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MOSSES

Common Cord-moss

Funaria hygrometrica

Mosses
Native
Common Cord-moss, photo 1 of 5
Common Cord-moss, photo 2 of 5
Common Cord-moss, photo 3 of 5
3 cmLength

Moss 3 cm long. Grows in forests and in thickets.

There are 49 observations of Common Cord-moss in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Nord-du-Québec and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak in May and June and become rare from August to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Outaouais8
  2. Nord-du-Québec7
  3. Capitale-Nationale7
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent5
  5. Montérégie4
  6. Montréal4
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  8. Estrie3
  9. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  11. Laval1
  12. Lanaudière1
  13. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  14. Côte-Nord1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ThicketsNicholas A. Tonelli
FieldsMario Hains
Towns and gardensAndre Carrotflower

Similar species

RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Common Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium pyriforme
Pale ditrichum mossDitrichum pallidum
Toothed plagiomnium mossPlagiomnium cuspidatum
Silvergreen bryum mossBryum argenteum
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Golden Thread-mossLeptobryum pyriforme
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
Nodding Thread-mossPohlia nutans
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Procumbent pearlwortSagina procumbens