Boehmeria cylindrica Willd. FALSE NETTLE. "Has
probably been overlooked," Day (1888). "... in moist, shady ground
near Dufferin Islands," Hamilton (1943).
New York: Lewiston, Scovell's Knoll, Wooded
knoll, base of escarpment. Low area wet, to the east, base of knoll. Eckel & Eckel 870704 (BUF); Buckhorn
Island, SW part of park, W of I90, near path along Niagara River from West
River Parkway to Burntship Creek. Beach, riverside, scarce, Impatiens
capensis, Eckel, Oct. 1, 1997 (BUF).
Ontario: Low
wet area E of the Niagara River Pkwy. Low mucky area being eroded by River, Alnus-Salix
grove, with Pilea pumila, Impatiens biflora. Numerous individuals. P. M.
Eckel with R. H. Zander Sept. 10, 1983 (BUF).
Erie Co: Wet meadow along Niagara River. Charles A. Zenkert Sept.
20, 1927 (BUF).
This species, together with Pilea pumila in
the Urticaceae forms great drifts in moist depressions in late summer in shaded
Silver Maple, Red Maple, Fraxinus pensylvanica woodlands at Buckhorn, Navy
Island and in similar forested wetlands in the area.