Festuca brachyphylla
Schult. & Schult.f. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Festuca brachyphylla's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 558 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI35 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↗
giftgenome & karyotype
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Festuca groenlandica, commonly known as the Greenland fescue, is a species of grass in the Festuca genus and Poaceae family. It is endemic to Greenland. The Flora of North America accepts this species. Other sources regard it as a synonym of Festuca brachyphylla. In 1977 is was considered a subspecies to F. brachyphylla by Signe Frederiksen, who then later in 1983 promoted it to its own species, F. groenlandica.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology10
Life cycle & reproduction7
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry6
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 Festuca brachyphylla 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 Festuca brachyphylla 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 4219×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · iapt · CCDB · book-ipcn65 +8
2n 283×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov
hexaploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
polyploid1×GIFT · GIFT (floras)
Record type3 558 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions63 of 107 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 719 |
| Victoria, CA | 222 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 210 |
| Québec, CA | 137 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 119 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 106 |
| Vancouver, CA | 95 |
| Bronx, US | 64 |
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record | 58 |
| Anchorage, US | 48 |
| Olocation not on record | 45 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 42 |
| Logan, US | 42 |
| Denver, US | 41 |
| Saint Louis, US | 40 |
| Davis, US | 35 |
| Montréal, CA | 34 |
| Durango, US | 29 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 29 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 29 |
| Claremont, US | 26 |
| Montréal, CA | 22 |
| Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record | 20 |
| Toronto, CA | 20 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 20 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 18 |
| Xining, CN | 17 |
| St. Paul, US | 17 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 15 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 13 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 12 |
| Urumqi, CN | 11 |
| Corvallis, US | 11 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 10 |
| Angwin, US | 8 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 8 |
| Riverside, US | 8 |
| LDlocation not on record | 7 |
| GINRlocation not on record | 7 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 7 |
| Trondheim, NO | 7 |
| Moscow, US | 7 |
| Pocatello, US | 6 |
| Beijing, CN | 6 |
| Tempe, US | 5 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature, National Herbarium of Canadalocation not on record | 5 |
| Pullman, US | 5 |
| WINlocation not on record | 5 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 5 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 4 |
| Provo, US | 4 |
| Kew, GB | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| nlocation not on record | 3 |
| Los Angeles, US | 3 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 3 |
| Albuquerque, US | 3 |
| University of Manitoba Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Helsinkilocation not on record | 3 |
| Flagstaff, US | 3 |
| Paris, FR | 3 |
| Saint John, CA | 3 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Caldwell, US | 3 |
| Uppsala, SE | 3 |
| US | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| Orem, US | 2 |
| Institute of the biological problems of the North FEB RASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Canadian Museum of Naturelocation not on record | 2 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 2 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Churchill Northern Studies Centrelocation not on record | 2 |
| Boise, US | 2 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 2 |
| GB | 2 |
| Lincoln, US | 2 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Seoul, KR | 1 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Beijing Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| SWE054location not on record | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Missoula, US | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Ashland, US | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Cheney, US | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Festuca brachyphylla 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.