Kebnat

Tortella

4 species

In Québec, the genus Tortella (family Pottiaceae) counts 4 species of mosses. The stars? Tortured tortella moss, Fragile tortella moss and Small Twisted 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. Outaouais3
  3. Côte-Nord3
  4. Nord-du-Québec3
  5. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  6. Capitale-Nationale1
  7. Mauricie1
  8. Estrie1
  9. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1
  10. Montérégie1

Tortella 4

Pottiales
All573Hypnales135Jungermanniales100Dicranales60Sphagnales45Bryales44Grimmiales29Pottiales27Polytrichales20Marchantiales18Orthotrichales18Porellales14Splachnales11Metzgeriales7Bartramiales6Funariales5Andreaeales3Aulacomniales3Encalyptales3Pallaviciniales3Pelliales3Tetraphidales3Buxbaumiales2Fossombroniales2Notothyladales2Ptilidiales2Timmiales2Anthocerotales1Blasiales1Catoscopiales1Diphysciales1Hedwigiales1Lunulariales1
Pottiaceae
All27Pottiaceae27
Tortured tortella moss148 observations
Fragile tortella moss45 observations
Small Twisted Moss4 observations
Bent Crisp-moss4 observations