Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana, known as slender bog club-moss, is a species of lycophyte in the family Lycopodiaceae. The genus Pseudolycopodiella is accepted in the Flora of North America and the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), but not in other classifications, which submerge the genus in Lycopodiella. The species has a discontinuous distribution, being native to the eastern United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia) and to parts of eastern Asia (Sri Lanka, Southeast China, Peninsula Malaysia and Japan).
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTCampinarana, Campo de Altitude, Cerrado (lato sensu), Restinga, Savana Amazônica
Woodinessnon-woody
03Chemical composition4 compounds
Compounds documented for Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
💊 Medicinal use documented
Documented compounds4 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
CAROLINIANINE
present
DukesPhytochem
CERNUINE
present
DukesPhytochem
LYCOCERNUINE
present
DukesPhytochem
LYCOFLEXINE
present
DukesPhytochem
05DNA & barcoding5 sequences
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 Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections2
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.
★rbcL4★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPseudolycopodiella caroliniana 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.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 702×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · eflora
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — 115
CCDB · eflora
2n 781×CCDB · book-LoveLove1977
CCDB · book-LoveLove1977 — Love & Love 1958
n 351×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — 115
07Deep time~128 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 origin128 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard periods (Jurassic, Cretaceous…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. The dashed rules marked ✦ are the five great mass extinctions. 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 originmass extinction
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type792 records
Wild obs. + sensor432
Museum / vouchered360
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 188 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 accuracy71% within 1 km
≤100 m 238≤1 km 26≤10 km 11>10 km 95
370 georeferenced · 62 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor432
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 accuracy32% within 1 km
≤100 m 13≤1 km 28≤10 km 70>10 km 19
130 georeferenced · 230 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence360
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 institutions32 of 71 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
UFMGlocation not on record
33
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
25
Philadelphia, US
22
Bronx, US
18
Chapel Hill, US
18
St. Augustine, TT
17
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
16
Kew, GB
14
Jackson, US
13
Durban, ZA
12
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
11
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
10
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
9
Bloomington, US
6
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
6
Burlington, US
5
Columbia, US
5
JBRJlocation not on record
5
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
5
UNEMATlocation not on record
4
Saint Louis, US
4
Norfolk, US
4
GAlocation not on record
4
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
4
Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record
3
Fort Worth, US
3
New Brunswick, US
3
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
3
Cenargenlocation not on record
3
Kunming, CN
3
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
3
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
2
Plocation not on record
2
Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record
2
Chaguaramas, TT
2
Salvador, BR
2
Madison, US
2
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record
2
UFPElocation not on record
2
Edinburgh, GB
2
Civico Museo di Scienze naturali Giuseppe Orlandilocation not on record
2
Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record
2
Little Rock, US
2
Asheville, US
2
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
2
AUAlocation not on record
2
Bangkok, TH
2
UnBlocation not on record
2
Londrina, BR
1
Durham, US
1
Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record
1
Lake Charles, US
1
Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record
1
Brasília, BR
1
Foz do Iguaçu, BR
1
Clemson, US
1
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record
1
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record
1
Keene State Universitylocation not on record
1
UFOPlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record
1
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
1
FPMZBlocation not on record
1
Pretoria, ZA
1
Felix d'Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruseslocation not on record
1
UFBAlocation not on record
1
Bogotá, D.C., CO
1
UEPAlocation not on record
1
Durham, US
1
UFESlocation not on record
1
71 institutions · 348 of 360 vouchered records shown · 12 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana 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 found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 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 median7.40 °C 7.40–7.40
Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.4 °C
Max temp (day)9.60 °C
Min temp (night)3.00 °C
Precipitation344 mm/mo
Air humidity64.9 %
Moisture balance263 mm/mo
Vapour deficit428 Pa
Wind speed2.90 m/s
Cloud cover44.6 %
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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility792 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗