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Urtica dioica
stinging nettle
Cape Cod National Seashore
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Urtica dioica L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		stinging nettle
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Rosales, Family Urticaceae, Genus Urtica, Species Urtica dioica


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5,G5?
NatureServe State Rank:		MA: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
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Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	First State National Historical Park
Fort Union National Monument	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Basin National Park	Great Falls Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Katmai National Park and Preserve	Kenai Fjords National Park
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Minute Man National Historical Park
Monocacy National Battlefield	Morristown National Historical Park
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Nez Perce National Historical Park
North Cascades National Park	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Petersburg National Battlefield	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Rock Creek Park
Saguaro National Park	Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Saratoga National Historical Park	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Voyageurs National Park
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	9/29/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/3/2025 11:47:02 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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