Oxalis montana is a species of flowering plant in the family Oxalidaceae known by the common names mountain woodsorrel, wood shamrock, sours and white woodsorrel. It may also be called common woodsorrel, though this name also applies to its close relative, Oxalis acetosella. This species is a perennial herb native to eastern North America, including eastern Canada and the north-central and eastern United States, and Appalachian Mountains.Pavek, Diane S. (1992) Oxalis montana. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 12-04-2011. The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.Archibald William Smith
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 Oxalis montana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences10
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.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
07Deep time~34.4 Ma lineage
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
DNA clock origin34.4 Ma TimeTree
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.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type8 779 records
Wild obs. + sensor7 837
Museum / vouchered942
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO20 228 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 accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 323≤1 km 780≤10 km 442>10 km 530
6 075 georeferenced · 1 762 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor7 837
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 accuracy23% within 1 km
≤100 m 18≤1 km 122≤10 km 401>10 km 66
607 georeferenced · 335 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence942
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 institutions44 of 61 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
144
Philadelphia, US
124
Québec, CA
85
University of New Hampshirelocation not on record
74
Madison, US
69
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
65
Burlington, US
53
Saint John, CA
47
Montréal, CA
33
Université Lavallocation not on record
28
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
19
Allentown, US
17
Durham, US
16
New Haven, US
10
Chapel Hill, US
8
Bloomington, US
7
Keene State Universitylocation not on record
5
Williamsburg, US
4
Tempe, US
4
Pittsburg, US
3
Johnson City, US
3
Millersville, US
3
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
3
Bronx, US
3
St. Paul, US
2
Emporia, US
2
Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record
2
Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record
2
Paris, FR
2
Toronto, CA
2
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
2
Miami, US
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Durham, US
2
Trois-Rivières, CA
1
Castelar, AR
1
Long Beach, US
1
Denver, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Moscow, US
1
Columbia, US
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Logan, US
1
Kingston, US
1
Northridge, US
1
Universidad de Buenos Aireslocation not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Hamilton, US
1
Jackson, US
1
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
1
Montréal, CA
1
Morgantown, US
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
Boise, US
1
Bangkok, TH
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Royal Ontario Museum, Green Plant Herbarium (TRT)location not on record
1
McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
Flagstaff, US
1
EL PASO, US
1
61 institutions · 874 of 942 vouchered records shown · 68 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Oxalis montana 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
Mesic to wet, lowland Populus balsamifera fo…On scattered hummocks, in Silver Maple-Yew s…
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 median17.2 °C 16.0–18.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter31.8 °C
Max temp (day)22.7 °C 21.9–23.4
Min temp (night)12.1 °C 10.7–13.5
Precipitation92.4 mm/mo 84.1–101
Air humidity56.9 % 56.4–57.3
Moisture balance-43.1 mm/mo -44.0–-42.2
Vapour deficit850 Pa 792–907
Wind speed3.10 m/s 2.60–3.60
Cloud cover47.1 % 46.3–47.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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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