Kebnat

Ditrichum

3 species

In Québec, the genus Ditrichum (family Ditrichaceae) counts 3 species of mosses. The stars? Dark Ditrichum, Brown Ditrichum and Pale ditrichum moss, the most often observed. The richest region: Estrie, 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. Estrie3
  2. Outaouais3
  3. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  4. Montréal2
  5. Nord-du-Québec2
  6. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  8. Capitale-Nationale1
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  10. Laurentides1
  11. Montérégie1

Ditrichum 3

Dicranales
All573Hypnales135Jungermanniales100Dicranales60Sphagnales45Bryales44Grimmiales29Pottiales27Polytrichales20Marchantiales18Orthotrichales18Porellales14Splachnales11Metzgeriales7Bartramiales6Funariales5Andreaeales3Aulacomniales3Encalyptales3Pallaviciniales3Pelliales3Tetraphidales3Buxbaumiales2Fossombroniales2Notothyladales2Ptilidiales2Timmiales2Anthocerotales1Blasiales1Catoscopiales1Diphysciales1Hedwigiales1Lunulariales1
Ditrichaceae
All60Dicranaceae16Fissidentaceae12Rhabdoweisiaceae9Ditrichaceae6Aongstroemiaceae3Amphidiaceae2Dicranellaceae2Flexitrichaceae2Leucobryaceae2Bruchiaceae1Distichiaceae1Hymenolomataceae1Rhizogemmaceae1Ruficaulaceae1Schistostegaceae1
Dark Ditrichum37 observations
Brown Ditrichum16 observations
Pale ditrichum moss8 observations