Kebnat

Meesiaceae

4 species

In Québec, the family Meesiaceae (order Splachnales) counts 4 species of mosses. The stars? Angled paludella moss, Broad-nerved Hump-moss and Golden Thread-moss, the most often observed. The richest region: Côte-Nord, with 4 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-Nord4
  2. Nord-du-Québec4
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine4
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  5. Montréal2
  6. Laurentides2
  7. Capitale-Nationale1
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1

Meesiaceae 4

Splachnales
All573Hypnales135Jungermanniales100Dicranales60Sphagnales45Bryales44Grimmiales29Pottiales27Polytrichales20Marchantiales18Orthotrichales18Porellales14Splachnales11Metzgeriales7Bartramiales6Funariales5Andreaeales3Aulacomniales3Encalyptales3Pallaviciniales3Pelliales3Tetraphidales3Buxbaumiales2Fossombroniales2Notothyladales2Ptilidiales2Timmiales2Anthocerotales1Blasiales1Catoscopiales1Diphysciales1Hedwigiales1Lunulariales1
Meesiaceae
All11Splachnaceae7Meesiaceae4
Angled paludella moss65 observations
Broad-nerved Hump-moss36 observations
Golden Thread-moss27 observations
Three-ranked Hump-moss16 observations