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§1 Plant
Cerastium arvense L.
vernacular field chickweed — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cerastium
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 564 counties across 38 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 564 counties across 38 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 B ▾
California view state ↗ 16 B ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 35 B ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
Delaware view state ↗ 1 B ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 18 B ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 19 B ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 10 B ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 B ▾
Maine view state ↗ 12 B ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 B ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 20 B ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 36 B ▾
- Becker 27005
- Benton 27009
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hubbard 27057
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Marshall 27089
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Stevens 27149
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wadena 27159
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Montana view state ↗ 51 B ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 4 B ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 B ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 B ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 B ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 10 B ▾
New York view state ↗ 31 B ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Dakota view state ↗ 39 B ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 24 B ▾
- Adams 39001
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Erie 39043
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Ottawa 39123
- Sandusky 39143
- Shelby 39149
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Van Wert 39161
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oregon view state ↗ 24 B ▾
- Benton 41003
- Clatsop 41007
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Lane 41039
- Lincoln 41041
- Linn 41043
- Marion 41047
- Multnomah 41051
- Polk 41053
- Tillamook 41057
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Washington 41067
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 33 B ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- McKean 42083
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 B ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 15 B ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Utah view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 B ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 B ▾
Washington view state ↗ 25 B ▾
- Asotin 53003
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Columbia 53013
- Garfield 53023
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Kittitas 53037
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Thurston 53067
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 B ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 15 B ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 20 B ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CEAR4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3085433 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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