Cerastium beeringianum Cham. & Schltdl.
Bering chickweed (alpine chickweed)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Bering chickweed (alpine chickweed)
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a taproot and stoloniferous prostrate stems; forming mats 4-40 cm wide; stems prostrate, glandular-hairy, slender, less than 1 mm in diameter, flowering stems 3-25 cm long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves opposite, narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate to spoon-shaped, 5-35 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, sharp-pointed to rounded, hairy; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of usually 3-6 flowers in an open cluster; petals 5, white, 6-12 mm long, deeply 2-cleft; sepals 5, elliptic, 3-7 mm long, often purplish.
Fruits:
Capsules cylindric, 8-12 mm long, 10-valved; seeds golden to reddish-brown, 0.8-1.2 mm long.
Notes:
Sometimes confused with C. fischerianum where their ranges overlap. Two subspecies occur in BC.
1. Stalks with very fine, short, glandular hairs; plants of S BC..................... ssp. earlei (Rydb.) Hult.
1. Stalks with long glandular hairs, plants of N BC..................... ssp. beeringianum
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Cerastium beeringianum
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) |
1880 | 51 | 2682 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
23 | 0 | 90 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
198 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
168 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BAFA | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(15), BAFA(96), cma(1), ESSF(28), ICH(1), IMA(4), MS(2), SWB(9) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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