Carex tomentosa
speciesAt a glance
Sources7 archives
Databases and archives Carex tomentosa's data was compiled from.
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility38 293 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI23 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Size & morphology6
Life cycle & reproduction13
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry4
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 tomentosa 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 tomentosa 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 481×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
Record type38 293 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.
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 institutions49 of 99 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BFLlocation not on record | 342 |
| LDlocation not on record | 164 |
| Uppsala, SE | 164 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 133 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 107 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 101 |
| Tartu, EE | 93 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 81 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 60 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 59 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 58 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 52 |
| Bern, CH | 51 |
| Philadelphia, US | 45 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 43 |
| Salzburg, AT | 42 |
| Mlocation not on record | 38 |
| Wlocation not on record | 38 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 35 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 30 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 22 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 21 |
| Tallinn, EE | 20 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 20 |
| PRClocation not on record | 18 |
| Yerevan, AM | 17 |
| Dresden, DE | 15 |
| Görlitz, DE | 15 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 15 |
| Berlin, DE | 14 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 13 |
| Barcelona, ES | 13 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 13 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 12 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 11 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 11 |
| BClocation not on record | 11 |
| MAlocation not on record | 10 |
| Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 8 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 8 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 8 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 8 |
| Bourges, FR | 8 |
| València, ES | 6 |
| Auckland, NZ | 5 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 5 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 5 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 5 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 5 |
| Vitoria, ES | 4 |
| Fulda, DE | 4 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 4 |
| Salamanca, ES | 4 |
| Tilburg, NL | 4 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 3 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 3 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 3 |
| Trondheim, NO | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 3 |
| Wellington, NZ | 3 |
| Zürich, CH | 3 |
| Madrid, ES | 3 |
| H-Adlerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Winterthur, CH | 2 |
| Namur, BE | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| ER-Gaucklocation not on record | 2 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 2 |
| Olocation not on record | 2 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Pamplona, ES | 2 |
| Pamplona, ES | 2 |
| Alicante, ES | 2 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Glarus, CH | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Sion, CH | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| UNINE:NEUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fribourg, CH | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 1 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lausanne, CH | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation 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 Carex tomentosa 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.