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 wulfianum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections8
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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08Occurrence & distribution
Record type7 038 records
Wild obs. + sensor5 328
Museum / vouchered1 710
Origin
Native3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO15 796 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 accuracy98% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 367≤1 km 603≤10 km 81>10 km 41
5 092 georeferenced · 236 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 328
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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 232≤1 km 169≤10 km 229>10 km 176
806 georeferenced · 904 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 710
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 institutions42 of 72 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
186
Uppsala, SE
146
Université Lavallocation not on record
138
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
97
LDlocation not on record
79
Madison, US
78
Olocation not on record
73
Bronx, US
67
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
65
Philadelphia, US
60
Durham, US
60
Tartu, EE
56
Oulu, FI
56
Ann Arbor, US
48
Helsinki, FI
39
Vancouver, CA
39
Kuopio, FI
36
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
34
Chicago, US
34
Oskarshamn, SE
29
Knoxville, US
28
Saint Louis, US
27
New Haven, US
25
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
15
Montréal, CA
12
Turku, FI
10
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
Stockholm, SE
9
CASlocation not on record
8
WTUlocation not on record
8
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
8
Tallinn, EE
7
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
7
BRNUlocation not on record
5
PHlocation not on record
5
MAlocation not on record
5
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
5
Frankfurt am Main
4
Cincinnati, US
4
Buenos Aires, AR
4
Metsähallituslocation not on record
4
Hudson, US
4
US
4
Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record
4
Minia, EG
3
Fort Hayslocation not on record
3
Société québécoise de bryologie (SQB)location not on record
3
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
3
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
Pittsburg, US
2
Missoula, US
2
Porvoo, FI
2
Wlocation not on record
2
Forssa, FI
2
Madrid, ES
2
AADClocation not on record
2
TROMlocation not on record
2
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Portland, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Paris, FR
1
Auckland, NZ
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Durham, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
Rovaniemi, FI
1
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
Toronto, CA
1
72 institutions · 1 695 of 1 710 vouchered records shown · 15 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA8 detections
Where the DNA of Sphagnum wulfianum 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 found8
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 8 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
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.
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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 038 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗