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MOSSES

Flat-topped Bog-moss

Sphagnum fallax

Mosses
Native
Flat-topped Bog-moss, photo 1 of 5
Flat-topped Bog-moss, photo 2 of 5
Flat-topped Bog-moss, photo 3 of 5
20 cmLength

Moss 20 cm long. Grows in fields and in marshes.

There are 482 observations of Flat-topped Bog-moss in Québec, mostly in Chaudière-Appalaches, Capitale-Nationale and Bas-Saint-Laurent, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in May.

Through the year

JFMAMJJASOND

Where to see it

  1. Chaudière-Appalaches114
  2. Capitale-Nationale72
  3. Bas-Saint-Laurent60
  4. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean50
  5. Côte-Nord32
  6. Nord-du-Québec30
  7. Centre-du-Québec21
  8. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine19
  9. Abitibi-Témiscamingue16
  10. Montérégie15
  11. Estrie14
  12. Outaouais14
  13. Mauricie10
  14. Lanaudière9
  15. Laurentides6

Habitat

FieldsBoaz Yoffe B Sc
MarshAlexander Rumpel

Similar species

Spiky Bog-mossSphagnum squarrosum
Fine Bog-mossSphagnum angustifolium
Toothed sphagnumSphagnum cuspidatum
Golden Bog-mossSphagnum pulchrum
Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum
Girgensohn's sphagnumSphagnum girgensohnii
Flexuous Bog-mossSphagnum flexuosum
Streamside sphagnumSphagnum riparium
Prairie sphagnumSphagnum palustre
Baltic sphagnumSphagnum balticum
Rusty Bog-mossSphagnum fuscum
Russow's sphagnumSphagnum russowii