Phyllodoce empetriformis, the pink mountain-heather or pink mountain-heath, is found in mountainous regions of western North America in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada. Its southern range includes the Klamath Range in northern California and Oregon. Phyllodoce empetriformis is a low matting shrub with distinctive leaves which roll under themselves so tightly they resemble pine needles. It bears attractive flowers in shades of pink and purple.
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 Phyllodoce empetriformis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens16
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections11
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.
★matK6★rbcL2★rbcLa★ITS2★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPhyllodoce empetriformis 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 = 24 n = 12
Ploidypolyploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 241×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Watson, T. J. J. 1977. An analysis of populations formed by hybridization between Phyllodoce empetriformis and P. glandulosa (Ericaceae). Rhodora 79: 1–16.
n 241×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — POJAR, J. 1973. Levels of polyploidy in four vegetation types of southwestern British Columbia. Canad. J. Bot. 51: 621-628. I
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
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 origin19.7 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 type7 132 records
Wild obs. + sensor5 515
Museum / vouchered1 616
Cultivated / captive1
Origin
Native13
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO11 320 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 accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 188≤1 km 568≤10 km 307>10 km 176
4 239 georeferenced · 1 276 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 515
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 accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 58≤1 km 451≤10 km 325>10 km 31
865 georeferenced · 751 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 616
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions66 of 98 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
212
Moscow, US
164
Pullman, US
160
Vancouver, CA
146
Corvallis, US
108
Missoula, US
88
Victoria, CA
81
Boise, US
45
DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record
43
Arcata, US
42
Claremont, US
38
Bozeman, US
33
Tacoma, US
31
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
28
Angwin, US
26
Bronx, US
24
CASlocation not on record
22
Madison, US
21
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
19
St. Paul, US
17
Logan, US
14
Davis, US
12
Caldwell, US
11
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
10
Pocatello, US
8
Bangkok, TH
6
Saint Louis, US
6
Los Angeles, US
6
Cheney, US
6
Portland, US
6
Whitehorse, CA
6
Yukon Universitylocation not on record
6
Portland, US
5
Pittsburg, US
5
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
5
Beijing, CN
5
Provo, US
4
San Francisco, US
4
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
4
Bloomington, US
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
San Angelo, US
3
Albuquerque, US
3
STNFlocation not on record
3
Denver, US
3
Philadelphia, US
3
Wuzhou, CN
3
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
Riverside, US
2
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
2
Bend, US
2
Dekalb, US
2
Knoxville, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Université Lavallocation not on record
2
Santa Barbara, US
2
San Diego, US
2
Austin, US
2
Chadron, US
2
Wlocation not on record
1
Emporia, US
1
Durango, US
1
Anchorage, US
1
KNFHClocation not on record
1
KNFYlocation not on record
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Toronto, CA
1
Fullerton, US
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
Trondheim, NO
1
Nanjing, CN
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
Honolulu, US
1
BClocation not on record
1
Minia, EG
1
Johnson City, US
1
University of Victorialocation not on record
1
Orem, US
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
San Jose, US
1
Royal Alberta Museumlocation not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
Columbia, US
1
Lincoln, US
1
Kew, GB
1
New Brunswick, US
1
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
1
Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
1
Spearfish, US
1
US
1
STUlocation not on record
1
98 institutions · 1 569 of 1 616 vouchered records shown · 47 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA11 detections
Where the DNA of Phyllodoce empetriformis 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 found11
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 11 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
bog; alpine, bog forest
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 median12.5 °C 10.1–15.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.7 °C
Max temp (day)19.0 °C 13.0–22.1
Min temp (night)7.30 °C 6.30–11.2
Precipitation75.8 mm/mo 54.9–162
Air humidity59.5 % 55.5–65.2
Moisture balance-21.3 mm/mo -75.3–45.2
Vapour deficit620 Pa 429–742
Wind speed3.30 m/s 1.40–4.00
Cloud cover39.2 % 34.1–46.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 132 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics16 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↗