[The Stinging Nettles Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

American Stinging Nettles, California Nettle, Northwest Nettle, Stinging Nettle

Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

Synonyms: Urtica californica, Urtica dioica var. angustifolia, Urtica dioica var. californica, Urtica dioicia var. gracilis, Urtica dioica var. lyallii, Urtica dioica var. procera, Urtica gracilis, Urtica lyallii

American Stinging Nettles, California Nettle, Northwest Nettle, Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Synonyms: Urtica californica, Urtica dioica var. angustifolia, Urtica dioica var. californica, Urtica dioicia var. gracilis, Urtica dioica var. lyallii, Urtica dioica var. procera, Urtica gracilis, Urtica lyallii) - American Stinging Nettles, California Nettle, Northwest Nettle, Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Synonyms: Urtica californica, Urtica dioica var. angustifolia, Urtica dioica var. californica, Urtica dioicia var. gracilis, Urtica dioica var. lyallii, Urtica dioica var. procera, Urtica gracilis, Urtica lyallii)

This photo at left shows stinging nettles in moist, open woods next to Misery Campground in the Umatilla N.F. of southeastern Washington.........July 7, 2008. The photo at right shows a young sprout of stinging nettle spotted along the CZ Trail somewhere west of the Ruley Trailhead, Columbia County, Oregon......January 29, 2022.

American Stinging Nettles, California Nettle, Northwest Nettle, Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Synonyms: Urtica californica, Urtica dioica var. angustifolia, Urtica dioica var. californica, Urtica dioicia var. gracilis, Urtica dioica var. lyallii, Urtica dioica var. procera, Urtica gracilis, Urtica lyallii) - American Stinging Nettles, California Nettle, Northwest Nettle, Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Synonyms: Urtica californica, Urtica dioica var. angustifolia, Urtica dioica var. californica, Urtica dioicia var. gracilis, Urtica dioica var. lyallii, Urtica dioica var. procera, Urtica gracilis, Urtica lyallii) - American Stinging Nettles, California Nettle, Northwest Nettle, Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Synonyms: Urtica californica, Urtica dioica var. angustifolia, Urtica dioica var. californica, Urtica dioicia var. gracilis, Urtica dioica var. lyallii, Urtica dioica var. procera, Urtica gracilis, Urtica lyallii))

American stinging nettles observed along the Fremont National Recreation Trail on the western slopes of Twelvemile Peak, Fremont-Winema National Forest.......August 2, 2020.

American Stinging Nettles, California Nettle, Northwest Nettle, Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Synonyms: Urtica californica, Urtica dioica var. angustifolia, Urtica dioica var. californica, Urtica dioicia var. gracilis, Urtica dioica var. lyallii, Urtica dioica var. procera, Urtica gracilis, Urtica lyallii)American Stinging Nettles, California Nettle, Northwest Nettle, Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Synonyms: Urtica californica, Urtica dioica var. angustifolia, Urtica dioica var. californica, Urtica dioicia var. gracilis, Urtica dioica var. lyallii, Urtica dioica var. procera, Urtica gracilis, Urtica lyallii)

Paul Slichter