Solidago bicolor, with several common names including white goldenrod, silverrod and (in Québec) verge d’or bicolore, is a plant species native to much of eastern North America.Linnaeus, C. Systema Naturae, ed. 12 2: 556. 1767.Flora of North America, Solidago bicolor 1767, White goldenrod , silverrod , verge d’or bicolore It is found in Canada (from Manitoba to Nova Scotia) and in the United States (every state completely east of the Mississippi except Florida).Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map It prefers sandy and rocky soils, and can frequently be found along roadsides. Solidago bicolor Solidago bicolor is distinctive in the genus. Stems are thin and wiry. Flowers are white rather than yellow, the heads mostly clustered in the axils of the leaves rather than displayed in a large terminal raceme.
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 Solidago bicolor has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections3
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.
★matK1★rbcL3★rbcLa★ITS1★ITS2trnH-psbA
plant barcodefungal barcodemarker
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualSolidago bicolor 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.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Love, A. & D. Love. 1982. In: A Löve (ed.), IOPB chromosome number reports LXXV. Taxon 31(2): 344–360.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Semple, J. C., G. S. Ringius, C. Leeder & G. Morton. 1984. Chromosome numbers of goldenrods, Euthamia and Solidago (Compositae: Astereae). II. Additional counts with comments on cytogeography. Brittonia 36(3): 280–292 [erratum 37: 121].
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — KAPOOR, B. M. 1977. Further observations on the chromosome morphology of some Solidago species. Cytologia 42: 241–253.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — BEAUDRY, J.R. 1969. Etudes sur les Solidago L. IX. Une liste de nombres chromosomiques des taxons du genre Solidago et de certains genres voisins. Naturaliste Canad. 96: 103-114.
CCDB · book-fedorov — Beaudry, Chabot 1959
CCDB · Cave1959 — Beaudry & Chabot 1959
CCDB · Cave1963 — Beaudry 1963
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 962≤1 km 494≤10 km 247>10 km 304
4 007 georeferenced · 1 141 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 148
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 60≤1 km 384≤10 km 794>10 km 142
1 380 georeferenced · 828 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 208
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 · 5 records without
Open the mapnot free-living5
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 institutions68 of 99 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Philadelphia, US
412
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
372
Bronx, US
184
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
110
Chicago, US
93
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
86
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
79
Montréal, CA
68
Bangkok, TH
58
University of New Hampshirelocation not on record
51
New Haven, US
49
Williamsburg, US
48
Allentown, US
40
Bloomington, US
37
Burlington, US
36
Longwood Universitylocation not on record
27
College Park, US
27
Chapel Hill, US
26
Saint John, CA
22
Keene State Universitylocation not on record
21
Morgantown, US
21
Québec, CA
20
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
13
Staten Island, US
12
Hudson, US
10
Washington, US
8
Johnson City, US
7
Toronto, CA
7
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
7
Philadelphia, US
7
Davenport, US
6
New Brunswick, US
6
Miami, US
6
Université Lavallocation not on record
6
Kingston, US
6
Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record
5
Millersville, US
5
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
5
Mississippi State, US
4
Mohonk Preservelocation not on record
4
Saint Louis, US
4
Norfolk, US
4
Paris, FR
3
Dover, US
3
Fredericksburg, US
3
Long Beach, US
3
Durham, US
3
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
2
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
2
Santa Barbara, US
2
Provo, US
2
Chicago, US
2
Montréal, CA
2
Madison, US
2
Columbia, US
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Harrisonburg, US
2
Whitehorse, CA
2
Uppsala, SE
2
Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record
2
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Dekalb, US
1
Moscow, US
1
GAlocation not on record
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
Fairfax, US
1
Whitewater, US
1
Pullman, US
1
Knoxville, US
1
Oswego, US
1
Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Cambridge, US
1
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record
1
Riverside, US
1
Mount Berry, US
1
Northridge, US
1
West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record
1
Black Rock Forest Consortiumlocation not on record
1
Phoenix, US
1
Elikins, US
1
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
1
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
1
Richmond, US
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Barcelona, ES
1
WINlocation not on record
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Nanjing, CN
1
Boise, US
1
Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record
1
Emporia, US
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
Denver, US
1
University of Wisconsinlocation not on record
1
Taipei, TW
1
Asheville, US
1
99 institutions · 2 100 of 2 208 vouchered records shown · 108 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 DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Solidago bicolor 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
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 median17.0 °C 16.0–18.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.2 °C
Max temp (day)20.9 °C 18.6–23.1
Min temp (night)14.0 °C 13.7–14.2
Precipitation114 mm/mo 109–120
Air humidity60.4 % 58.3–62.5
Moisture balance17.2 mm/mo 13.4–20.9
Vapour deficit774 Pa 683–864
Wind speed3.50 m/s 2.90–4.10
Cloud cover38.4 % 38.1–38.6
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 361 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 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↗