, US | 62 |
| San Angelo, US | 57 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 56 |
| Pocatello, US | 53 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 53 |
| Phoenix, US | 49 |
| Vancouver, CA | 49 |
| Arcata, US | 41 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 37 |
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record | 36 |
| Chicago, US | 36 |
| Claremont, US | 34 |
| Riverside, US | 31 |
| Bozeman, US | 31 |
| Victoria, CA | 31 |
| Davis, US | 27 |
| Durango, US | 25 |
| Orem, US | 22 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 19 |
| CASlocation not on record | 19 |
| Angwin, US | 16 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 16 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 16 |
| Montréal, CA | 16 |
| EL PASO, US | 16 |
| Madison, US | 15 |
| Spearfish, US | 15 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 14 |
| VALElocation not on record | 14 |
| Grand Junction, US | 13 |
| Henderson, US | 13 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 12 |
| Guasave, MX | 11 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 11 |
| Chadron, US | 10 |
| Dover, US | 10 |
| Bend, US | 10 |
| Saint Louis, US | 9 |
| Bloomington, US | 9 |
| Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record | 8 |
| US | 7 |
| WINlocation not on record | 7 |
| San Diego, US | 7 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| Bangkok, TH | 6 |
| Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record | 6 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 6 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 6 |
| University of Toronto Mississaugalocation not on record | 5 |
| Pittsburg, US | 5 |
| STNFlocation not on record | 4 |
| Delaware State University, Claude E. Phillips Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Portland, US | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| San Jose, US | 3 |
| Tacoma, US | 3 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 3 |
| Ashland, US | 2 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 2 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| New Haven, US | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| USFSlocation not on record | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preservelocation not on record | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record | 2 |
| SEINetlocation not on record | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| Los Angeles, US | 2 |
| KNFYlocation not on record | 2 |
| Minia, EG | 2 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Johnson City, US | 1 |
| Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Cheney, US | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| University of British Columbialocation not on record | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| INFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pomona Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| KNFHClocation not on record | 1 |
| SEFlocation not on record | 1 |
| KNFSClocation not on record | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Irvine, US | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Royal Alberta Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Museum of Naturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Richmond, US | 1 |
| Yellowstone National Park Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Carex microptera 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.