Dendroalsia abietina is a species of moss. The only species in the genus Dendroalsia, it is a rather large and conspicuous moss. It's easy to recognize when dry, because each stem curls downward like a clenched fist.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Dendroalsia abietina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes3
eDNA detections3
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ 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.
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06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualDendroalsia abietina 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 size361 860 000 bp
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 Dendroalsia abietina0.36 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 370 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 757
Museum / vouchered609
Other4
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 356 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 accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 347≤1 km 434≤10 km 170>10 km 84
3 035 georeferenced · 722 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 757
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 accuracy35% within 1 km
≤100 m 23≤1 km 95≤10 km 198>10 km 18
334 georeferenced · 275 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence609
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 institutions25 of 42 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Vancouver, CA
105
WTUlocation not on record
99
San Jose, US
60
Knoxville, US
60
Durham, US
44
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
41
Madison, US
29
LDlocation not on record
24
Portland, US
20
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
17
Davis, US
15
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
14
Northridge, US
11
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
7
Frankfurt am Main
5
Slovak National Museumlocation not on record
5
Minia, EG
5
Santa Cruz, US
4
Logan, US
4
Cincinnati, US
4
Helsinki, FI
3
US
3
Victoria, CA
2
Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record
2
Madrid, ES
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Stockholm, SE
2
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
2
Claremont, US
2
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
2
Ann Arbor, US
2
WINlocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
1
Montréal, CA
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
STNFlocation not on record
1
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
1
Oulu, FI
1
42 institutions · 609 of 609 vouchered records shown
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Dendroalsia abietina 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
Detections DNA found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
trunk of Quercus garryanaon trunk of Acer macrophyllum; cfr
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median9.70 °C 9.50–9.90
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.6 °C
Max temp (day)13.5 °C 13.3–13.6
Min temp (night)5.40 °C 4.60–6.20
Precipitation107 mm/mo 71.0–144
Air humidity61.7 % 60.6–62.7
Moisture balance19.0 mm/mo -16.1–54.1
Vapour deficit461 Pa 455–468
Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.40–3.20
Cloud cover43.7 % 43.1–44.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 370 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.36 Gbp↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗