Compounds documented for Sphagnum fallax across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Sphagnum fallax has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens35
Marker genes8
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections43
Countries8
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.
The complete instruction manualSphagnum fallax 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
Genome size469 440 000 bp
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).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Sphagnum fallax0.47 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelChromosome
Completeness83.1% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type53 215 records
Wild obs. + sensor42 693
Museum / vouchered10 505
Cultivated / captive3
Other14
Origin
Native1 008
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO65 840 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 19 345≤1 km 8 737≤10 km 6 171>10 km 58
34 311 georeferenced · 8 382 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor42 693
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 accuracy45% within 1 km
≤100 m 689≤1 km 2 451≤10 km 3 677>10 km 217
7 034 georeferenced · 3 471 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence10 505
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 · 3 records without
Open the mapnot free-living3
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 institutions51 of 108 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
4 598
Université Lavallocation not on record
663
Trondheim, NO
514
Durham, US
477
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
295
Olocation not on record
258
University of Gdansklocation not on record
253
Brussel, BE
245
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
241
LDlocation not on record
239
Vancouver, CA
192
Frankfurt am Main
192
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
147
Saint Louis, US
131
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
121
Tartu, EE
111
Philadelphia, US
107
TROMlocation not on record
99
Madison, US
98
Bronx, US
89
Montréal, CA
82
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record
77
MeiseBGlocation not on record
58
CASlocation not on record
48
Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record
45
Tilburg, NL
44
Helsinki, FI
38
Oulu, FI
38
Fort Hayslocation not on record
37
Elikins, US
36
WTUlocation not on record
34
Knoxville, US
33
Oskarshamn, SE
32
BRNUlocation not on record
32
KFGBlocation not on record
29
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
28
South Kensington, GB
28
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
24
MAlocation not on record
24
Chicago, US
20
Kuopio, FI
20
SZUlocation not on record
19
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
19
Garðabær, IS
18
Paris, FR
16
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
15
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
15
Tallinn, EE
14
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
14
Uppsala, SE
13
Jyväskylä, FI
12
Madrid, ES
11
Cincinnati, US
11
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
11
Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record
10
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
10
PHlocation not on record
9
Stockholm, SE
9
Metsähallituslocation not on record
9
Hudson, US
8
Forssa, FI
6
Zürich, CH
6
Cambridge, US
6
Buenos Aires, AR
6
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
5
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
5
BDBClocation not on record
5
Senckenberg Institute for Plant Form and Function at Friedrich Schiller University Jenalocation not on record
5
Morgantown, US
4
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
4
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
3
GJOlocation not on record
3
Kostrzyca Forest Gene Banklocation not on record
3
US
3
Edinburgh, GB
3
Wlocation not on record
2
Frauenfeld, CH
2
Portland, US
2
Slovak National Museumlocation not on record
2
Turku, FI
2
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
2
Göteborg, SE
2
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
2
nbflocation not on record
2
Minia, EG
2
Black Rock Forest Consortiumlocation not on record
2
CBDClocation not on record
2
Durham, US
2
Porvoo, FI
2
EL PASO, US
2
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
2
Davis, US
1
Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record
1
Kunming, CN
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
Salamanca, ES
1
Rovaniemi, FI
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
University of Salzburglocation not on record
1
ZRC-SAZUlocation not on record
1
State University of New Yorklocation not on record
1
Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record
1
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
1
Blacksburg, US
1
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
1
Logan, US
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
1
108 institutions · 10 236 of 10 505 vouchered records shown · 269 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 DNA43 detections
Where the DNA of Sphagnum fallax 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 found43
Studies independent surveys2
Countries5
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 43 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 countries0
Open moorland valley; forming lawn at stream…moist places in high montane spruce forest
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 median7.70 °C 7.60–7.70
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.6 °C
Max temp (day)11.1 °C 11.0–11.2
Min temp (night)5.00 °C 4.90–5.00
Precipitation40.4 mm/mo 40.4–82.9
Air humidity65.1 % 65.1–65.7
Moisture balance-2.90 mm/mo -2.90–14.1
Vapour deficit367 Pa 358–367
Wind speed4.60 m/s 2.70–4.60
Cloud cover46.1 % 46.1–46.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 36 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 Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility53 215 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI43 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics35 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗