Moss Sphagnum russowii covers rock formation on riverbank Sphagnum russowii, Russow's sphagnum or Russow's bogmoss, is a species of peat moss with a Holarctic distribution.
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 russowii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens26
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections14
Countries7
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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plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualSphagnum russowii 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 size1 017 120 000 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 russowii1.02 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type19 940 records
Wild obs. + sensor11 777
Museum / vouchered8 125
Other38
Origin
Native337
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO41 792 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 5 374≤1 km 2 033≤10 km 2 290>10 km 80
9 777 georeferenced · 2 000 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor11 777
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 accuracy44% within 1 km
≤100 m 606≤1 km 885≤10 km 1 559>10 km 309
3 359 georeferenced · 4 766 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence8 125
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 institutions67 of 125 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
1 517
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
668
Trondheim, NO
638
Durham, US
542
Vancouver, CA
461
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record
391
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
300
Uppsala, SE
250
Olocation not on record
215
Ann Arbor, US
211
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
147
LDlocation not on record
137
Saint Louis, US
120
Bronx, US
112
Madison, US
108
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
107
Knoxville, US
106
AADClocation not on record
102
Montréal, CA
94
Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record
82
University of Gdansklocation not on record
71
CASlocation not on record
70
Frankfurt am Main
65
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
64
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
62
BDBClocation not on record
61
WTUlocation not on record
58
Tartu, EE
58
Oulu, FI
56
Philadelphia, US
53
TROMlocation not on record
49
Helsinki, FI
42
MAlocation not on record
38
Missoula, US
38
Salzburg, AT
35
SZUlocation not on record
35
Madrid, ES
31
Kuopio, FI
30
Metsähallituslocation not on record
30
Cincinnati, US
26
Toyama, JP
26
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
24
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
24
Chicago, US
23
Oskarshamn, SE
20
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
20
Zürich, CH
17
Brussel, BE
17
BRNUlocation not on record
17
Jyväskylä, FI
16
Christchurch, NZ
15
Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record
15
Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record
14
Garðabær, IS
14
Edmonton, CA
13
Paris, FR
11
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
11
Portland, US
11
Minia, EG
10
Slovak National Museumlocation not on record
10
Barcelona, ES
9
Fort Hayslocation not on record
9
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
8
Hudson, US
8
Tallinn, EE
8
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
8
Morgantown, US
8
WINlocation not on record
8
Beijing, CN
8
Moscow, US
8
Buenos Aires, AR
7
Tsukuba, JP
7
CBDClocation not on record
7
nbflocation not on record
7
PHlocation not on record
7
Monastir, TN
6
Stockholm, SE
6
MeiseBGlocation not on record
5
Toronto, CA
5
Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record
4
Victoria, CA
4
Lincoln, US
4
South Kensington, GB
4
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
4
Forssa, FI
4
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
4
Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
4
Turku, FI
4
Pittsburg, US
3
Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record
3
Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record
3
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
3
New Brunswick, US
3
Yukon Universitylocation not on record
3
Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record
3
Logan, US
3
Göteborg, SE
2
GJOlocation not on record
2
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
2
Wellington, NZ
2
Anchorage, US
2
US
2
Boise, US
2
Durham, US
2
Tilburg, NL
2
CJBGlocation not on record
2
St. Paul, US
2
National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record
2
Ischia Marine Centrelocation not on record
2
Salamanca, ES
2
Senckenberg Institute for Plant Form and Function at Friedrich Schiller University Jenalocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
Fribourg, CH
1
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
1
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Frauenfeld, CH
1
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
1
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
1
University of British Columbia, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record
1
Corvallis, US
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Denver, US
1
125 institutions · 7 850 of 8 125 vouchered records shown · 275 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA14 detections
Where the DNA of Sphagnum russowii 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 found14
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 14 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
Coniferous woods, N facing slope of ridgeMixed deciduous woods with rock outcrops, po…Open moorland valley; on grassy slopeDeciduous woods with rock outcrops
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 median16.1 °C 8.10–18.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter29.5 °C
Max temp (day)21.1 °C 10.5–23.2
Min temp (night)12.2 °C 3.70–13.8
Precipitation96.3 mm/mo 86.0–134
Air humidity61.2 % 58.0–66.5
Moisture balance6.40 mm/mo -54.8–52.0
Vapour deficit709 Pa 389–869
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.30–5.90
Cloud cover49.5 % 43.5–58.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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 Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility19 940 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics26 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~1.02 Gbp↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗