Festuca saximontana, the rocky mountain fescue or the mountain fescue, is a perennial grass native to North America. The specific epithet saximontana is Latin and means "of the Rocky Mountains". The grass has a diploid number of 42.
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 Festuca saximontana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens42
Marker genes11
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections7
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Festuca saximontana voucher Peterson 18349, Saarela & Smith (US) small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
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.
The complete instruction manualFestuca saximontana 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.
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.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 422×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — KNABEN, G. 1968. Chromosome numbers of flowering plants from Central Alaska. Nytt mag. bot. 15: 240-254.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — LOEVE, A, D. LOEVE, & B.M. KAPOOR. 1971. Cytotaxonomy of a century of Rocky Mountain orophytes. Arctic & Alpine Res. 3: 139-165.
2n 361×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — KAPOOR, B.M. & A. LOV~. 1969. In IOPB chromosome number reports xx. Taxon 18: 213-221.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy95% within 1 km
≤100 m 44≤1 km 8≤10 km 3
55 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor64
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 accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 99≤1 km 211≤10 km 167>10 km 20
497 georeferenced · 793 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 290
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 institutions54 of 89 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
313
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
111
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
100
Logan, US
59
Victoria, CA
56
Ann Arbor, US
56
Vancouver, CA
54
Denver, US
51
Montréal, CA
45
WINlocation not on record
41
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
29
Bronx, US
23
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
22
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
17
Flagstaff, US
17
Québec, CA
15
Madison, US
15
Bloomington, US
14
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
13
Kew, GB
11
Claremont, US
10
Albuquerque, US
10
WTUlocation not on record
10
Université Lavallocation not on record
9
Tempe, US
8
Toronto, CA
8
Riverside, US
7
Green Bay, US
7
Durango, US
7
Saint Louis, US
6
Davis, US
6
Chadron, US
6
ASUlocation not on record
6
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
5
Canadian Museum of Nature, National Herbarium of Canadalocation not on record
5
Anchorage, US
5
St. Paul, US
4
Yukon Universitylocation not on record
4
Lincoln, US
4
San Luis Obispo, US
4
Pullman, US
4
Olocation not on record
4
BClocation not on record
3
Arcata, US
3
Whitehorse, CA
3
CASlocation not on record
3
Provo, US
2
US
2
Durham, US
2
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
2
Paris, FR
2
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
2
San Diego, US
2
Wuzhou, CN
2
San Angelo, US
2
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
2
Orem, US
2
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
2
Corvallis, US
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
USFS/BHSClocation not on record
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record
1
Honolulu, US
1
Burlington, US
1
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
1
Beijing, CN
1
USFSlocation not on record
1
Trondheim, NO
1
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
1
Whitewater, US
1
Missoula, US
1
Moscow, US
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Northern Arizona University, School of Forestrylocation not on record
1
Caldwell, US
1
Bend, US
1
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
1
Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record
1
Montréal, CA
1
GINRlocation not on record
1
LDlocation not on record
1
DULlocation not on record
1
Santa Cruz, US
1
Grand Junction, US
1
Angwin, US
1
Canberra, AU
1
TROMlocation not on record
1
89 institutions · 1 268 of 1 290 vouchered records shown · 22 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA7 detections
Where the DNA of Festuca saximontana 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 found7
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 7 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
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 median11.8 °C 9.30–17.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.1 °C
Max temp (day)17.9 °C 13.9–24.1
Min temp (night)6.10 °C 3.70–12.5
Precipitation75.7 mm/mo 36.4–106
Air humidity55.5 % 48.4–57.7
Moisture balance-55.6 mm/mo -103–-14.2
Vapour deficit650 Pa 525–984
Wind speed3.40 m/s 1.90–4.50
Cloud cover38.5 % 29.6–41.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 7 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 Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 354 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics42 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗