Festuca pallens
Host · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Festuca pallens's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 388 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Festuca pallens, the blue fescue, is a species of grass.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction11
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment7
Physiology & chemistry3
Other traits1
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 pallens 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 pallens 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 1411×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +2
2n 284×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
2n 211×CCDB · slov-fl
n 72×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 142×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type8 388 records
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 institutions10 of 44 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 | 304 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 108 |
| Zürich, CH | 42 |
| Bern, CH | 35 |
| Salzburg, AT | 29 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 25 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 18 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 16 |
| Zürich, CH | 14 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 13 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 12 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Dresden, DE | 11 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 11 |
| Mlocation not on record | 10 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 10 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 10 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 10 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 8 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 7 |
| Görlitz, DE | 6 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 6 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 6 |
| Wlocation not on record | 6 |
| LDlocation not on record | 5 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 5 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 4 |
| PRClocation not on record | 3 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 2 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 2 |
| Namur, BE | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 2 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 1 |
| CZE082location not on record | 1 |
| H-Hohlalocation not on record | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Salzburglocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Adlerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Diewaldlocation not on record | 1 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Festuca pallens 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.