Carex vaginata
Tausch · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Carex vaginata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility62 634 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI68 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics89 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↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Carex vaginata is a species of sedge known by the common name sheathed sedge. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. It occurs in Alaska, throughout most all of Canada to Greenland and in Eurasia. In North America it occurs as far south as Minnesota and New York.Walsh, Roberta A. 1994. Carex vaginata. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. This sedge produces stems up to 60 centimeters tall, growing from a long rhizome. The stem just below the inflorescence is sheathed in the base of the bract, the characteristic that gives the plant its name. The inflorescence contains a terminal spike and usually at least one lateral spike. The plant reproduces by seed and by sprouting from the rhizome and the stolons, and from buds at the bases of the stems.Carex vaginata. Flora of North America. This sedge grows in many types of moist and wet habitat. It is present on tundra and in boreal forests. It grows in sandy, calcareous, and acidic, peaty soils. It may be found growing in snow, which might help to protect it from dry and cold conditions.Aiken, S.G., et al. 1999 onwards. Carex vaginata. ‘Cyperaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval.’ Version: 6 November 2000.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction11
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 vaginata 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 vaginata 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 3217×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · nw-europe-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea +8
2n 301×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 481×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
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 type62 634 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.
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 institutions76 of 152 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Helsinki, FI | 1 023 |
| Olocation not on record | 957 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 467 |
| Uppsala, SE | 388 |
| LDlocation not on record | 369 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 305 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 280 |
| Oulu, FI | 269 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 206 |
| Trondheim, NO | 190 |
| Kuopio, FI | 169 |
| Turku, FI | 159 |
| Garðabær, IS | 158 |
| Tartu, EE | 150 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 145 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 141 |
| South Kensington, GB | 128 |
| Bergen, NO | 122 |
| Québec, CA | 114 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 106 |
| Zürich, CH | 99 |
| St. Paul, US | 89 |
| Toronto, CA | 83 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 83 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 77 |
| 76 | |
| WINlocation not on record | 75 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 67 |
| Vancouver, CA | 63 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 62 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 57 |
| Tallinn, EE | 53 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 49 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 40 |
| Montréal, CA | 38 |
| Madison, US | 36 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 35 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 35 |
| Chicago, US | 29 |
| University of Toronto Mississaugalocation not on record | 28 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 28 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 28 |
| Philadelphia, US | 26 |
| Anchorage, US | 24 |
| Bern, CH | 22 |
| Zürich, CH | 21 |
| KFGBlocation not on record | 20 |
| Victoria, CA | 20 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 20 |
| Green Bay, US | 19 |
| Odawara, JP | 15 |
| Montréal, CA | 15 |
| nbflocation not on record | 13 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 12 |
| Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| University of Winnipeglocation not on record | 11 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 10 |
| Burlington, US | 10 |
| Saint John, CA | 10 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 10 |
| Porvoo, FI | 10 |
| Universität Basel, Herbariumlocation not on record | 9 |
| Saint Louis, US | 9 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 9 |
| Lausanne, CH | 8 |
| Canadian Museum of Naturelocation not on record | 7 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 7 |
| Hokkaido University Museumlocation not on record | 7 |
| Bronx, US | 7 |
| Forssa, FI | 7 |
| Churchill Northern Studies Centrelocation not on record | 7 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 6 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 6 |
| Wlocation not on record | 6 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 6 |
| Provo, US | 5 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 5 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 5 |
| Auckland, NZ | 5 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Knoxville, US | 4 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 4 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 4 |
| Bloomington, US | 4 |
| Tempe, US | 4 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| KR | 3 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 3 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 3 |
| Görlitz, DE | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Dresden, DE | 3 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 3 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 3 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 3 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 3 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 2 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 2 |
| McGill University, Department of Biologylocation not on record | 2 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Wellington, NZ | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 2 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 2 |
| Göteborg, SE | 2 |
| Dhaka, BD | 2 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 2 |
| Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 2 |
| Kostrzyca Forest Gene Banklocation not on record | 2 |
| PRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Bourges, FR | 2 |
| PTHlocation not on record | 2 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| University of Hulllocation not on record | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| NMWlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of British Columbialocation not on record | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| DULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Missoula, US | 1 |
| Richmond, US | 1 |
| Umeå Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Brookings, US | 1 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Western Ontariolocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Institute of the biological problems of the North FEB RASlocation 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 vaginata 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.