Micranthes oregana is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Oregon saxifrage. It is native to western North America, including the mountainous regions of the western United States. It can be found in moist habitat, such as marshes and other wetlands. It is a perennial herb growing from a thick, fleshy or woody caudex. It produces a basal rosette of linear to lance-shaped leaves each up to 25 centimeters long. The inflorescence arises on a stout peduncle which may exceed a meter in height. It is topped with one or more dense clusters of white-petaled flowers.
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 Micranthes oregana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences6
eDNA detections4
Countries1
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.
★matK1★rbcL2★rbcLa★ITS3★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualMicranthes oregana 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.
Chromosomes2n = 76 n = 38
Ploidypolyploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 761×CCDB · eflora
CCDB · eflora
n 381×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Elvander, P. E. 1984. The taxonomy of Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) section Boraphila subsection Integrifoliae in western North America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 3: 1–44.
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 430≤1 km 66≤10 km 14>10 km 11
521 georeferenced · 154 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor675
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 accuracy79% within 1 km
≤100 m 51≤1 km 89≤10 km 36>10 km 2
178 georeferenced · 169 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence347
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 institutions34 of 49 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Missoula, US
42
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
36
WTUlocation not on record
29
Davis, US
28
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
24
Boise, US
21
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
18
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
18
Caldwell, US
11
CASlocation not on record
10
Truckee, US
10
Moscow, US
9
Portland, US
7
San Diego, US
5
Denver, US
5
Bronx, US
5
Pocatello, US
4
Corvallis, US
3
Pullman, US
3
Santa Barbara, US
3
Riverside, US
3
Tampa, US
3
San Jose, US
3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
3
Ashland, US
3
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
Los Angeles, US
2
Pittsburg, US
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Saint Louis, US
2
Beijing, CN
2
US
2
Logan, US
2
Grand Junction, US
1
Santa Cruz, US
1
Bloomington, US
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Cheney, US
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Provo, US
1
Cslocation not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
49 institutions · 339 of 347 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Micranthes oregana 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
swampMeadow with small streams and gentle hills s…in shallow water of meadow
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 median13.4 °C 13.4–13.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.4 °C
Max temp (day)20.9 °C
Min temp (night)6.20 °C
Precipitation42.3 mm/mo
Air humidity51.9 %
Moisture balance-93.4 mm/mo
Vapour deficit744 Pa
Wind speed1.80 m/s
Cloud cover38.3 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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 Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 022 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 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↗