Kebnat

Complex thallose liverworts

Marchantiales · 18 species · 5 families

In Québec, the order Marchantiales brings together 18 species of mosses, in 5 families. The stars? Common Liverwort, Cat-tonque liverwort and Narrow Mushroom-headed Liverwort, the most often observed. The richest region: Outaouais, with 11 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. Outaouais11
  2. Laval9
  3. Laurentides9
  4. Montérégie9
  5. Estrie7
  6. Nord-du-Québec7
  7. Capitale-Nationale6
  8. Lanaudière6
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent5
  10. Montréal5
  11. Mauricie4
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches4
  13. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean3
  14. Abitibi-Témiscamingue3
  15. Côte-Nord3
  16. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
  17. Centre-du-Québec3

Complex thallose liverworts 18

Marchantiales
All573Hypnales135Jungermanniales100Dicranales60Sphagnales45Bryales44Grimmiales29Pottiales27Polytrichales20Marchantiales18Orthotrichales18Porellales14Splachnales11Metzgeriales7Bartramiales6Funariales5Andreaeales3Aulacomniales3Encalyptales3Pallaviciniales3Pelliales3Tetraphidales3Buxbaumiales2Fossombroniales2Notothyladales2Ptilidiales2Timmiales2Anthocerotales1Blasiales1Catoscopiales1Diphysciales1Hedwigiales1Lunulariales1
Family
All18Ricciaceae9Aytoniaceae4Cleveaceae2Marchantiaceae2Conocephalaceae1
Common Liverwort263 observations
Cat-tonque liverwort180 observations
Narrow Mushroom-headed Liverwort167 observations
Fringed Heartwort98 observations
Floating Crystalwort46 observations
Cavernous Crystalwort41 observations
Violet Crystalwort30 observations
Frost's Crystalwort11 observations
Lizard Crystalwort7 observations
Common Crystalwort5 observations
Pond Crystalwort4 observations
Hemisphaeric Liverwort4 observations
Thin Macewort2 observations
Hyaline Liverwort2 observations
Purple Crystalwort1 observations
Fragrant Macewort1 observations
Snow Lungwort1 observations
Tender starwortAsterella tenella