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Northern Lightshybrid2 sources · disputed
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N.Y.C. Dieselhybrid1 source · disputed
Tahoe OGhybrid1 source
Hindu Kushhybrid10 sources
Super Skunkhybrid3 sources · disputed
East Coast Sour Dieselhybrid1 source · disputed
Sagehybrid1 source · disputed
Dieselhybrid2 sources · disputed
DNLhybrid11 sources · disputed
Original Dieselhybrid11 sources · disputed
Sour Sagehybrid1 source · disputed
Unknown Strainhybrid1 source · disputed
91 OGhybrid1 source · disputed
Sour Dieselsativa1 source · disputed
O.G. Kushhybrid2 sources

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Chem Dawg

aka chem dawg, chem d, chemdog, chem dog

1991 · Origin disputed; first widely circulated in the early 1990s

Skunk/Funk
7 back12 forward

THC 19-27%·CBD <1%

Ancestor of 3190 strains

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Disputed lineage

At least one parent for this strain is contested — sources disagree on its lineage.

  • Medicann Seeds's page also names "Chem Dawg (pheno: #4)" as a co-parent; that name resolves to this strain itself and is not shown as a separate parent.
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Children

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Sour Dieselsativa3190 descendants
GMOhybrid157 descendants
O.G. Kushhybrid3190 descendants
Motorbreathhybrid40 descendants
Stardawghybrid47 descendants
Frostyhybrid2 descendants
OG Chemhybrid6 descendants
Chem de la Chemhybrid2 descendants
Dog Walkerhybrid4 descendants
Purple Rainhybrid0 descendants
Crescendohybrid3 descendants
Sunshinehybrid0 descendants
Girl Scout Cookies (GSC)hybrid2018 descendants
Gushershybrid31 descendants
SFV OGhybrid3190 descendants
Skywalker OGhybrid21 descendants
King Louis XIIIhybrid6 descendants
Bruce Bannerhybrid6 descendants
Donny Burgerhybrid19 descendants
Bubba Kushhybrid342 descendants

3,170 more descendants

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Aroma profile

Aroma profile of Chem DawgStrongest: Gas, Earth, Funk.typicalBright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.CitrusConfection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.CandySweetnessDeep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.Dark FruitBlossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.FloralGreen, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.HerbaceousSoil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.EarthSour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.FunkFuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.GasBakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.Dessert &Cream
What the axes mean
Citrus
Bright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.
Candy Sweetness
Confection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.
Dark Fruit
Deep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.
Floral
Blossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.
Herbaceous
Green, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.
Earth
Soil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.
Funk
Sour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.
Gas
Fuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.
Dessert & Cream
Bakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.

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