Sphagnum fuscum, the rusty bogmoss or rusty peat moss, is a peat moss found commonly in Norway and Sweden, and can be found scattered across North America, the United Kingdom, and in southern to eastern Europe.
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 Sphagnum fuscum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens36
Marker genes7
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections25
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.
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06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualSphagnum fuscum 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 size493 890 000 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 fuscum0.49 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type22 526 records
Wild obs. + sensor15 025
Museum / vouchered7 482
Other19
Origin
Native2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO41 276 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 accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 6 193≤1 km 1 671≤10 km 3 677>10 km 89
11 630 georeferenced · 3 395 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor15 025
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 610≤1 km 870≤10 km 1 317>10 km 478
3 275 georeferenced · 4 207 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7 482
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 institutions69 of 128 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Université Lavallocation not on record
774
Vancouver, CA
723
Trondheim, NO
662
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
614
Durham, US
591
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
313
Bronx, US
299
Uppsala, SE
297
Olocation not on record
282
Ann Arbor, US
266
LDlocation not on record
169
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
165
Tartu, EE
135
Philadelphia, US
125
Knoxville, US
118
Madison, US
118
Saint Louis, US
101
Montréal, CA
95
Oskarshamn, SE
88
New Haven, US
72
Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record
68
TROMlocation not on record
65
CASlocation not on record
60
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
58
AADClocation not on record
56
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
51
WTUlocation not on record
50
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
47
University of Gdansklocation not on record
47
Tallinn, EE
44
SZUlocation not on record
40
Helsinki, FI
39
Oulu, FI
35
Kuopio, FI
33
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
30
Tsukuba, JP
29
Frankfurt am Main
28
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
26
Chicago, US
25
Edmonton, CA
23
Minia, EG
21
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record
21
GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record
20
Cincinnati, US
18
Portland, US
17
Zürich, CH
14
Missoula, US
12
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
12
PHlocation not on record
12
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
12
BRNUlocation not on record
12
Hudson, US
12
Christchurch, NZ
11
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
11
BDBClocation not on record
10
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
9
Stockholm, SE
9
Fort Hayslocation not on record
9
Slovak National Museumlocation not on record
9
South Kensington, GB
9
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
8
Moscow, US
8
Edinburgh, GB
8
Dhaka, BD
8
National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record
7
Logan, US
7
Toronto, CA
7
MAlocation not on record
7
US
7
Paris, FR
6
Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record
6
Buenos Aires, AR
6
Forssa, FI
6
Chapel Hill, US
5
Metsähallituslocation not on record
5
Monastir, TN
5
Salzburg, AT
5
Turku, FI
5
Anchorage, US
4
Fribourg, CH
4
EL PASO, US
4
Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record
4
Durham, US
4
Victoria, CA
4
WINlocation not on record
4
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
4
CJBGlocation not on record
3
nbflocation not on record
3
Denver, US
3
Rovaniemi, FI
3
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
3
Göteborg, SE
3
Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
2
Dresden, DE
2
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
2
Chicago, US
2
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
2
New Brunswick, US
2
Lincoln, US
2
Morgantown, US
2
Porvoo, FI
2
Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record
2
St. Paul, US
2
Yukon Universitylocation not on record
2
Blacksburg, US
1
GJOlocation not on record
1
Jyväskylä, FI
1
Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
HAWlocation not on record
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Senckenberg Institute for Plant Form and Function at Friedrich Schiller University Jenalocation not on record
1
Black Rock Forest Consortiumlocation not on record
1
Xiamen, CN
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Pittsburg, US
1
VGBIlocation not on record
1
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
1
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
1
University of British Columbia, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Wellington, NZ
1
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
1
Kunming, CN
1
128 institutions · 7 335 of 7 482 vouchered records shown · 147 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA25 detections
Where the DNA of Sphagnum fuscum 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 found25
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 25 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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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 median16.8 °C 8.70–24.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.60 °C
Max temp (day)17.7 °C 10.1–25.3
Min temp (night)14.8 °C 5.50–24.0
Precipitation101 mm/mo 40.6–161
Air humidity68.1 % 64.7–71.6
Vapour deficit774 Pa 372–1,177
Cloud cover42.7 % 35.4–50.0
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 Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility22 526 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI25 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics36 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.49 Gbp↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗