Racomitrium lanuginosum
(Hedw.) Brid. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Racomitrium lanuginosum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility33 530 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System3 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI40 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics38 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.24 Gbp↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Racomitrium lanuginosum is a widespread species of moss found in montane and arctic tundra across the Northern and Southern hemispheres. It grows as large mats on exposed rock and in boulder scree, particularly on acidic rocks. Its leaves have a characteristically decurrent and toothed hair-point, which gives rise to its regional common names woolly fringemoss, hoary rock-moss and woolly moss.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Life cycle & reproduction1
Habitat & environment2
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 Racomitrium lanuginosum 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 Racomitrium lanuginosum 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).
Record type33 533 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 institutions79 of 156 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Vancouver, CA | 648 |
| Trondheim, NO | 629 |
| Garðabær, IS | 398 |
| Bronx, US | 377 |
| Durham, US | 344 |
| LDlocation not on record | 307 |
| Oulu, FI | 299 |
| Olocation not on record | 264 |
| AASlocation not on record | 250 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 241 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 156 |
| Knoxville, US | 147 |
| Uppsala, SE | 125 |
| Helsinki, FI | 114 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 98 |
| Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record | 96 |
| Saint Louis, US | 95 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 94 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 90 |
| Chicago, US | 89 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 86 |
| Stockholm, SE | 78 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 77 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 76 |
| Madison, US | 76 |
| Kuopio, FI | 66 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 65 |
| MAlocation not on record | 63 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 62 |
| Philadelphia, US | 57 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 56 |
| UAclocation not on record | 51 |
| Hobart, AU | 51 |
| Buenos Aires, AR | 47 |
| Tallinn, EE | 47 |
| CASlocation not on record | 44 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 43 |
| Tartu, EE | 41 |
| Salzburg, AT | 39 |
| 37 | |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 37 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 37 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 35 |
| Wellington, NZ | 35 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 34 |
| MHN-UPlocation not on record | 34 |
| Auckland, NZ | 34 |
| Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record | 32 |
| South Kensington, GB | 32 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 30 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 28 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 28 |
| Montréal, CA | 25 |
| Edmonton, CA | 25 |
| Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record | 25 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 24 |
| PHlocation not on record | 24 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 24 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 22 |
| Minia, EG | 22 |
| Canberra, AU | 21 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 21 |
| Zürich, CH | 19 |
| Cincinnati, US | 18 |
| Turku, FI | 18 |
| Brussel, BE | 17 |
| Madrid, ES | 16 |
| Hiroshima Universitylocation not on record | 15 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 14 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 13 |
| Göteborg, SE | 13 |
| Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record | 12 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 11 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 11 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 10 |
| Xiamen, CN | 10 |
| Brisbane, AU | 10 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 9 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 9 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 9 |
| International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record | 9 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 9 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 9 |
| Porvoo, FI | 8 |
| Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record | 8 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 8 |
| New Haven, US | 8 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 7 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 7 |
| Portland, US | 7 |
| Bourges, FR | 7 |
| US | 7 |
| Slovak National Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 5 |
| nbflocation not on record | 5 |
| Anchorage, US | 5 |
| Tilburg, NL | 4 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 4 |
| St. Paul, US | 4 |
| VGBIlocation not on record | 4 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 4 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| TFC-Brylocation not on record | 4 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record | 4 |
| Beijing, CN | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 3 |
| Umeå Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Barcelona, ES | 3 |
| Adelaide, AU | 3 |
| Logan, US | 3 |
| Salamanca, ES | 3 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Toyama, JP | 2 |
| Kensington, AU | 2 |
| Granada, ES | 2 |
| Forssa, FI | 2 |
| British Antarctic Surveylocation not on record | 2 |
| Northridge, US | 2 |
| Universidad de Málagalocation not on record | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Missoula, US | 2 |
| institutionCodelocation not on record | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Chiba, JP | 1 |
| Hudson, US | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Corvallis, US | 1 |
| Bando, JP | 1 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Gdansklocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| 1 | |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 1 |
| University of British Columbia, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 1 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Students On Ice Foundationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record | 1 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record | 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 Racomitrium lanuginosum 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.