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Cerastium tomentosum

Snow-in-summer

GNRUnranked Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.138228

Element CodePDCAR060T0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCaryophyllales

FamilyCaryophyllaceae

GenusCerastium

Other Common Names

Céraiste tomenteux (FR)

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

"North American reports of Cerastium biebersteinii all appear to be referable to C. tomentosum. The two species are very similar, but C. biebersteinii has flat capsule teeth and is diploid (2n = 36); see M.K. Khalaf and C.A. Stace (2001)" (FNA vol. 5, 2005).

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Quebec	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Montana	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Alaska (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Gravina	Tongass National Forest	37,381
Hyder	Tongass National Forest	121,723
Revilla	Tongass National Forest	29,298

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 pp.
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.
Khalaf, M.K., and C.A. Stace. 2001. The distinction between <i>Cerastium tomentosum </i>L. and <i>C. biebersteinii </i>DC. (Caryophyllaceae) and their occurrence in the wild in Britain. Watsonia 23: 481-191.