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Urtica dioica
California nettle, slender nettle, stinging nettle, tall nettle
Valley Forge National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Unknown
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Urtica dioica L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
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:		PA: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 8 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Alagnak Wild River
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Antietam National Battlefield	Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Cape Cod National Seashore
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Denali National Park and Preserve
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eisenhower National Historic Site	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	Voyageurs National Park
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	8/1/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/28/2025 1:58:55 PM

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