PLANTS Profile for Cerastium glomeratum (sticky chickweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.
sticky chickweed

Symbol:

CEGL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
CAN		I

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Images:
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.

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Synonyms:
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.

	CEAC2	Cerastium acutatum Suksd.
	CEGLA	Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. var. apetalum (Dumort.) Fenzl
	CEVI3	Cerastium viscosum auct. non L.

Distribution:
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, WY), CAN (BC, NF, NS, ON, QC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 28 species in Cerastium

Classification:
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Cerastium L. – mouse-ear chickweed
Species	Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. – sticky chickweed

Introduced Information:
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.

Cerastium viscosum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

UPL

FACU-

FACU

UPL

FACU

UPL*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Gee	Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Gee, K.L., M.D. Porter, S. Demarais, F.C. Bryant, and G.V. Vreede. 1994. White-tailed deer: Their foods and management in the Cross Timbers. Ardmore.

More Accounts and Images:
Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19955.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 06:32 PM CST