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 quinquefarium has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections11
Countries4
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 quinquefarium 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 size479 220 000 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 quinquefarium0.48 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type11 162 records
Wild obs. + sensor8 133
Museum / vouchered3 022
Other7
Origin
Native620
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO25 644 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 accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 791≤1 km 2 204≤10 km 1 832>10 km 71
7 898 georeferenced · 235 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor8 133
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 accuracy48% within 1 km
≤100 m 440≤1 km 481≤10 km 801>10 km 213
1 935 georeferenced · 1 087 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 022
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 institutions55 of 98 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Trondheim, NO
430
Durham, US
253
Université Lavallocation not on record
204
LDlocation not on record
169
Uppsala, SE
154
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
87
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record
86
Olocation not on record
78
Bronx, US
76
Vancouver, CA
70
Oulu, FI
63
SZUlocation not on record
63
Saint Louis, US
63
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
60
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
57
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
56
Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record
56
Salzburg, AT
51
Knoxville, US
50
Philadelphia, US
41
New Haven, US
40
Madison, US
39
Frankfurt am Main
36
Helsinki, FI
34
GJOlocation not on record
27
PHlocation not on record
27
Zürich, CH
23
TROMlocation not on record
22
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
21
Tartu, EE
20
South Kensington, GB
18
Ann Arbor, US
18
MAlocation not on record
17
Frauenfeld, CH
17
Madrid, ES
16
Chicago, US
15
Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
14
Kuopio, FI
14
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
12
Minia, EG
11
CASlocation not on record
11
BDBClocation not on record
10
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
10
Cincinnati, US
10
Montréal, CA
9
Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record
9
Turku, FI
9
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
9
Paris, FR
9
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
8
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
8
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
8
WTUlocation not on record
8
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
7
Tsukuba, JP
7
Hiroshima Universitylocation not on record
6
Monastir, TN
6
US
5
Oskarshamn, SE
5
Buenos Aires, AR
4
College Park, US
4
Toyama, JP
4
Hudson, US
4
Stockholm, SE
4
Morgantown, US
4
AADClocation not on record
4
Edinburgh, GB
3
Portland, US
3
Salamanca, ES
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
CBDClocation not on record
3
Tilburg, NL
2
CJBGlocation not on record
2
Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record
2
nbflocation not on record
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
Jyväskylä, FI
2
Granada, ES
1
Edmonton, CA
1
Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
1
Forssa, FI
1
State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukrainelocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
1
University of Salzburglocation not on record
1
St. Paul, US
1
New Brunswick, US
1
Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record
1
Brussel, BE
1
Cambridge, US
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
1
Fribourg, CH
1
Toronto, CA
1
Porvoo, FI
1
CJBNlocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
98 institutions · 2 838 of 3 022 vouchered records shown · 184 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA11 detections
Where the DNA of Sphagnum quinquefarium 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 found11
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 11 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Boggy hillside; among heathermoist 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 median7.40 °C 7.10–7.60
Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.1 °C
Max temp (day)11.0 °C 10.7–11.3
Min temp (night)2.60 °C 2.10–3.10
Precipitation178 mm/mo 120–236
Air humidity66.2 % 65.2–67.2
Moisture balance86.8 mm/mo 28.2–145
Vapour deficit349 Pa 343–354
Wind speed6.10 m/s 5.40–6.90
Cloud cover40.8 % 36.8–44.8
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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility11 162 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.48 Gbp↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗