Cerastium nutans var. nutans
nodding chickweed
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
nodding chickweed
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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Distribution of Cerastium nutans var. nutans
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Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a short, slender taproot; stems ascending to erect, glandular-hairy to somewhat soft-hairy, 1 to several, simple or basally branched, 5-25 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal and lower stem leaves spoon-shaped to oblanceolate, 6-30 mm long, broadly short-stalked; stem leaves opposite, several pairs, linear-lanceolate to egg-shaped, unstalked; stipules lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence several in a loose, leafy, bracted cluster; stalks glandular soft-hairy; petals 5, white, usually sharply deflexed at the tips, 2-cleft, 6-10 mm long, occasionalály lacking; sepals 5, elliptic, 4-5 mm long, generally glandular soft-hairy.
Fruits:
Capsules cylindric, curved at maturity, 7-12 mm long, 10-valved; seeds light brown, 0.5-0.7 mm long.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Cerastium nutans var. nutans
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 |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1145 | 847 | 1710 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
5 | 0 | 12 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
190 | 160 | 220 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 4 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
4 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
PP | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
IDF(1), MS(1), PP(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Moist to mesic streambanks, grasslands and open forests in the steppe and lower montane zones; infrequent in SC BC, rare in the Peace River area; N to S AK and S NT, E to PQ and NS, and S to SC, FL, UT, TX, AZ and OR.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Cerastium longepedunculatum Muhl. ex Britton
Cerastium nutans var. occidentale B. Boivin