Kebnat

Lejeuneaceae

4 species

In Québec, the family Lejeuneaceae (order Porellales) counts 4 species of mosses. The stars? Micheli's Least Pouncewort, Biddlecome's Pouncewort and Fairy beads, the most often observed. The richest region: Outaouais, with 3 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. Outaouais3
  2. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  3. Capitale-Nationale2
  4. Laurentides2
  5. Montérégie2
  6. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  7. Estrie1
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  9. Centre-du-Québec1

Lejeuneaceae 4

Porellales
All573Hypnales135Jungermanniales100Dicranales60Sphagnales45Bryales44Grimmiales29Pottiales27Polytrichales20Marchantiales18Orthotrichales18Porellales14Splachnales11Metzgeriales7Bartramiales6Funariales5Andreaeales3Aulacomniales3Encalyptales3Pallaviciniales3Pelliales3Tetraphidales3Buxbaumiales2Fossombroniales2Notothyladales2Ptilidiales2Timmiales2Anthocerotales1Blasiales1Catoscopiales1Diphysciales1Hedwigiales1Lunulariales1
Lejeuneaceae
All14Frullaniaceae7Lejeuneaceae4Porellaceae2Radulaceae1
Micheli's Least Pouncewort18 observations
Biddlecome's Pouncewort15 observations
Fairy beads1 observations
Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina