genus
Mouse-ear Chickweeds
Cerastium
Field notes
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- Cerastium fontanum 1 native
- Field Chickweed native
- Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed introduced
- Snow-in-summer introduced
- Little Mouse-ear present
- Alpine Mouse-ear present
- Dwarf Mouse-ear present
- Large Field Chickweed native
- Bering Mouse-ear Chickweed native
- One-flowered Mouse-ear
- Gray Chickweed present
- Few-flowered Chickweed
- Nodding Chickweed native
- Crimean Snow-in-summer present
- Cerastium morrisonense
- Sea Mouse-ear
- Regel's Chickweed
- Arctic Chickweed
- Great Chickweed present
- Cerastium nemorale
- Short-stalked Chickweed native
- Forked Mouse-ear Chickweed
- Western Field Mouse-ear Chickweed native
- American Field Chickweed
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native mouse-ear chickweeds All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Field Chickweed
Cerastium arvense
caterpillars
7
food
13
flowers
56
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Bering Mouse-ear Chickweed
Cerastium beeringianum
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
12
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Nodding Chickweed
Cerastium nutans
caterpillars
6
food
4
flowers
38
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Short-stalked Chickweed
Cerastium brachypodum
caterpillars
6
food
1
flowers
13
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Western Field Mouse-ear Chickweed
Cerastium viride
caterpillars
5
food
2
flowers
10
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Large Field Chickweed
Cerastium velutinum
flowers
4
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Common Mouse-ear Chickweed
Cerastium holosteoides
flowers
1