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 Dicranum spurium has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections5
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★rbcLa★trnL★trnL-F★ITS5★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualDicranum spurium 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 size342 300 000 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 Dicranum spurium0.34 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 511 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 267
Museum / vouchered2 234
Cultivated / captive3
Other7
Origin
Native127
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 624 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 accuracy69% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 131≤1 km 257≤10 km 590>10 km 33
2 011 georeferenced · 256 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 267
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 accuracy25% within 1 km
≤100 m 89≤1 km 261≤10 km 796>10 km 256
1 402 georeferenced · 832 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 234
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
>10 km 3
3 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living3
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 institutions55 of 97 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
433
Uppsala, SE
251
LDlocation not on record
153
Bronx, US
129
Oulu, FI
124
Knoxville, US
68
Helsinki, FI
68
Frankfurt am Main
62
Saint Louis, US
59
Olocation not on record
52
Trondheim, NO
51
PHlocation not on record
49
Vancouver, CA
45
Durham, US
44
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
40
Kuopio, FI
39
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
36
University of Gdansklocation not on record
27
Ann Arbor, US
25
Chicago, US
25
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
25
Madison, US
21
Cincinnati, US
19
Stockholm, SE
19
New Haven, US
17
Brussel, BE
17
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
16
Philadelphia, US
16
Oskarshamn, SE
14
CASlocation not on record
14
Tartu, EE
12
Tallinn, EE
12
South Kensington, GB
12
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
Bourges, FR
8
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
8
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
7
MAlocation not on record
7
Turku, FI
7
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
7
VGBIlocation not on record
6
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record
6
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
6
WTUlocation not on record
6
BDBClocation not on record
6
Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record
5
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
5
Portland, US
5
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelonalocation not on record
5
Minia, EG
5
Université Lavallocation not on record
4
Porvoo, FI
4
US
4
Blacksburg, US
4
Paris, FR
4
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
TROMlocation not on record
3
Chapel Hill, US
3
Göteborg, SE
3
SZUlocation not on record
3
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
3
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
3
Durham, US
3
Beijing, CN
3
College Park, US
2
Salzburg, AT
2
St. Paul, US
2
Hudson, US
2
Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record
2
GJOlocation not on record
2
Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record
2
Morgantown, US
2
US
2
Pittsburg, US
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Barcelona, ES
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
Tilburg, NL
1
San Jose, US
1
Cambridge, US
1
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
1
Universidad de Málagalocation not on record
1
Madrid, ES
1
Logan, US
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Edmonton, CA
1
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
1
Xiamen, CN
1
CBDClocation not on record
1
Montréal, CA
1
EL PASO, US
1
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
1
Salamanca, ES
1
AADClocation not on record
1
Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record
1
97 institutions · 2 191 of 2 234 vouchered records shown · 43 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Dicranum spurium 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
On moist exposed humus. Summit barrens and t…Heathland, unclassified, Vaccinium/Cornus su…
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 median15.0 °C 14.6–15.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter24.5 °C
Max temp (day)18.2 °C
Min temp (night)11.7 °C 10.5–12.9
Precipitation151 mm/mo 141–161
Air humidity65.3 % 64.8–65.7
Moisture balance27.5 mm/mo 10.2–44.8
Vapour deficit593 Pa 572–613
Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.60–3.10
Cloud cover53.2 % 51.9–54.6
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 Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 511 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.34 Gbp↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗