Solidago nemoralis
Aiton · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Solidago nemoralis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 851 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI24 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics34 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.
Solidago nemoralis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widely found in Canada (every province except Newfoundland and Labrador) and the United States (all states wholly or partially east of the Rocky Mountains). Its common names include gray goldenrod, gray-stem goldenrod, old-field goldenrod, field goldenrod,Solidago nemoralis. NatureServe. 2012. prairie goldenrod, dwarf goldenrod,Belt, S. 2009. Plant Fact Sheet for gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis). USDA NRCS, Norman A. Berg National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. 2009. and dyersweed goldenrod.Solidago nemoralis. Native American Ethnobotany. University of Michigan, Dearborn.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology5
Life cycle & reproduction28
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment26
Physiology & chemistry26
Uses & economy15
Other traits6
Compounds documented for Solidago nemoralis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds44 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-alpha-Pinene | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-Kaur-16-en-19-oic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,2R,4aR,8aR)-2,4a,5-trimethyl-1-[2-(5-oxo-2H-furan-4-yl)ethyl]-2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalene-1-carbaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,2R,4aR,8aS)-1-[2-(furan-3-yl)ethyl]-2,4a,5-trimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalene-1-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,3aR,5aR,5bR,7aR,9S,11aR,11bS,13aR,13bS)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,4aR,4bR,10aR)-1,4a-dimethyl-7-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,4b,5,6,10,10a-octahydrophenanthrene-1-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (4aS,6aR,6bS,8aR,12aR,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14b-octamethyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-dodecahydro-1H-picen-3-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (5R,9S,13S)-5,9-dimethyl-14-methylidenetetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadecane-5-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (E)-2-epi-beta-caryophyllene | present | LOTUS | |
| (E)-β-farnesene | 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 Solidago nemoralis 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 Solidago nemoralis 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 187×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · Cave1963
2n 364×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · eflora · CCDB · book-fedorov +1
n 91×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
n 271×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-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 type7 851 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions110 of 164 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 | 510 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 391 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 238 |
| Madison, US | 131 |
| Québec, CA | 129 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 119 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 88 |
| Bangkok, TH | 86 |
| Burlington, US | 70 |
| New Haven, US | 62 |
| Green Bay, US | 59 |
| College Park, US | 57 |
| St. Paul, US | 56 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 50 |
| Allentown, US | 49 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 47 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 45 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 44 |
| Bloomington, US | 43 |
| Austin, US | 43 |
| Montréal, CA | 40 |
| Chicago, US | 38 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 38 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 38 |
| Spearfish, US | 37 |
| Saint Louis, US | 34 |
| Fort Worth, US | 33 |
| Longwood Universitylocation not on record | 33 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 31 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 28 |
| Lincoln, US | 26 |
| Toronto, CA | 23 |
| Davenport, US | 23 |
| Dekalb, US | 23 |
| WINlocation not on record | 23 |
| Knoxville, US | 22 |
| Saint John, CA | 21 |
| Bronx, US | 19 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 19 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 18 |
| Columbia, US | 18 |
| GAlocation not on record | 17 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 17 |
| Jackson, US | 16 |
| Staten Island, US | 15 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 15 |
| Fayetteville, US | 15 |
| Washington, US | 13 |
| Mississippi State, US | 13 |
| Norfolk, US | 13 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 12 |
| Philadelphia, US | 12 |
| Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record | 12 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 12 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 11 |
| Williamsburg, US | 10 |
| Whitewater, US | 10 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 10 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 9 |
| Missoula, US | 9 |
| Moscow, US | 9 |
| Clemson, US | 9 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 9 |
| Pittsburg, US | 9 |
| Riverside, US | 8 |
| Chicago, US | 7 |
| Millersville, US | 7 |
| Vancouver, CA | 7 |
| Emporia, US | 6 |
| New Brunswick, US | 6 |
| US | 6 |
| EL PASO, US | 6 |
| Albuquerque, US | 5 |
| Columbus State Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Richmond, US | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| GB | 5 |
| Provo, US | 5 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 5 |
| Minia, EG | 4 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 4 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 4 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Kingston, US | 4 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Bozeman, US | 4 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 4 |
| Kirksville, US | 4 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 3 |
| Logan, US | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Phoenix, US | 3 |
| Waverly, US | 3 |
| Beijing, CN | 3 |
| Mount Berry, US | 3 |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record | 3 |
| Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record | 3 |
| Dover, US | 3 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 3 |
| San Angelo, US | 3 |
| Asheville, US | 3 |
| Miami, US | 3 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Durango, MX | 3 |
| Flagstaff, US | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 3 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| xMDC-Clintonlocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 2 |
| Durham, US | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Denver, US | 2 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 2 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Fairfax, US | 2 |
| Conway, US | 2 |
| Blacksburg, US | 2 |
| Edmonton, CA | 2 |
| Uppsala, SE | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Oswego, US | 2 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 2 |
| Hamilton, US | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 2 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Jefferson City, US | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| North Carolina Zoological Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 1 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Hudson, US | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Macomb, US | 1 |
| Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Conway, US | 1 |
| Morgantown, US | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Elikins, US | 1 |
| Johnson City, US | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Universite de Montreal, L'Herbier Marie-Victorinlocation not on record | 1 |
| Brookings, US | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Solidago nemoralis 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.