The stinging nettle nettle leaves are  heart-shaped, dark green with hairs underneath each leave that sting when touched. This plant can grow between 1 and 2 meters tall (3 to 6 ½ feet) and grow in different neadown, open forests, and next to stream banks in Washington. 

The stinging needle is a very versatile plant with all of its parts being used for many different ways. When dried up the leaves and flowers produced by the nettle can be used for herbal tea which can be drunk daily to help support the kidney functions and many other things. When this plant is young you can cut it early and eat the leaves and steams as a different green vegetable to mix into you salad. And by cooking you young roots of the stinging nettle you can make a soup or drink the root prevent  to help prevent balding. Finally you can use different parts of this plant to make fishing nets twine and ropes. The stinging nettle is one of the most useful plants that can be found in the Pacific Northwest being able to used in many different ways just make sure you don't get stung. (McMullen)

The stinging nettle is a native species to washington and can be found all over the green state.

To grow Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) is very simple especially in the native state. You want to start growing the seeds indoors during late winter (about 14 days indoors) where you will water it daily before transfer it outdoors in the early spring at a permet spot in your garden. After planting your sprouted seeds you want to cover them in a thin layer of dirt where you will continue watering for a little while longer.