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 imbricatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens11
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences2
eDNA detections5
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.
★rbcL1★rbcLa★trnL-F★ITS1★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualSphagnum imbricatum 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 size440 100 000 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 imbricatum0.44 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 971 records
Wild obs. + sensor459
Museum / vouchered1 510
Other2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 748 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 accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 19≤1 km 1≤10 km 1>10 km 5
26 georeferenced · 433 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor459
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 accuracy19% within 1 km
≤100 m 26≤1 km 132≤10 km 418>10 km 278
854 georeferenced · 656 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 510
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 institutions34 of 54 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Uppsala, SE
243
Bronx, US
240
Vancouver, CA
128
Knoxville, US
109
New Haven, US
92
Madison, US
54
Ann Arbor, US
49
PHlocation not on record
45
Durham, US
43
Frankfurt am Main
41
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
37
TROMlocation not on record
35
Saint Louis, US
34
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
31
Chicago, US
29
Cincinnati, US
29
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
23
Trondheim, NO
21
US
18
Minia, EG
16
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
15
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
15
Université Lavallocation not on record
11
SZUlocation not on record
11
Buenos Aires, AR
10
CASlocation not on record
9
College Park, US
9
Kunming, CN
9
Edmonton, CA
9
Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record
8
Olocation not on record
6
Portland, US
6
GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record
5
Slovak National Museumlocation not on record
5
Chapel Hill, US
4
National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record
4
Montréal, CA
4
Helsinki, FI
3
Philadelphia, US
3
MAlocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
New Brunswick, US
2
Madrid, ES
2
Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record
1
US
1
IPA/SPlocation not on record
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Tsukuba, JP
1
IAPlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
St. Paul, US
1
EL PASO, US
1
Tallinn, EE
1
54 institutions · 1 482 of 1 510 vouchered records shown · 28 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Sphagnum imbricatum 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median-4.40 °C -4.40–-4.40
Seasonal swing summer↔winter41.0 °C
Max temp (day)-1.10 °C
Min temp (night)-6.50 °C
Precipitation54.0 mm/mo
Air humidity65.1 %
Moisture balance-1.80 mm/mo
Vapour deficit269 Pa
Wind speed5.60 m/s
Cloud cover57.6 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 971 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics11 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.44 Gbp↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗