PLANTS Profile for Urtica chamaedryoides (heartleaf nettle)

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Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh
heartleaf nettle

Symbol:

URCH3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Urticaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 636. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh

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Synonyms:
Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh

URCHR

Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh var. runyonii Correll

Distribution:
Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, WV)

Related Taxa:
Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh

View 19 genera in Urticaceae, 5 species in Urtica

Classification:
Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Urticales
Family	Urticaceae – Nettle family
Genus	Urtica L. – nettle
Species	Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh – heartleaf nettle

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
nettle		Threatened
Ohio:
spring nettle		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU

FAC

FACU*

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt			Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19156.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 10:10 AM MDT