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Urticaceae>Laportea | |
Wood-nettle (Laportea canadensis) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 With stinging hairs, this plant is one to be cautious of when wandering through the woods! Common in rich forests in hte mountains and bottomlands in the piedmont of NC. | |
Wood-nettle (Laportea canadensis) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 | |
Wood-nettle (Laportea canadensis) Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 Many species of nettles are caterpillar host plants for a handful of butterflies, including Eastern Comma and Red Admiral. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
Created on ... July 18, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com