Common Nettle

2010-06-17 Lower Austria, district Schwechat (168 m AMSL).Flower.German name: Gross-Brennnessel

2010-08-09 Vienna XXII. district (Lobau brownlands, 155 m AMSL).Flower and fruit; here on Urtica dioica, which is one of it's preferred hosts (others are Humulus, Salix, and Alnus).German name: Nessel-Teufelszwirn (-Seide)For more photos from the same habitat click here!

2010-11-06 Lower Austria/ district Mistelbach, Southern Moravia/ district Beclav (Thaya/ Dyje river plains, 152 m AMSL).The lush green plants on the right side of course are nettles, in one of their preferred habitats - nutrient-rich and wet river banks. Trees in the background mostly are Populus and Salix.German name: Brennnessel

2010-06-17 Lower Austria, district Schwechat (168 m AMSL).Flower.German name: Gross-Brennnessel