Characteristics
Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet
mouse ear chickweed
Roadsides, waste places (including urban settings), disturbed soils, lawns, successional fields in thin soils, rocky openings, and stream banks. A very common widespread non-native species it is common in non-native habitats but also appears more sparingly in some native habitats.
Herbaceous
Biennial
Vascular
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Not Native
Naturalized
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Classification
Eudicots
Caryophyllales
Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet - mouse ear chickweed
Citation
Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet
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Species Distribution Map
This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.
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