Sphagnum squarrosum
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Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Sphagnum squarrosum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility37 988 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI87 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics87 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Sphagnum squarrosum, commonly known as the spiky bog-moss or spreading-leaved bog moss is a species of moss which grows in nutrient-rich, damp soil. Typical habitats include woodland, the banks of streams and ditches; it can even be found at high altitude in damp cirques. The species often grows near sedges (Carex), rushes (Juncus) or purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea). Sphagnum squarrosum plants are green, and have the appearance of spikiness.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat & environment2
Physiology & chemistry1
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 squarrosum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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 manual Sphagnum squarrosum 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
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).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
n 191×CCDB · book-ipcn66
Record type37 988 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions89 of 162 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 | 1 624 |
| Vancouver, CA | 698 |
| Trondheim, NO | 627 |
| Durham, US | 464 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 440 |
| Bronx, US | 429 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 421 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 386 |
| Uppsala, SE | 360 |
| LDlocation not on record | 209 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 182 |
| Olocation not on record | 182 |
| Kuopio, FI | 144 |
| Madison, US | 143 |
| Saint Louis, US | 139 |
| Knoxville, US | 125 |
| Brussel, BE | 119 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 118 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 96 |
| Tartu, EE | 83 |
| CASlocation not on record | 78 |
| Philadelphia, US | 70 |
| Helsinki, FI | 67 |
| Tilburg, NL | 66 |
| Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record | 65 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 62 |
| Chicago, US | 59 |
| AADClocation not on record | 58 |
| New Haven, US | 56 |
| Tallinn, EE | 53 |
| Moscow, US | 52 |
| PHlocation not on record | 50 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 49 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 49 |
| Garðabær, IS | 46 |
| Oulu, FI | 45 |
| Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record | 44 |
| Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record | 43 |
| University of Gdansklocation not on record | 43 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 40 |
| Montréal, CA | 39 |
| Hobart, AU | 36 |
| Missoula, US | 34 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 31 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 29 |
| Portland, US | 29 |
| Monastir, TN | 28 |
| Edmonton, CA | 27 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 25 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 25 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 25 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 22 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 21 |
| South Kensington, GB | 20 |
| Cincinnati, US | 20 |
| Paris, FR | 19 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 18 |
| MAlocation not on record | 18 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 17 |
| Minia, EG | 16 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 16 |
| Zürich, CH | 14 |
| KFGBlocation not on record | 14 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 13 |
| Wlocation not on record | 12 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 12 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 12 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 11 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 11 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| US | 10 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 9 |
| Hudson, US | 9 |
| Boise, US | 9 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 8 |
| Anchorage, US | 8 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 8 |
| Wellington, NZ | 8 |
| Salzburg, AT | 8 |
| Canberra, AU | 8 |
| Badajoz, ES | 7 |
| Forssa, FI | 7 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 7 |
| Buenos Aires, AR | 7 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 6 |
| Madrid, ES | 6 |
| Institute of the Industrial Ecology Problems of the North of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.location not on record | 6 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 6 |
| 6 | |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 6 |
| Toyama, JP | 6 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 5 |
| Fort Hayslocation not on record | 5 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 5 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 5 |
| New Brunswick, US | 5 |
| Durham, US | 5 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 4 |
| Auckland, NZ | 4 |
| Logan, US | 4 |
| Turku, FI | 4 |
| EL PASO, US | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| Slovak National Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Henderson, US | 3 |
| Toronto, CA | 3 |
| Bourges, FR | 3 |
| Brisbane, AU | 3 |
| Corvallis, US | 3 |
| Pittsburg, US | 3 |
| Portland, US | 3 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Collectionlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kostrzyca Forest Gene Banklocation not on record | 3 |
| Porvoo, FI | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Göteborg, SE | 2 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 2 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 2 |
| Bando, JP | 2 |
| Fribourg, CH | 2 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Fayetteville, US | 2 |
| Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record | 2 |
| College Park, US | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Lincoln, US | 2 |
| International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record | 1 |
| San Jose, US | 1 |
| Canadian Museum of Naturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Umeå Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Blacksburg, US | 1 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| nbflocation not on record | 1 |
| HAWlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| St. Paul, US | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC)location not on record | 1 |
| Naturkundliche Sammlung Urilocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitewater, US | 1 |
| Mus�e des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Sphagnum squarrosum 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.