Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Cnidoscolus > Cnidoscolus stimulosusCnidoscolus stimulosus (finger rot)Synonyms: Bivonea stimulosa (homotypic); Cnidoscolus michauxii; Cnidoscolus urens var. stimulosus (homotypic); Jatropha stimulosa (homotypic); Jatropha stipulosa; Jatropha urens var. stimulosa (homotypic) Cnidoscolus stimulosus, the bull nettle, spurge nettle, tread-softly or finger rot, is a perennial herb covered with stinging hairs, native to southeastern North America. A member of the family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family), it is not a true nettle. It prefers sandy, well-drained soil and mostly exists in pine/blackjack oak forests on sandhills, rims of Carolina bays, dunes, dry pastures, fields and roadsides. |
| Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Structure [1] | Herb |
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| Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
 |
 |
 |
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Cape Lookout National Seashore |
II |
18379 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
|
310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
|
40530 |
United States |
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Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve |
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Florida, United States |
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Fort Caroline National Memorial |
III |
137 |
Florida, United States |
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Fort Matanzas National Monument |
III |
269 |
Florida, United States |
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Gulf Island National Seashore |
II |
67487 |
Florida, Mississippi, United States |
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Hobcaw Barony (North Inlet) National Estuarine Research Reserve |
|
7585 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Little St. Simons Island |
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Georgia, United States |
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Moores Creek National Battlefield |
III |
100 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Ocmulgee National Monument |
V |
693 |
Georgia, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
|
20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Habitat Vegetation Classification |
| Name |
Location |
Website |
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Atlantic Coastal Plain Longleaf Sandhill Scrub |
United States (South Carolina, North Carolina) |
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Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric Longleaf Pine Sand Woodland |
United States (North Carolina, South Carolina) |
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Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric Sandhill Scrub |
United States (North Carolina, South Carolina) |
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Carolina Coastal Longleaf Pine Sandhill |
United States (South Carolina, North Carolina) |
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Carolina Longleaf Pine / Mixed Scrub Oak Sandhill |
United States (North Carolina) |
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Fall-line Sandhills Dry Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (North Carolina, South Carolina) |
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Florida Panhandle Lowlands Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Florida) |
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Florida Peninsula Xeric Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Florida) |
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Florida Red Hills Submesic Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Georgia, Florida) |
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Georgia Dry Longleaf Pine - Scrub Oak Sand Woodland |
United States (Georgia) |
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Georgia Outer Coastal Plain Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Georgia) |
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Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak Woodland |
United States (Florida, Alabama) |
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Northern Florida Peninsula Longleaf Pine / Red Oak Woodland |
United States (Florida) |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill |
United States (Florida) |
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South Atlantic Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill |
United States (South Carolina, Georgia) |
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South Carolina Central Longleaf Woodland |
United States (Georgia, South Carolina) |
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Southern Inner Coastal Plain Silty Longleaf Pine / Sand Post Oak Woodland |
United States (South Carolina, Georgia) |
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Western Florida Panhandle Xeric Lowland Sandhill Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Florida) |
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Wiregrass Gap Xeric Longleaf Pine Sand Woodland |
United States (South Carolina) |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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