Carex simpliciuscula
Wahlenb. · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Carex simpliciuscula's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 095 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI49 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics85 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Kobresia simpliciuscula is a species of sedge known by the common names false sedge, simple bog sedge and simple kobresia. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.Kobresia simpliciuscula. The Nature Conservancy. This perennial plant forms tufts of several triangular stems reaching up to 50 centimeters in height. It has short rhizomes. The leaves are up to 20 centimeters long. The inflorescence contains up to 12 spikes of flowers.Kobresia simpliciuscula. Flora of North America.Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Kobresia simpliciuscula. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Light is required for the seeds to germinate. This plant occurs on tundra and in alpine climates. It grows in wet habitat types such as ponds and meadows. It often grows in calcareous substrates such as limestone.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction8
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment7
Physiology & chemistry6
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 simpliciuscula 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 simpliciuscula 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 7611×CCDB · cyper-only · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +2
2n 722×CCDB · book-northern-plants · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
2n 581×CCDB · Cave1956
2n 601×CCDB · Cave1956
2n 641×CCDB · cyper-only
2n 701×CCDB · eflora
n 382×CCDB · cyper-only · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
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 type7 095 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 institutions21 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 |
|---|---|
| Trondheim, NO | 351 |
| Olocation not on record | 136 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 70 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 60 |
| South Kensington, GB | 57 |
| Helsinki, FI | 34 |
| Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record | 24 |
| Québec, CA | 20 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 19 |
| Bergen, NO | 18 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 14 |
| University of Birminghamlocation not on record | 14 |
| Turku, FI | 14 |
| Oulu, FI | 14 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 13 |
| Montréal, CA | 13 |
| Bronx, US | 11 |
| University of Manitoba Herbariumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Buildinglocation not on record | 6 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 6 |
| Auckland, NZ | 6 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 6 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 5 |
| Kuopio, FI | 4 |
| University of Hulllocation not on record | 3 |
| WINlocation not on record | 3 |
| Canadian Museum of Naturelocation not on record | 3 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 2 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 2 |
| MFUlocation not on record | 2 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Anchorage, US | 2 |
| nbflocation not on record | 2 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Montréal, CA | 2 |
| Dresden, DE | 2 |
| Research Collection of Christian Lettnerlocation not on record | 2 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of British Columbialocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Collection of Siegrun Ertllocation not on record | 1 |
| NMWlocation not on record | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| PTHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sion, CH | 1 |
| Institute of the biological problems of the North FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Porvoo, FI | 1 |
| NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Carex simpliciuscula 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.