Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica LinnaeusNon-native  -  Invasive    
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Urticales   >   Family Urticaceae   >   Genus Urtica   

Status:

"Naturalized from Eurasia; Newfoundland to Manitoba, south to Nova Scotia, New England, Virginia and Illinois" (Reed, 1964).

There are 135 records in the project database.

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A flowering Stinging Nettle in Harford Co., Maryland (5/25/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/25/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Harford Co., Maryland (4/28/2016). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/14/2016). Photo by Bill Hill. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle growing in Washington Co., Maryland (8/28/2020). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle blooming in Harford Co., Maryland (9/4/2013). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Howard Co., Maryland (6/7/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Howard Co., Maryland (5/29/2013). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Harford Co., Maryland (6/18/2016). Photo by Bill Keim. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Harford Co., Maryland (6/24/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle shoots emerging along the C&O Canal, Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/17/2013). At this early stage, one can eat the leaves and stem of the plant. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Harford Co., Maryland (6/2/2020). (c) Dwight Johnson, all rights reserved. Photo by Dwight Johnson. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Harford Co., Maryland (6/2/2020). (c) Dwight Johnson, all rights reserved. Photo by Dwight Johnson. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Washington Co., Maryland (2/7/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle growing in Harford Co., Maryland (5/16/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/4/2020). (c) Peter M Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Peter M Martin via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Washington Co., Maryland (2/7/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Washington Co., Maryland (5/27/2017). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/29/2019). (c) laurentruax, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by laurentruax via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/26/2019). (c) Peter M Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Peter M Martin via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Stinging Nettle (above) and Poison Hemlock (below) in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/15/2018). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)


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