Washington DC Arthropod Biodiversity Project Urticaceae...Laportea...canadensis

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Scientific name: Anthophyta: Dicotyledonae: Urticales: Urticaceae: Laportea canadensis
Common Name: Wood Nettle

Country: USA
State/District: WV
County: Tucker
Date (D-M-Y): 28 - 9 - 2003

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Monongahela National Forest

Keywords: A brown fruit FEFT2003 green flower green fruit Monongahela National West Virginia
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Professor Donald administered stings from Wood Nettle on a brave Forest Ecology student’s arm. Another student applied juice from Spotted Jewelweed to the stings, and the juice removed the pain of the stings.