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Top native nettles

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

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2 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1 Part shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 1 Moist 1

Soil

Loam 1 Clay 1

Form

Habit

Erect 1 Prostrate 1

Plant type

Edible 1 Herbaceous perennial 1 Weed 1
  • Slender Stinging Nettle Urtica gracilis caterpillars 20 hosts 1 food 4 flowers 9
  • Heartleaf Nettle Urtica chamaedryoides caterpillars 14 food 1 flowers 1

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