PLANTS Profile for Cerastium nutans (nodding chickweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Cerastium nutans Raf.
nodding chickweed

Symbol:

CENU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Cerastium nutans Raf.

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Distribution:
Cerastium nutans Raf.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Cerastium nutans Raf.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 28 species in Cerastium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Cerastium nutans var. nutans
nodding chickweed

Cerastium nutans var. obtectum
nodding chickweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Cerastium nutans Raf.

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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 nutans Raf. – nodding chickweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cerastium nutans Raf.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Massachusetts:
nodding chickweed		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cerastium nutans Raf.

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

FACU,FAC

FAC

FAC-

FACU+

FACU

FAC

FACU

FAC

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cerastium nutans Raf.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19958.

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

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

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 03:25 AM MDT