Cerastium arvense L.

Field Mouse-ear

Minimum height	5
Maximal height	30
Life form	He(-Ch)
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	G
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	72
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	96
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	5.3
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	CIR
Conservation status	not protected (protected: C. arprotectedense ssp. Matrense)
Conservation value (HUF)	10000: C. arvense subsp. matrense
Year of protection	2001: C. arvense ssp. matrense
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	K

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	8
EIV T	x
EIV K	5
EIV F	4
EIV R	6
EIV N	4
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5
WZ-scale	1
RZ-scale	4
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	0
FS- scale	2
RS- scale	2-3
NS-scale	2
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	6
WB-scale	2
RB-scale	6
NB-scale	4
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	5
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.