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MOSSES

Splendid feather moss

Hylocomium splendens

Mosses
Native
Splendid feather moss, photo 1 of 5
Splendid feather moss, photo 2 of 5
Splendid feather moss, photo 3 of 5
16.7 cmLength

Moss 16.7 cm long. Grows in forests and in conifers.

There are 9,477 observations of Splendid feather moss in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Nord-du-Québec, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and August and become rare from November to March.

Through the year

JFMAMJJASOND

Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord2,656
  2. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1,752
  3. Nord-du-Québec1,146
  4. Mauricie647
  5. Capitale-Nationale595
  6. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine572
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent559
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue391
  9. Laurentides257
  10. Estrie250
  11. Outaouais231
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches229
  13. Lanaudière128
  14. Centre-du-Québec46
  15. Montérégie17
  16. Montréal1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ConifersCephas
TundraLkovac

Similar species

Schreber's big red stem mossPleurozium schreberi
Delicate thuidium mossThuidium delicatulum
Knights plume mossPtilium crista-castrensis
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Fir Tamarisk-mossAbietinella abietina
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Pellucid Plait-mossCallicladium imponens
Lesser Tamarisk-mossThuidium recognitum
Shaded Wood-mossHylocomiastrum umbratum
Spiky Bog-mossSphagnum squarrosum
Lanky MossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Tree climacium mossClimacium dendroides