Kebnat

Pylaisia

3 species

In Québec, the genus Pylaisia (family Pylaisiaceae) counts 3 species of mosses. The stars? Many-flowered Leskea, Selwyn's pylaisia and Intricate pylaisia, the most often observed. The richest region: Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, 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. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
  2. Montérégie3
  3. Capitale-Nationale2
  4. Outaouais2
  5. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  6. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  8. Mauricie1
  9. Estrie1
  10. Montréal1
  11. Côte-Nord1
  12. Nord-du-Québec1
  13. Lanaudière1

Pylaisia 3

Hypnales
All573Hypnales135Jungermanniales100Dicranales60Sphagnales45Bryales44Grimmiales29Pottiales27Polytrichales20Marchantiales18Orthotrichales18Porellales14Splachnales11Metzgeriales7Bartramiales6Funariales5Andreaeales3Aulacomniales3Encalyptales3Pallaviciniales3Pelliales3Tetraphidales3Buxbaumiales2Fossombroniales2Notothyladales2Ptilidiales2Timmiales2Anthocerotales1Blasiales1Catoscopiales1Diphysciales1Hedwigiales1Lunulariales1
Pylaisiaceae
All135Amblystegiaceae23Brachytheciaceae20Fontinalaceae9Plagiotheciaceae9Pylaisiaceae9Hylocomiaceae7Calliergonaceae6Hypnaceae6Scorpidiaceae6Thuidiaceae6Anomodontaceae4Leskeaceae4Neckeraceae4Theliaceae4Climaciaceae2Entodontaceae2Leucodontaceae2Pseudoleskeaceae2Pseudoleskeellaceae2Sematophyllaceae2Stereodontaceae2Fabroniaceae1Jocheniaceae1Pterigynandraceae1Rhytidiaceae1
Many-flowered Leskea36 observations
Selwyn's pylaisia33 observations
Intricate pylaisia9 observations