Kebnat

Scorpidium

3 species

In Québec, the genus Scorpidium (family Scorpidiaceae) counts 3 species of mosses. The stars? Rusty Hook-moss, Hooked Scorpion-moss and Intermediate Hook-moss, the most often observed. The richest region: Bas-Saint-Laurent, 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. Bas-Saint-Laurent3
  2. Côte-Nord3
  3. Nord-du-Québec3
  4. Laurentides3
  5. Montréal2
  6. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  8. Capitale-Nationale1
  9. Mauricie1
  10. Outaouais1
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  12. Montérégie1

Scorpidium 3

Hypnales
All573Hypnales135Jungermanniales100Dicranales60Sphagnales45Bryales44Grimmiales29Pottiales27Polytrichales20Marchantiales18Orthotrichales18Porellales14Splachnales11Metzgeriales7Bartramiales6Funariales5Andreaeales3Aulacomniales3Encalyptales3Pallaviciniales3Pelliales3Tetraphidales3Buxbaumiales2Fossombroniales2Notothyladales2Ptilidiales2Timmiales2Anthocerotales1Blasiales1Catoscopiales1Diphysciales1Hedwigiales1Lunulariales1
Scorpidiaceae
All135Amblystegiaceae23Brachytheciaceae20Fontinalaceae9Plagiotheciaceae9Pylaisiaceae9Hylocomiaceae7Calliergonaceae6Hypnaceae6Scorpidiaceae6Thuidiaceae6Anomodontaceae4Leskeaceae4Neckeraceae4Theliaceae4Climaciaceae2Entodontaceae2Leucodontaceae2Pseudoleskeaceae2Pseudoleskeellaceae2Sematophyllaceae2Stereodontaceae2Fabroniaceae1Jocheniaceae1Pterigynandraceae1Rhytidiaceae1
Rusty Hook-moss88 observations
Hooked Scorpion-moss66 observations
Intermediate Hook-moss39 observations