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Common Name:
STINGING NETTLE
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
1
Coefficient of Wetness:
0
Wetness Index:
FAC
Physiognomy:
Nt P-Forb
B. S. Walters
Swamps and (less often) marshes, moist disturbed forests and thickets, ditches and weedy areas, lake shores and river banks.
Typical European plants are said to be usually if not always dioecious and to have broader ovate and definitely cordate leaf blades, which bear stinging hairs on both surfaces. Such plants are represented in Michigan only by a Houghton Co. collection (Lake Linden; O. A. Farwell 8513 in 1929, BLH, MICH). Most if not all of our plants are monoecious, have narrower, smoother leaves, and are the native subsp. gracilis (Aiton) Selander.
Locations
Alcona County
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Alger County
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Allegan County
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Alpena County
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Baraga County
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Barry County
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Bay County
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Benzie County
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Berrien County
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Calhoun County
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Cass County
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Charlevoix County
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Including Beaver Island
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Cheboygan County
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Chippewa County
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Clinton County
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Crawford County
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Delta County
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Dickinson County
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Emmet County
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Gogebic County
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Grand Traverse County
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Gratiot County
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Hillsdale County
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Houghton County
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Ingham County
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Ionia County
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Iosco County
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Iron County
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Jackson County
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Kalamazoo County
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Kalkaska County
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Kent County
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Keweenaw County
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Including Isle Royale
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Lake County
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Leelanau County
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Including Manitou Islands
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Lenawee County
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Livingston County
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Luce County
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Mackinac County
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Including Bois Blanc, Mackinac, Round Islands
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Macomb County
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Manistee County
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Marquette County
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Mason County
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Mecosta County
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Menominee County
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Midland County
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Monroe County
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Montcalm County
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Muskegon County
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Newaygo County
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Oakland County
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Ontonagon County
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Ottawa County
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Presque Isle County
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Roscommon County
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Saginaw County
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Sanilac County
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Schoolcraft County
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Shiawassee County
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St. Clair County
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St. Joseph County
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Tuscola County
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Van Buren County
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Washtenaw County
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Wayne County
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Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. January 29, 2023. https://michiganflora.net/species.aspx?id=2759.