Kebnat
MOSSES

Redshank

Ceratodon purpureus

Mosses
Native
Redshank, photo 1 of 5
Redshank, photo 2 of 5
Redshank, photo 3 of 5
3.9 cmLength

Moss 3.9 cm long. Grows in urban areas.

There are 162 observations of Redshank in Québec, mostly in Nord-du-Québec, Bas-Saint-Laurent and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in April and become rare from October to February.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Nord-du-Québec50
  2. Bas-Saint-Laurent18
  3. Outaouais16
  4. Côte-Nord15
  5. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine14
  6. Montérégie14
  7. Capitale-Nationale13
  8. Montréal10
  9. Laval2
  10. Lanaudière2
  11. Estrie2
  12. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  13. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  14. Laurentides1
  15. Centre-du-Québec1
  16. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1

Habitat

Towns and gardensAlain Rouiller

Similar species

Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Toothed plagiomnium mossPlagiomnium cuspidatum
Common Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium pyriforme
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans
Seductive entodon mossEntodon seductrix
Controverial weissia mossWeissia controversa
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme