Urtica procera
Urtica dioica
Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis).
One of the stinging nettles, so don’t touch it; but it
is a very decorative plant in the deep woods, where
its foamy eruptions of tiny flowers—sterile below,
fertile at the top of the plant—make a curious and
interesting sight. The large oval leaves
with stinging hairs distinguish it from any other
local nettles.