Staff-vine family

Celastraceae · 12 species

In Québec, the family Celastraceae (order Celastrales) counts 12 species of plants. The stars? Staffvine, Burningbush and Marsh grass-of-Parnassus, the most often observed. The richest region: Montréal, with 7 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. Montréal7
  2. Estrie6
  3. Laurentides6
  4. Montérégie6
  5. Capitale-Nationale5
  6. Outaouais5
  7. Côte-Nord5
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches5
  9. Laval5
  10. Bas-Saint-Laurent4
  11. Centre-du-Québec4
  12. Mauricie3
  13. Nord-du-Québec3
  14. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
  15. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  16. Lanaudière2
  17. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1