Myrica gale
speciesAt a glance
Sources16 archives
Databases and archives Myrica gale's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility150 052 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI35 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics64 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
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 & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Myrica gale is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae, native to parts of Japan, North Korea, Russia, mainland Europe, the British Isles and parts of northern North America, in Canada and the United States. Common names include bog-myrtle, sweet willow, Dutch myrtle, and sweetgale.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction35
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment27
Physiology & chemistry26
Uses & economy12
Other traits8
Compounds documented for Myrica gale across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds50 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Ursolic Acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-Arctigenin | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-Arctiin | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-Matairesinol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,4aR,8aR)-1,4a-dimethyl-7-propan-2-ylidene-3,4,5,6,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,4S,5R,8S,13S,14S,19S)-4,5,9,9,13,20,20-heptamethyl-24-oxahexacyclo[17.3.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]tetracosa-15,17-diene-10,12,23-trione | present | LOTUS | |
| (3beta,13alpha)-13-Methyl-27-norolean-14-ene-3,28-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3E,4R)-4-[(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-3-[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]oxolan-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,6R,11R,12S,15S,16R,21R)-3,7,7,11,16,20,20-heptamethylpentacyclo[13.8.0.03,12.06,11.016,21]tricos-1-ene-8,19-dione | present | LOTUS | |
| (4aS,6aR,6bR,8aR,10S,12aR,14aS,14bS)-10-hydroxy-2,2,6b,9,9,12a,14a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carbaldehyde | present | LOTUS |
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 Myrica gale 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 Myrica gale 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 4811×CCDB · brit-fl · CCDB · nw-europe-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea +4
2n 161×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 801×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 961×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 241×CCDB · Cave1956supp
n 481×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
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.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
How it livedPBDB
Record type150 052 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 institutions117 of 204 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Helsinki, FI | 832 |
| Olocation not on record | 579 |
| LDlocation not on record | 344 |
| Trondheim, NO | 264 |
| Brussel, BE | 259 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 247 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 195 |
| Québec, CA | 170 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 165 |
| Durham, US | 134 |
| Madison, US | 132 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 129 |
| Oulu, FI | 129 |
| St. Paul, US | 121 |
| Kuopio, FI | 117 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 116 |
| Bergen, NO | 116 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 114 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 108 |
| Turku, FI | 104 |
| Tartu, EE | 96 |
| Philadelphia, US | 86 |
| Montréal, CA | 80 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 79 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 74 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 71 |
| Saint John, CA | 69 |
| Burlington, US | 67 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 62 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 62 |
| Toronto, CA | 62 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 57 |
| Tallinn, EE | 52 |
| WINlocation not on record | 47 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 44 |
| MAlocation not on record | 37 |
| Green Bay, US | 36 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 34 |
| New Haven, US | 33 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 32 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 30 |
| South Kensington, GB | 29 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 29 |
| Vancouver, CA | 29 |
| Uppsala, SE | 27 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 24 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 24 |
| Victoria, CA | 22 |
| Tampa, US | 20 |
| Pullman, US | 19 |
| Anchorage, US | 19 |
| Bloomington, US | 18 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 15 |
| Porvoo, FI | 15 |
| Bronx, US | 15 |
| Corvallis, US | 14 |
| Madrid, ES | 13 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 11 |
| Paris, FR | 11 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 11 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 11 |
| Saint Louis, US | 10 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 10 |
| Dresden, DE | 10 |
| Kingston, US | 9 |
| Staten Island, US | 8 |
| Tilburg, NL | 8 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 8 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 7 |
| University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Herbarium Clocation not on record | 7 |
| València, ES | 7 |
| Granada, ES | 7 |
| Kew, GB | 7 |
| Salamanca, ES | 7 |
| Görlitz, DE | 7 |
| Wlocation not on record | 7 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 7 |
| Philadelphia, US | 7 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 6 |
| Whitewater, US | 6 |
| University of Gdansk, Dept. of Plant Taxonomy & Nature Conservationlocation not on record | 6 |
| Logan, US | 6 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 6 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 6 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 5 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 5 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Vitoria, ES | 5 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 5 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Wellington, NZ | 4 |
| Barcelona, ES | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| Montréal, CA | 4 |
| Dublin, IE | 4 |
| Xiamen, CN | 4 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 4 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 4 |
| Bangkok, TH | 4 |
| Bourges, FR | 4 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 4 |
| Dekalb, US | 4 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Millersville, US | 4 |
| Göteborg, SE | 4 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 3 |
| Tacoma, US | 3 |
| Boise, US | 3 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 3 |
| Flagstaff, US | 3 |
| Churchill Northern Studies Centrelocation not on record | 3 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 3 |
| nbflocation not on record | 3 |
| Moscow, US | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 3 |
| Podgorica, ME | 3 |
| Gijón, ES | 3 |
| Hamilton, US | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record | 3 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 3 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 3 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| CASlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 2 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Coimbra, PT | 2 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 2 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Brookings, US | 2 |
| Portland, US | 2 |
| Namur, BE | 2 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Pamplona, ES | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 2 |
| UniKSlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| University of British Columbialocation not on record | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| Dover, US | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| JBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| DULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 1 |
| San Angelo, US | 1 |
| Ashland, US | 1 |
| Bruce Peninsula National Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| GAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Emporia, US | 1 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| New Brunswick, US | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Fairfax, US | 1 |
| Students On Ice Foundationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| SNSNMClocation not on record | 1 |
| GB | 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 Myrica gale 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.