[Chickweeds and Mouse Ears: The Genus Cerastium West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed

Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum - Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Field chickweed blooming along forest service road NF 011 as it descends from the Illinois River Road to Star Flat west of Selma, OR.....April 22, 2021.

Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Field chickweed blooming at the base of a basalt cliff along US Highway 101 to the south of Cannon Beach, OR........May 22, 2009.

Flower of Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum - Calyx of Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum - Calyx of Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Leaves of Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum - Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Additional views of field chickweed as seen on steep rocky slopes at Saddle Mountain in the northern Oregon Coast Range.........May 21, 2009.

Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum - Close-up of the flowers of Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum - Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Field chickweed blooming amongst woodrush and upland larkspurs at the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside in southwestern Oregon..........April 29, 2012.

Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum - Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Field chickweed blooming along the Saddle Mountain Trail in the northern Coast Range of Oregon..........May 2, 2016.

Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum - Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum - Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Field chickweed blooming at Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside along US Highway 199 south of Cave Junction, OR......April 5, 2022.

Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum - Field Chickweed, Field Mouse-ear, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Field chickweed blooming at left in meadows at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon Coast......April 20, 2019. The photo at right shows field chickweed blooming at the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside south of O'Brien, OR......April 22, 2021.
Paul Slichter