Lycopodiopsida

23 species · 3 orders

In Québec, the class Lycopodiopsida counts 23 species, in 3 orders. The stars? Flat-branched ground-pine, Shining clubmoss and Running clubmoss, the most often observed. The richest region: Côte-Nord, with 20 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Côte-Nord20
  2. Nord-du-Québec20
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine20
  4. Capitale-Nationale19
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent18
  6. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean18
  7. Abitibi-Témiscamingue17
  8. Outaouais16
  9. Laurentides16
  10. Estrie14
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches14
  12. Mauricie12
  13. Lanaudière12
  14. Montérégie12
  15. Centre-du-Québec11
  16. Montréal8
  17. Laval5

Lycopodiopsida 23

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