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  • From: "Jon Raney" <jon@svphoenix.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] wood nettles
  • Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:27:52 -0800

Thanks, I loved ST's site. But I still don't know whether wood nettles might
be found in coastal British Columbia, specifically on Lasqueti Island.
Anyone know? Thanks again. Jon

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 7:06 AM, <SArjuna@aol.com> wrote:

>
> > Jon asked how to identiffy wood nettles and if they'd be found in
> > coastal British Columbia.
> >
> They grow from Quebec to Manitoba and Nova Scotia, south to Florida,
> west to Oklahoma, Mississippi and Missouri, in low (dam) woods and along
> stream
> banks. They resemble stinging nettle, but the leaves are much larger and
> wider. They grow from 1 1/2 to 4 feet tall, depending on how happy they
> are.
> They are 20% protein and taste great. The early season shoots are good,
> and
> the seeds can be harvested as well.
>
> You can google to find a photo of them. Otherwise, if you see a
> nettle-type plant in a damp and probably shady spot and you want to know
> for sure
> if it's wood nettle, touch it. You'll know immediately!
>
> Sam Thayer's book on foraging is really good, and is where I learned
> about wood nettles. He has a website, too: www.foragersharvest.com/.
> And a
> Yahoo chat group, forageahead.
>
> Shivani in WI
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Jon Raney
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