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Pepper plants, birthworts, and allies

Piperales · 5 species · 2 families

In Québec, the order Piperales brings together 5 species of plants, in 2 families. The stars? Canadian wild ginger, Lizard's tail and Chameleon, the most often observed. The richest region: Montréal, with 3 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. Montréal3
  2. Laval3
  3. Lanaudière3
  4. Montérégie3
  5. Estrie2
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  7. Laurentides2
  8. Centre-du-Québec2
  9. Capitale-Nationale1
  10. Mauricie1
  11. Outaouais1

Pepper plants, birthworts, and allies 5

Piperales
All2,855Poales529Asterales316Lamiales214Rosales205Caryophyllales204Malpighiales120Asparagales119Brassicales109Ranunculales98Ericales95Fabales91Alismatales74Saxifragales68Polypodiales60Apiales51Dipsacales50Gentianales50Solanales43Fagales38Boraginales33Malvales29Myrtales29Sapindales27Pinales26Liliales22Ophioglossales20Lycopodiales18Geraniales17Cornales14Celastrales12Equisetales9Vitales7Commelinales6Cucurbitales6Nymphaeales5Oxalidales5Piperales5Osmundales4Aquifoliales3Santalales3Selaginellales3Acorales2Buxales2Ceratophyllales2Isoetales2Salviniales2Crossosomatales1Ginkgoales1Hymenophyllales1Laurales1Magnoliales1Marchantiales1Proteales1Schizaeales1
Family
All5Aristolochiaceae3Saururaceae2
Canadian wild ginger1,006 observations
Lizard's tail36 observations
Chameleon18 observations
Birthwort3 observations
pipevineAristolochia macrophylla