Nika ShilobodFirst <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/microscopy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microscopy</a> post from my <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Pollen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollen</a> reference collection, here we go...<br>
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Tender-handed, stroke a nettle,<br>
And it stings you for your pains.<br>
Grasp it like a man of mettle,<br>
And it soft as silk remains.<br>
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This little guy is <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Urtica?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Urtica</a> diocia, better known as <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/StingingNettle?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StingingNettle</a>. <br>
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It is found all over the world in mild and temperate climates and has a long history of use as a source of traditional medicine, food, tea, and textile raw materials. <br>
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In England, it was once thought that the Romans were the first to import the plant. Nettle fibre evidence from a cist on <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Dartmoor?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dartmoor</a>, however, suggests that the plant was collected locally as far back as the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BronzeAge?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BronzeAge</a>.<br>
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<a href="https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/cist-whitehorse-hill.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/cist-whitehorse-hill.htm</a><br>
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In <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/palaeoecology?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#palaeoecology</a>, it is used as a disturbance indicator, such as on sites of abandoned habitation/construction, within communities of cultivated ground, and on areas enriched with cattle and sheep dung. <br>
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Nettles are generally considered to be weeds due to their rapid growth but offer great benefits in rejuvenating over-fertilized soils and increasing local biodiversity. <br>
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Personally, I like it in a nice tea. It is surprisingly good. 🍵 <br>
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Finally got my first microscope camera up. It's a bit fuzzy but it works. Hopefully, the one I am building will be better and then I can update it with better pics. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/3dprint?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3dprint</a> your own, here: <a href="https://openflexure.org/projects/microscope/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://openflexure.org/projects/microscope/</a><br>
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Original post: https://fediscience.org/@NikaShilobod/109395571843407560<br>
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Wiki upload: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urtica_dioica_(Stinging_Nettle)_pollen.tif