First
#microscopy post from my
#Pollen reference collection, here we go...
Tender-handed, stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains.
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
This little guy is
#Urtica diocia, better known as
#StingingNettle.
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.
In England, it was once thought that the Romans were the first to import the plant. Nettle fibre evidence from a cist on
#Dartmoor, however, suggests that the plant was collected locally as far back as the
#BronzeAge.
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/cist-whitehorse-hill.htm
In
#palaeoecology, 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.
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.
Personally, I like it in a nice tea. It is surprisingly good. 🍵
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.
#3dprint your own, here:
https://openflexure.org/projects/microscope/
Original post: https://fediscience.org/@NikaShilobod/109395571843407560
Wiki upload: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urtica_dioica_(Stinging_Nettle)_pollen.tif
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