Cerastium fontanum Baumg.
Common Chickweed (common mouse-ear chickweed; mouse-ear chickweed)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Common Chickweed (common mouse-ear chickweed; mouse-ear chickweed)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Species Information
General:
Biennial or short-lived perennial herb from taproots and often from sprawling, nodally-rooting branches; forming clumps to 40 cm across; stems decumbent to erect, stiff-hairy and glandular to glandular-hairy, 5-40 cm tall/long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves opposite, oblanceolate or spoon-shaped, 7-25 mm long and 2-10 mm wide, 1-nerved, coarsely hairy; leaves of the flowering stems larger, up to 4 cm long and 15 mm wide; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence several to many in an open cluster; flower stalks generally stiff-hairy; petals 5, white, 2-cleft, 5-7 mm long; sepals 5, 4-7 mm long, stiff-hairy, papery-margined.
Fruits:
Capsules cylindric, 7-10 mm long, 10-valved; seeds 0.6-0.8 mm long, reddish-brown.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Cerastium fontanum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
425 | 61 | 1210 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
6 | 0 | 45 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
265 | 4 | 330 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
37 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CWH(25), ICH(1), IDF(3), PP(3), SBPS(2), SBS(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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