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Cerastium fontanum Baumg.

Common Name: MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED
Coefficient of Conservatism: *
Coefficient of Wetness: 3
Wetness Index: FACU
Physiognomy: Ad P-Forb

A common short-lived perennial weed, native to Eurasia. Collected in Michigan as early as 1838 by the First Survey and now thriving throughout in all kinds of dry disturbed places and disturbed ground, spreading into forests, and onto shores and other moist ground.

B. S. Walters

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Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 15, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/740