Never really looked at stinging nettle flowers before.Quite delicate and pretty. Pink ones are male. Food source for.
The invasive plant species Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam influence the abundance of soil arthropods and are characterized by lower richness of root-associated fungi compared to the native nettle in riparian habitats. Just published today in Biological Invasions!
➡ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-023-03034-2
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