Kebnat
MOSSES

Common Feather-moss

Kindbergia praelonga

Mosses
Common Feather-moss, photo 1 of 5
Common Feather-moss, photo 2 of 5
Common Feather-moss, photo 3 of 5
12 cmLength

Moss 12 cm long. Grows in forests and in thickets.

There are 8 observations of Common Feather-moss in Québec, mostly in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Bas-Saint-Laurent and Nord-du-Québec, and it has been reported in 6 of the 17 regions.

Where to see it

  1. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  2. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  3. Nord-du-Québec1
  4. Montérégie1
  5. Capitale-Nationale1
  6. Outaouais1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ThicketsNicholas A. Tonelli
FieldsFélix Mathieu-Bégin

Similar species

Delicate thuidium mossThuidium delicatulum
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
Splendid feather mossHylocomium splendens
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Slender Tail-mossPseudanomodon attenuatus
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Pellucid Plait-mossCallicladium imponens
Schreber's big red stem mossPleurozium schreberi
Streamside leptodictyum mossLeptodictyum riparium