Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Sorghastrum nutans's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility17 791 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI17 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics29 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↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Sorghastrum nutans, commonly known as either Indiangrass or yellow Indiangrass, is a North American prairie grass found in the central and eastern United States and Canada, especially in the Great Plains and tallgrass prairies.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology11
Life cycle & reproduction26
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment27
Physiology & chemistry26
Uses & economy15
Other traits4
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 Sorghastrum nutans 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 Sorghastrum nutans 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 4011×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol2 · CCDB · book-fedorov +1
2n 203×CCDB · book-indian_vol2 · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
n 203×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · Cave1956 · CCDB · Cave1962
n 401×CCDB · Cave1959
polyploid 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 type17 791 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 institutions130 of 202 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Wuzhou, CN | 330 |
| International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record | 243 |
| Madison, US | 194 |
| St. Paul, US | 171 |
| Bronx, US | 163 |
| Saint Louis, US | 146 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 133 |
| Philadelphia, US | 129 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 120 |
| Austin, US | 103 |
| Fort Worth, US | 98 |
| Bloomington, US | 91 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 63 |
| Spearfish, US | 60 |
| Durango, MX | 51 |
| College Park, US | 44 |
| Flagstaff, US | 40 |
| Chadron, US | 40 |
| Jackson, US | 37 |
| Denver, US | 36 |
| New Haven, US | 34 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 34 |
| Emporia, US | 33 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 32 |
| Pittsburg, US | 31 |
| Burlington, US | 30 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 30 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 29 |
| Logan, US | 29 |
| Albuquerque, US | 28 |
| Williamsburg, US | 28 |
| Tampa, US | 27 |
| Lubbock, US | 26 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 25 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 22 |
| Lincoln, US | 22 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 20 |
| Tempe, US | 19 |
| Québec, CA | 19 |
| Allentown, US | 18 |
| Brookings, US | 17 |
| US | 17 |
| Morgantown, US | 16 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 16 |
| Mexico City, MX | 16 |
| Columbia, US | 15 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 15 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 15 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 15 |
| Dekalb, US | 15 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 13 |
| EL PASO, US | 12 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 12 |
| Riverside, US | 12 |
| Green Bay, US | 12 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 12 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 12 |
| GAlocation not on record | 12 |
| Staten Island, US | 11 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 11 |
| Whitewater, US | 10 |
| Guasave, MX | 10 |
| Knoxville, US | 10 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 10 |
| Toronto, CA | 10 |
| Chicago, US | 9 |
| San Angelo, US | 9 |
| Philadelphia, US | 9 |
| Fayetteville, US | 9 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 9 |
| Denton, US | 9 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 8 |
| Auckland, NZ | 8 |
| Bangkok, TH | 8 |
| Brasília, BR | 8 |
| Clemson, US | 7 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 7 |
| USFSlocation not on record | 7 |
| US | 6 |
| GB | 6 |
| Macomb, US | 6 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 6 |
| Mexico City, MX | 6 |
| Norfolk, US | 6 |
| Richmond, US | 6 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 6 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 6 |
| Davenport, US | 6 |
| Montréal, CA | 6 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 6 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 6 |
| Millersville, US | 6 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Criciúma, BR | 6 |
| Turlock, US | 5 |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record | 5 |
| Torreón, MX | 5 |
| Phoenix, US | 5 |
| Fairfax, US | 5 |
| South Kensington, GB | 5 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 5 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Chicago, US | 4 |
| Little Rock, US | 4 |
| Grand Junction, US | 4 |
| Stephenville, US | 4 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 3 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mount Berry, US | 3 |
| Oswego, US | 3 |
| Springfield, US | 3 |
| Boise, US | 3 |
| Dover, US | 3 |
| Miami, US | 3 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 3 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 3 |
| Austin, US | 3 |
| Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record | 3 |
| Beijing, CN | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| Durham, US | 2 |
| Washington, US | 2 |
| Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow, US | 2 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 2 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record | 2 |
| Comisión Técnico Consultiva de Coeficientes de Agostaderolocation not on record | 2 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 2 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 2 |
| Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| LINUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kirksville, US | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Kensington, AU | 2 |
| IAPlocation not on record | 2 |
| La Paz, MX | 2 |
| NAlocation not on record | 2 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Aarhus, DK | 2 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 2 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 2 |
| Durango, US | 2 |
| Henderson State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Edmonton, CA | 2 |
| Columbus State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Centro de Investigación Regional Norte Centro, Campo Experimental La Campana, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuariaslocation not on record | 2 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Russellville, US | 1 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Maria, BR | 1 |
| Bureau of Land Management, Caliente Field Officelocation not on record | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| New Mexico State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Asheville, US | 1 |
| Johnson City, US | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 1 |
| Quito, EC | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| Conway, US | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record | 1 |
| LPMMBHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| North Carolina Zoological Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Waverly, US | 1 |
| Due West, US | 1 |
| Tapachula, MX | 1 |
| WINlocation not on record | 1 |
| California Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Conway, US | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| CPPSULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fargo, US | 1 |
| New Brunswick, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Chapingo, MX | 1 |
| University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record | 1 |
| Mississippi State, US | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation 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 Sorghastrum nutans 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.