Spinulum annotinum
(L.) A.Haines · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Spinulum annotinum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility45 215 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI36 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Spinulum annotinum, synonym Lycopodium annotinum, known as interrupted club-moss, or stiff clubmoss, is a species of clubmoss native to forests of the colder parts of North America (Greenland, St. Pierre & Miquelon, all 10 provinces and all 3 territories of Canada, Alaska, and mountains of the contiguous United States), as well as Asia (China, Russia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Assam), and most of Europe.Altervista Flora Italiana, Licopodio gineprino, Lycopodium annotinum L. includes photos and European distribution map The genus Spinulum is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), but not in other classifications, which submerge the genus in Lycopodium. Spinulum annotinum is a common and widespread club-moss spreading by means of horizontal stems running along the surface of the ground. It is usually unbranched or sparingly branched, each branch containing a cone at the top. Leaves have minute teeth on their edges. Growing in Germany
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data 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 Spinulum annotinum 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 Spinulum annotinum 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.
2n 682×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard periods (Jurassic, Cretaceous…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. The dashed rules marked ✦ are the five great mass extinctions. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type45 215 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions39 of 75 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Helsinki, FI | 496 |
| Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 198 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 177 |
| Oulu, FI | 165 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 132 |
| Pullman, US | 131 |
| Turku, FI | 125 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 113 |
| Burlington, US | 96 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 88 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 75 |
| WINlocation not on record | 73 |
| Bronx, US | 72 |
| Tyumen State Universitylocation not on record | 62 |
| Green Bay, US | 51 |
| Perm State Universitylocation not on record | 50 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 47 |
| Udmurt State Universitylocation not on record | 45 |
| Madison, US | 43 |
| IPDNlocation not on record | 34 |
| St. Paul, US | 31 |
| Tampere, FI | 30 |
| Durham, US | 30 |
| Montréal, CA | 26 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 23 |
| Institute of Biology Ufa Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 22 |
| Moscow, US | 17 |
| Portland, US | 12 |
| Kuopio, FI | 10 |
| DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record | 9 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 9 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 7 |
| Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| Québec, CA | 6 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 5 |
| Corvallis, US | 5 |
| Saint Louis, US | 5 |
| Whitewater, US | 5 |
| Saint John, CA | 5 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 4 |
| Minia, EG | 4 |
| Forssa, FI | 4 |
| Boise, US | 4 |
| Oswego, US | 3 |
| Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden Russian Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 3 |
| Tempe, US | 3 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Porvoo, FI | 2 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| B.A. Bennett Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cornell Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Santarém, BR | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Chengdu, CN | 1 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tobolsk Complex Scientific Station of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| New Brunswick, US | 1 |
| Siberian forest experimental stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Astana Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Spinulum annotinum 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.