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Your search found 10 taxa in the family Urticaceae, Nettle family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Canada Wood-nettle
Look for it in moist, nutrient-rich forests, esp abundant in cove forests in the Mountains & bottomlands in the Piedmont
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
West Indian Wood Nettle
Waif(s)
Non-native
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Common Name:
European Stinging Nettle, Great Nettle
Look for it in bottomlands, roadsides, other disturbed areas, primarily in calcareous soils
Rare, as well as waif(s)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
American Stinging Nettle, Slender Nettle
Look for it in bottomland forests and edges, particularly over limestone or mafic rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina, naturalized in Georgia
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Common Name:
Weak Nettle, Dwarf Stinging Nettle, Heartleaf Nettle
Look for it in rich moist soil, usually on floodplains
Uncommon in GA, rare in NC-SC (notable sites include Stevens Ck & Congaree Swamp
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
False Nettle
Look for it in swamp forests, bottomlands, bogs, tidal marshes, other marshes, other wetlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it in disturbed areas, on waste ground
Rare
Non-native: Asia
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Common Name:
Florida Pellitory
Look for it on coastal shores, sometimes weedy in calcareous situations
Rare in Coastal Plain, a waif elsewhere
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed
Look for it in swamp forests, bottomlands, freshwater marshes, tidal marshes, disturbed wet ground
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rockweed, Artillery Weed
Look for it on old rock and brick walls, in urban areas, hammocks
Rare in Coastal Plain, a waif elsewhere
Non-native? original distribution obscure
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