Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

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Urtica Dioica, or more commonly know as Stinging Nettle, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Urtica. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Urtica Dioica or Stinging Nettle's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Alaska, specifically in the states of Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

• Category: Dicot
• Genus: Urtica
• Family: Urticaceae
• Order: Urticales
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Forb/herb
• Native Status: L48 (NI) AK (NI) CAN (NI) GL (I) SPM (NI)
• PLANTS Invasive Status: NE&GP SEEPPC WSWS
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU FACW
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACU) 2(FAC+) 3(FAC+) 4(FACW) 5(FACW) 6(FAC) 7(NI) 8(FAC) 9(FAC+) 0(FACW) A(FACU)

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