PLANTS Profile for Stellaria alsine (bog chickweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Stellaria alsine Grimm
bog chickweed

Symbol:

STAL4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Alsine uliginosa

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 43. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Stellaria alsine Grimm

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Synonyms:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

	ALUL	Alsine uliginosa (Murray) Britton
	STUL	Stellaria uliginosa Murray

Distribution:
Stellaria alsine Grimm


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VT, WA, WV), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 32 species in Stellaria

Classification:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Stellaria L. – starwort
Species	Stellaria alsine Grimm – bog chickweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
trailing stitchwort		Endangered
Tennessee:
trailing stitchwort		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Stellaria alsine Grimm

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,OBL

OBL

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Stellaria alsine Grimm

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20172.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 11:57 AM CDT