| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urticaceae | Laportea aestuans | West Indian Wood-nettle | Waste ground and agricultural areas (e.g. tree farms). | Pretty regular in Miami, also reported for scattered sites in the se. US (Kartesz 2022). Native of the New World tropics and subtropics. |  |
| Urticaceae | Laportea canadensis | Woodnettle | Moist, nutrient-rich forests, seepage swamps, especially abundant in cove forests in the Mountains and bottomlands in the Piedmont. By mid-summer, Laportea often becomes the aspect dominant in rich, moist cove forests of the mountains (especially those with extensive seepage), visually replacing the diverse spring flora. | NS and se. MB south to Panhandle FL and OK. |  |