Shepherdia canadensis
(L.) Nutt. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Shepherdia canadensis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility18 939 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI15 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics30 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↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Shepherdia canadensis, commonly called Canada buffaloberry, russet buffaloberry, soopolallie, soapberry, or foamberry (Ktunaxa: ',) is one of a small number of shrubs of the genus Shepherdia that bears edible berries. It is a non-legume nitrogen fixer.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction24
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment25
Physiology & chemistry21
Uses & economy15
Other traits7
Compounds documented for Shepherdia canadensis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds12 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2-acetyl-1,1-dimethyl-4,9-dihydro-3H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-7-yl) acetate | present | LOTUS | |
| 2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-Octamethyl 2,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,30-dotriacontatridecaene | present | LOTUS | |
| 3aH-Furo(3,2-c)isobenzofuran-8-methanol, 5,5a,6,7,8,9-hexahydro-alpha,alpha,3a,5a-tetramethyl-, 8-acetate, (3aR,5aS,8R,9aR)- | present | NPASS | |
| [(1R)-2-acetyl-1-methyl-1,3,4,9-tetrahydropyrido[3,4-b]indol-6-yl] acetate | present | LOTUS | |
| all-trans-lycopene | present | LOTUS | |
| Inosine | present | NPASS | |
| LUEWUZLMQUOBSB-GJKJODEJSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| Methyl (7Z,9Z,9'Z)-6'-apo-y-caroten-6'-oate | present | LOTUS | |
| Methyl 4,8,13,17,21,25-hexamethylhexacosa-2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,24-undecaenoate | present | LOTUS | |
| N-Acetyl-5-acetoxytryptamine | 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 Shepherdia canadensis 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 Shepherdia canadensis 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 227×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · book-fedorov +1
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale
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.
Record type18 939 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 institutions80 of 134 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 220 |
| Vancouver, CA | 170 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 151 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 131 |
| Toronto, CA | 127 |
| Québec, CA | 117 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 103 |
| Pullman, US | 79 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 73 |
| Moscow, US | 73 |
| Bronx, US | 72 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 72 |
| Madison, US | 70 |
| Missoula, US | 69 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 68 |
| WINlocation not on record | 67 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 67 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 54 |
| Victoria, CA | 53 |
| Corvallis, US | 51 |
| Burlington, US | 43 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 40 |
| Bozeman, US | 40 |
| Boise, US | 37 |
| Spearfish, US | 32 |
| Denver, US | 32 |
| Green Bay, US | 29 |
| Pocatello, US | 29 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 27 |
| Montréal, CA | 24 |
| Flagstaff, US | 22 |
| Albuquerque, US | 22 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 19 |
| Paris, FR | 18 |
| Claremont, US | 18 |
| Saint John, CA | 18 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 17 |
| Bloomington, US | 17 |
| Durango, US | 15 |
| Logan, US | 14 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 14 |
| Philadelphia, US | 13 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 13 |
| Orem, US | 13 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 12 |
| Provo, US | 12 |
| Caldwell, US | 10 |
| Pittsburg, US | 9 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Chadron, US | 9 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Emporia, US | 9 |
| Anchorage, US | 9 |
| Fargo, US | 7 |
| Riverside, US | 7 |
| Cheney, US | 7 |
| Dekalb, US | 7 |
| Uppsala, SE | 6 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 6 |
| Saint Louis, US | 6 |
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record | 6 |
| Chicago, US | 6 |
| Tempe, US | 6 |
| Phoenix, US | 5 |
| Kew, GB | 4 |
| Grand Junction, US | 4 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 4 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Bangkok, TH | 4 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 4 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tacoma, US | 4 |
| Canadian Museum of Naturelocation not on record | 3 |
| DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record | 3 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 3 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 3 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 2 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Montréal, CA | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 2 |
| Davenport, US | 2 |
| Mississippi State, US | 2 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 2 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| STNFlocation not on record | 2 |
| Churchill Northern Studies Centrelocation not on record | 2 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 2 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| Henderson, US | 1 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record | 1 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| SEFlocation not on record | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ashland, US | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Trondheim, NO | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Students On Ice Foundationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundlandlocation not on record | 1 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, San Juan Island National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| Miami, US | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Whitewater, US | 1 |
| Riyadh Municipalitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Collection of Jonathan Farrlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of South Dakotalocation not on record | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Angwin, US | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciencelocation not on record | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Bruce Peninsula National Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Edinburgh, 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 Shepherdia canadensis 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.