Fissidens adianthoides
Hedw. · speciesAt a glance
Sources8 archives
Databases and archives Fissidens adianthoides's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility26 973 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI15 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics37 specimens↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The map shows where Fissidens adianthoides is found in North America. Fissidens adianthoides, the maidenhair pocketmoss, is a moss in the family of Fissidentaceaea. It was first collected by Hedwig in 1801. It is found all over North America and even in Greenland and Alaska. The Nitinaht First Nations of Vancouver Island used maidenhair moss to bandage wounds. It was named by the Anglo-Saxons because it resembles pubic hair.Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything (Black Swan, 2004 [orig. Doubleday, 2003]), p. 435.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat & environment1
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 Fissidens adianthoides 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 Fissidens adianthoides 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.
n 244×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · Cave1958
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.
Record type26 973 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 institutions79 of 145 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 | 803 |
| Vancouver, CA | 406 |
| Trondheim, NO | 336 |
| Uppsala, SE | 283 |
| Bronx, US | 275 |
| Oulu, FI | 255 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 248 |
| LDlocation not on record | 214 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 192 |
| Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record | 178 |
| Olocation not on record | 163 |
| Durham, US | 155 |
| Tallinn, EE | 139 |
| Saint Louis, US | 118 |
| Knoxville, US | 112 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 109 |
| Kuopio, FI | 95 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 94 |
| Tartu, EE | 87 |
| Madison, US | 78 |
| Philadelphia, US | 75 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 75 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 71 |
| Brussel, BE | 67 |
| Chicago, US | 65 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 64 |
| Zürich, CH | 58 |
| PHlocation not on record | 56 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 55 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 54 |
| Universitat Autònoma de Barcelonalocation not on record | 52 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 42 |
| New Haven, US | 40 |
| Montréal, CA | 40 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 38 |
| Helsinki, FI | 36 |
| Garðabær, IS | 36 |
| South Kensington, GB | 34 |
| Stockholm, SE | 32 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 28 |
| Tilburg, NL | 28 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 27 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 27 |
| Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record | 26 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 24 |
| CASlocation not on record | 23 |
| Auckland, NZ | 23 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 23 |
| Turku, FI | 19 |
| Edmonton, CA | 18 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 18 |
| Göteborg, SE | 18 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 17 |
| MAlocation not on record | 17 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 17 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 15 |
| Wellington, NZ | 15 |
| University of Gdansklocation not on record | 14 |
| UNINE:NEUlocation not on record | 14 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 14 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 13 |
| St. Paul, US | 13 |
| Hobart, AU | 13 |
| Salzburg, AT | 12 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 12 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 12 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 11 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 10 |
| Bourges, FR | 10 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 10 |
| Portland, US | 9 |
| Cincinnati, US | 9 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 9 |
| Canberra, AU | 9 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 8 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 7 |
| Minia, EG | 7 |
| Missoula, US | 7 |
| NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record | 7 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 7 |
| Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record | 6 |
| nbflocation not on record | 6 |
| Brisbane, AU | 6 |
| Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record | 5 |
| Toronto, CA | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 5 |
| Barcelona, ES | 5 |
| Blacksburg, US | 5 |
| Umeå Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| UAclocation not on record | 4 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 4 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 4 |
| US | 4 |
| Kunming, CN | 4 |
| SNSNMClocation not on record | 4 |
| AADClocation not on record | 4 |
| Fribourg, CH | 4 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Madrid, ES | 3 |
| Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record | 3 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 3 |
| National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record | 3 |
| 3 | |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose, US | 2 |
| New Brunswick, US | 2 |
| State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukrainelocation not on record | 2 |
| Porvoo, FI | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 2 |
| Davenport, US | 2 |
| Logan, US | 2 |
| Moscow, US | 2 |
| Hudson, US | 2 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Morgantown, US | 1 |
| Fayetteville, US | 1 |
| kunlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Canadian Museum of Naturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Slovak National Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 1 |
| Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pennsylvania State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 1 |
| UChlocation not on record | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Guizhou Agricultural Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia Giancarlo Ligabue | Natural History Museum of Venice Giancarlo Ligabuelocation not on record | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Palmerston North, NZ | 1 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Buenos Aires, AR | 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 Fissidens adianthoides 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.