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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Nettles and Allies
  7. Urticeae

tribe

Urticeae

Urticeae

Includes
5 native 3 introduced 8 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Nettles 2 native
  • Touchardia 1 native
  • Hesperocnide 1 native
  • Wood Nettles 1 native
  • Stinging Trees
  • Obetia
  • Girardinia
  • Urera

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native Urticeae All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Slender Stinging Nettle Urtica gracilis caterpillars 20 hosts 1 food 4 flowers 9
  • Heartleaf Nettle Urtica chamaedryoides caterpillars 14 food 1 flowers 1
  • Wood Nettle Laportea canadensis caterpillars 6 hosts 2 flowers 20
  • Olonā Touchardia latifolia caterpillars 1
  • Western Nettle Hesperocnide tenella
  • Opuhe Touchardia sandwicensis
  • Hesperocnide sandwicensis
  • Opuhe Urera kaalae

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