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Pine family

Pinaceae · 17 species

In Québec, the family Pinaceae (order Pinales) counts 17 species of plants. The stars? Balsam fir, Black spruce and Black Hills spruce, the most often observed. The richest region: Montérégie, with 16 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. Montérégie16
  2. Montréal14
  3. Outaouais14
  4. Capitale-Nationale13
  5. Estrie13
  6. Lanaudière13
  7. Laurentides13
  8. Bas-Saint-Laurent12
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean12
  10. Mauricie12
  11. Côte-Nord12
  12. Centre-du-Québec12
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine11
  14. Chaudière-Appalaches11
  15. Laval11
  16. Abitibi-Témiscamingue10
  17. Nord-du-Québec8

Pine family 17

Pinales
All2,855Poales529Asterales316Lamiales214Rosales205Caryophyllales204Malpighiales120Asparagales119Brassicales109Ranunculales98Ericales95Fabales91Alismatales74Saxifragales68Polypodiales60Apiales51Dipsacales50Gentianales50Solanales43Fagales38Boraginales33Malvales29Myrtales29Sapindales27Pinales26Liliales22Ophioglossales20Lycopodiales18Geraniales17Cornales14Celastrales12Equisetales9Vitales7Commelinales6Cucurbitales6Nymphaeales5Oxalidales5Piperales5Osmundales4Aquifoliales3Santalales3Selaginellales3Acorales2Buxales2Ceratophyllales2Isoetales2Salviniales2Crossosomatales1Ginkgoales1Hymenophyllales1Laurales1Magnoliales1Marchantiales1Proteales1Schizaeales1
Pinaceae
All26Pinaceae17Cupressaceae6Taxaceae3
Balsam fir178,177 observations
Black spruce163,979 observations
Black Hills spruce127,845 observations
Jack pine37,668 observations
Red spruce31,866 observations
Eastern white pine24,303 observations
Tamarack16,660 observations
Eastern hemlock14,888 observations
Norway pine4,955 observations
Norway spruce533 observations
Scots pine228 observations
Pitch pine87 observations
European larch25 observations
Mugo pine21 observations
Blue spruce6 observations
Austrian pine6 observations
Silver fir4 observations