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Stellaria media

(L.) Vill.

Common Chickweed

GNRUnranked Found in 58 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.143582

Element CodePDCAR0X0P0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCaryophyllales

FamilyCaryophyllaceae

GenusStellaria

Other Common Names

common chickweed (EN) Common Starwort (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

European (Weakley, unpubl. flora SE US). FNA (vol. 5, 2005) elevates Stellaria media ssp. neglecta (= S. neglecta) to full species level, therefore following FNA, S. media ssp. media is equivalent to S. media and this record is rendered obsolete.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Labrador	SNA	No
Northwest Territories	SNA	No
Yukon Territory	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Missouri	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
Alaska	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (58)

Alabama (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Blue Mountain	Talladega National Forest	4,986

Alaska (9)

Area	Forest	Acres
College Fiord	Chugach National Forest	1,130,818
Douglas Island	Tongass National Forest	28,065
Juneau Urban	Tongass National Forest	101,581
Juneau-Skagway Icefield	Tongass National Forest	1,187,268
Kenai Lake	Chugach National Forest	213,172
Outer Islands	Tongass National Forest	99,862
Rhine	Tongass National Forest	23,010
South Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	55,193
Taku-Snettisham	Tongass National Forest	664,928

Arkansas (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Blakely	Ouachita National Forest	3,342

California (21)

Area	Forest	Acres
Arroyo Seco	Angeles National Forest	4,703
Backbone	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	11,466
Bald Rock	Plumas National Forest	4,675
Chico	Sequoia National Forest	39,836
City Creek	San Bernardino National Forest	9,997
Crystal Creek	San Bernardino National Forest	6,783
Devil Gulch	Sierra National Forest	30,490
Domeland Add.	Sequoia National Forest	3,046
Ferguson Ridge	Sierra National Forest	6,104
Fox Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	52,072
Ishi	Lassen National Forest	21,805
La Brea	Los Padres National Forest	14,031
Ladd	Cleveland National Forest	5,300
Magic Mountain	Angeles National Forest	15,542
Mill Creek	Sequoia National Forest	27,643
San Gabriel Add	Angeles National Forest	2,527
Santa Cruz	Los Padres National Forest	21,182
Sheep Mountain	Angeles National Forest	21,098
Tequepis	Los Padres National Forest	9,080
Trumbull Peak	Stanislaus National Forest	6,164
Westfork	Angeles National Forest	4,407

Kentucky (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Wolfpen	Daniel Boone National Forest	2,835

New Hampshire (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Great Gulf Ext.	White Mountain National Forest	15,110
Wild River	White Mountain National Forest	46,878

New Mexico (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Devils Creek	Gila National Forest	89,916
Sawyers Peak	Gila National Forest	59,743

North Carolina (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bearwallow	Pisgah National Forest	4,113
Cheoah Bald	Nantahala National Forest	7,795
Jarrett Creek	Pisgah National Forest	7,485
Laurel Mountain	Pisgah National Forest	5,683

Oregon (9)

Area	Forest	Acres
Buckhorn	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	17,180
Bull Of The Woods	Mt. Hood National Forest	8,843
Eagle	Mt. Hood National Forest	16,841
Hurricane Creek	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	1,606
Larch	Mt. Hood National Forest	12,961
Opal Creek	Willamette National Forest	5,417
Snake River	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	31,229
Tenmile	Siuslaw National Forest	10,818
Umpqua Spit	Siuslaw National Forest	2,090

Virginia (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Adams Peak	George Washington National Forest	7,135
Northern Massanutten	George Washington National Forest	9,444
Saint Marys Addition	George Washington National Forest	1,454

Washington (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Goat Rocks Adj	Wenatchee National Forest	6,108
Madison Creek	Olympic National Forest	1,223
Mt. Baldy	Olympic National Forest	3,557
Thorp Mtn.	Wenatchee National Forest	22,717

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Mountain	Monongahela National Forest	8,172

References (1)

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.