Evernia prunastri
(L.) Ach. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Evernia prunastri's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility95 302 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System8 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI24 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Evernia prunastri, also known as oakmoss, is a species of lichen. It can be found in many mountainous temperate forests throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Oakmoss grows primarily on the trunk and branches of oak trees, but is also commonly found on the bark of other deciduous trees and conifers such as fir and pine. The thalli of oakmoss are short (3–4 cm in length) and bushy, and grow together on bark to form large clumps. Oakmoss thallus is flat and strap-like. They are also highly branched, resembling the form of antlers. The colour of oakmoss ranges from green to a greenish-white when dry, and dark olive-green to yellow-green when wet. The texture of the thalli is rough when dry and rubbery when wet. It is used extensively in modern perfumery.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat & environment1
Compounds documented for Evernia prunastri across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds61 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-Usnic Acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,4R)-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo(2.2.1)heptan-2-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| 1-Phenyl-1-pentanone | present | LOTUS | |
| 2,5-Dimethylresorcinol | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-Cyclohexen-1-one, 5-methyl- | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-Decanone | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-Dodecanone | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-Heptanone | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-Hydroxy-4-[(2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-6-methylbenzoyl)oxy]-3,6-dimethylbenzoic acid methyl ester | present | LOTUS |
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 Evernia prunastri 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 Evernia prunastri 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).
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.
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 type95 310 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 162 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record | 475 |
| Uppsala, SE | 462 |
| University of Gdansklocation not on record | 422 |
| Olocation not on record | 393 |
| LDlocation not on record | 300 |
| Philadelphia, US | 296 |
| Madrid, ES | 185 |
| València, ES | 162 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 161 |
| Madison, US | 158 |
| MAlocation not on record | 155 |
| UoB-IBlocation not on record | 140 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 135 |
| Berlin, DE | 133 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 127 |
| TSBlocation not on record | 116 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 116 |
| Vancouver, CA | 107 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 95 |
| Chicago, US | 91 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 86 |
| CLUlocation not on record | 81 |
| Durham, US | 81 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 77 |
| Bergen, NO | 74 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 73 |
| Stockholm, SE | 68 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 68 |
| BClocation not on record | 67 |
| Barcelona, ES | 65 |
| Trondheim, NO | 61 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 61 |
| US | 57 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 51 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 49 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 43 |
| UNITOlocation not on record | 40 |
| St. Paul, US | 38 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 35 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 33 |
| Bronx, US | 33 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 33 |
| Vitoria, ES | 32 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 30 |
| M-Lichenslocation not on record | 29 |
| PHlocation not on record | 29 |
| Helsinki, FI | 28 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 28 |
| Salzburg, AT | 28 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 28 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 27 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 26 |
| Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record | 26 |
| South Kensington, GB | 25 |
| Boise, US | 24 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 22 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 20 |
| Forssa, FI | 19 |
| Tallinn, EE | 18 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 17 |
| Göteborg, SE | 16 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 16 |
| ILLSlocation not on record | 16 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 16 |
| Clocation not on record | 15 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 13 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 12 |
| Burlington, US | 11 |
| Minia, EG | 11 |
| MNHWlocation not on record | 11 |
| Davis, US | 10 |
| Repubblica di San Marinolocation not on record | 10 |
| nbflocation not on record | 10 |
| Champaign, US | 10 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 10 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 9 |
| Kuopio, FI | 9 |
| New Haven, US | 9 |
| Turku, FI | 9 |
| Canberra, AU | 8 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 8 |
| Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Officelocation not on record | 7 |
| Kew, GB | 7 |
| Porvoo, FI | 7 |
| Mlocation not on record | 7 |
| Knoxville, US | 7 |
| Toronto, CA | 7 |
| US | 6 |
| Logan, US | 6 |
| Umeå Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Yerevan, AM | 6 |
| Dhaka, BD | 5 |
| Bozeman, US | 5 |
| Portland, US | 5 |
| Albuquerque, US | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 5 |
| University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| PRClocation not on record | 4 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 4 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 4 |
| Victoria, CA | 4 |
| Klostermuseum Disentislocation not on record | 4 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Mexico City, MX | 4 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 4 |
| Arcata, US | 4 |
| Hobart, AU | 4 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 3 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 3 |
| San Diego, US | 3 |
| Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record | 3 |
| Staatsarchiv Urilocation not on record | 3 |
| DASSHlocation not on record | 3 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 3 |
| Wlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mus�e des Confluenceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| Bourges, FR | 2 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 2 |
| Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record | 2 |
| Bando, JP | 2 |
| NYSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia Giancarlo Ligabue | Natural History Museum of Venice Giancarlo Ligabuelocation not on record | 2 |
| Oulu, FI | 2 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record | 2 |
| Kensington, AU | 2 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 2 |
| AADClocation not on record | 2 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| M, A, Nlocation not on record | 2 |
| Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Researchlocation not on record | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| University of Manitobalocation not on record | 1 |
| Winterthur, CH | 1 |
| Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze | Via Giorgio La Pira headquarter of the Natural History Museum in Florencelocation not on record | 1 |
| WU-MYClocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| V. N. Karazin National Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Fort Hayslocation not on record | 1 |
| Swiss Federal Research Institute WSLlocation not on record | 1 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 1 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| CABI Bioscience Genetic Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Henderson, US | 1 |
| Baltimore, US | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 1 |
| Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record | 1 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation 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 Evernia prunastri 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.