Carex umbrosa
Host · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Carex umbrosa's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility13 053 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Carex umbrosa is a species of sedge native to Europe and Asia as far east as Japan.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction9
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry8
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 umbrosa 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 umbrosa 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 629×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · fl-europaea · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +2
2n 666×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 402×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
2n 672×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 601×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 335×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
Record type13 053 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 institutions32 of 76 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 157 |
| Salzburg, AT | 139 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 99 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 97 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 79 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 65 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 62 |
| Bern, CH | 57 |
| Mlocation not on record | 51 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 48 |
| Wlocation not on record | 39 |
| Vitoria, ES | 28 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 23 |
| LDlocation not on record | 22 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 17 |
| Fulda, DE | 15 |
| Dresden, DE | 15 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 14 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 14 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 13 |
| Zürich, CH | 11 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 11 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 10 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 9 |
| BClocation not on record | 9 |
| PRClocation not on record | 8 |
| Görlitz, DE | 8 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 8 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 8 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 6 |
| Zürich, CH | 6 |
| Barcelona, ES | 5 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 4 |
| Tartu, EE | 4 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 4 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tilburg, NL | 3 |
| Namur, BE | 3 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 2 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 2 |
| Winterthur, CH | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| München, DE | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 1 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 1 |
| NoColllocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 1 |
| ZRC-SAZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation 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 umbrosa 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.