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  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Nettles and Allies
  7. Nettles
  8. Urtica dioica

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Urtica dioica

Urtica dioica

Includes
1 native 1 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Great Stinging Nettle introduced
  • Slender Stinging Nettle native
  • Scrub Nettle
  • Sykes's Bush Nettle
  • East-Asian Nettle present
  • Swamp Nettle
  • Japanese Nettle present

Range

United States

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

Top native Urtica dioica 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

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