Isoetes bolanderi, or Bolander's quillwort, is a species of quillwort, a type of lycophyte. This aquatic plant is native to high altitude regions of the western United States and southern Alberta. It grows almost entirely underwater in lakes and other water bodies from a corm-like stem, which remains buried in the mud, producing up to twenty pointed, cylindrical leaves approaching 15 centimeters in maximum length. It reproduces via spherical sporangia, covered about one third by the velum. The ligule is small and heart-shaped. The megaspores are white, though sometimes bluish, and 350 to 290 micrometers in diameter. The microspores are 25 to 30 micrometers long.
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 Isoetes bolanderi has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens12
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections4
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★rbcL6★rbcLa★ITS4★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type746 records
Wild obs. + sensor33
Museum / vouchered713
Origin
Native25
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 920 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km
≤100 m 25>10 km 2
27 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor33
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 accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 46≤1 km 244≤10 km 128>10 km 10
428 georeferenced · 285 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence713
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 institutions49 of 68 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
WTUlocation not on record
58
Pullman, US
55
Missoula, US
44
Logan, US
33
Bronx, US
33
Claremont, US
29
CASlocation not on record
28
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
26
Chicago, US
26
Arcata, US
26
Moscow, US
24
Philadelphia, US
24
Corvallis, US
21
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
17
Minia, EG
13
Boise, US
13
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
10
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
8
Davis, US
8
Wuzhou, CN
8
Caldwell, US
7
Provo, US
7
South Kensington, GB
7
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
7
Chapel Hill, US
7
San Jose, US
6
Pocatello, US
6
Angwin, US
6
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
6
San Luis Obispo, US
5
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
5
Victoria, CA
4
Riverside, US
4
Fort Worth, US
3
US
3
Flagstaff, US
3
Canadian Museum of Nature, National Herbarium of Canadalocation not on record
3
Los Angeles, US
3
Santa Barbara, US
3
Bozeman, US
3
Austin, US
3
LDlocation not on record
3
Bloomington, US
2
Portland, US
2
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
2
KNFYlocation not on record
2
Denver, US
2
Morgantown, US
2
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
2
Orem, US
1
Burlington, US
1
Institute of the biological problems of the North FEB RASlocation not on record
1
Ashland, US
1
Durango, US
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Truckee, US
1
Long Beach, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Wellington, NZ
1
Bend, US
1
San Francisco, US
1
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
1
US
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record
1
Albuquerque, US
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
68 institutions · 641 of 713 vouchered records shown · 72 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Isoetes bolanderi 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median12.0 °C 12.0–12.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.5 °C
Max temp (day)18.7 °C
Min temp (night)6.50 °C
Precipitation89.2 mm/mo
Air humidity51.5 %
Moisture balance-19.2 mm/mo
Vapour deficit681 Pa
Wind speed3.00 m/s
Cloud cover31.1 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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.
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