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Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF136 records
Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈625 Mbp
02Traits & measurements
SourcesWCVP
Life cycle & reproduction1
Life formperennial or rhizomatous geophyte
Habitat & environment1
Climatetemperate
05DNA & barcodingmolecular
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 xerophila has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualCarex xerophila 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
Genome size≈625 347 013 bp assembly estimate
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).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Carex xerophila0.63 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelScaffold
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type136 records
Wild obs. + sensor13
Museum / vouchered123
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO116 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 1
3 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor13
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.
Coordinate accuracy81% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 11≤10 km 2>10 km 1
16 georeferenced · 107 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence123
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions18 of 24 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
27
Davis, US
12
Bronx, US
9
Arcata, US
7
Riverside, US
6
Claremont, US
6
CASlocation not on record
6
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
6
WTUlocation not on record
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
Saint Louis, US
4
San Diego, US
3
Kew, GB
3
Santa Barbara, US
3
Ann Arbor, US
3
Flagstaff, US
2
Pullman, US
2
Paris, FR
1
Logan, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Provo, US
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Corvallis, US
1
Stockholm, SE
1
24 institutions · 115 of 123 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code
