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Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle; Canada woodnettle; Canadian wood-nettle; Canada lettuce)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Laportea canadensis, commonly called Canada nettle or wood-nettle, is an annual or perennial herbaceous plant of the nettle family Urticaceae, native to eastern and central North America. It is found growing in open woods with moist rich soils and along streams and in drainages.
View Wikipedia Record: Laportea canadensis

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Hazards [1]  The leaves have stinging hairs, much like stinging nettles to which they are related.
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  A fibre obtained from the stem is used for making nets, cordage etc; It is up to 50 times stronger than cotton;
Height [1]  39 inches (1 m)
Width [1]  39 inches (1 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Aglais milberti (Milbert’s Tortoiseshell)[3]
Diachrysia balluca (Green-patched Looper)[3]
Polygonia comma (Comma anglewing)[3]
Vanessa atalanta (red admiral)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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