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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Fir, Alpine Fir22
Acer macrophyllumOregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple31
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Achillea ptarmicaSneeze-Wort, Sneezeweed21
Achlys triphyllaVanilla leaf, Sweet after death01
Adiantum capillus-venerisMaidenhair Fern, Common maidenhair, Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus Maidenhair Fern, Venus's Hair Fe22
Adiantum pedatumNorthern Maidenhair,American Maidenhair Fern02
Ageratum conyzoidesGoatweed, Tropical whiteweed03
Allium cepaOnion, Garden onion53
Allium cepa aggregatumPotato Onion43
Allium cepa ascalonicumShallot53
Allium cepa proliferumTree Onion, Walking Onion53
Aquilegia formosaWestern Columbine22
Arctium lappaGreat Burdock, Gobo45
Arnica angustifolia alpinaMountain Tobacco03
Arnica cordifoliaHeartleaf Arnica02
Arnica diversifoliaRayless arnica01
Artemisia abrotanumSouthernwood13
Artemisia tridentataSage Brush, Big sagebrush, Bonneville big sagebrush32
Asplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack Spleenwort02
Baccharis vimineaMule's Fat11
Balsamorhiza sagittataOregon Sunflower, Arrowleaf balsamroot42
Betula glandulosaScrub Birch21
Betula kenaicaKenai Birch31
Betula nanaDwarf Birch22
Betula occidentalisWater Birch32
Betula papyriferaPaper Birch, Mountain paper birch, Kenai birch32
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Castanea sativaSweet Chestnut, European chestnut52
Centaurea cyanusCornflower, Garden cornflower, Blue Bottle, Cornflower22
Chamaemelum nobileChamomile, Roman chamomile25
Clematis columbianaRock Clematis01
Clematis ligusticifoliaWhite Clematis, Western white clematis, California clematis,02
Corydalis falconeri 00
Dalea candida oligophyllaWhite Prairie Clover31
Datura stramoniumThorn Apple, Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed04
Dirca palustrisLeather Wood, Eastern leatherwood02
Dryopteris dilatataShield Fern24
Dryopteris expansaSpiny Wood Fern, Spreading woodfern23
Equisetum sylvaticumWood Horsetail, Woodland horsetail12
Equisetum telmateiaGiant Horsetail11
Eupatorium lindleyanum 02
Fallugia paradoxaApache Plume00
Firmiana simplexChinese Parasol Tree, Chinese parasoltree, Japanese Varnish Tree, Chinese Parasol Tree11
Galium triflorumFragrant Bedstraw12
Grindelia robustaGreat Valley Gumweed12
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Heuchera micranthaAlum Root, Crevice alumroot, Hartweg's alumroot, Coral Bells12
Hibiscus sinosyriacusRose Of Sharon42
Hibiscus syriacusRose Of Sharon, Althaea, Shrub Althea, Hardy Hibiscus42
Hierochloe odorataHoly Grass22
Impatiens aurellaPaleyellow touch-me-not22
Impatiens ecalcarata 22
Impatiens occidentalis 32
Impatiens parvifloraSmallflower touchmenot22
Juniperus communisJuniper, Common juniper33
Juniperus communis nanaJuniper33
Juniperus osteospermaDesert Juniper, Utah juniper22
Lactuca sativaLettuce, Garden lettuce33
Lepidium nitidumShining Pepperweed, Howell's pepperweed20
Linum perennePerennial Flax, Blue flax, Alpine flax32
Lonicera ciliosaOrange Honeysuckle22
Lonicera involucrataTwinberry, Twinberry honeysuckle22
Lygodesmia junceaSkeleton Weed, Rush skeletonplant12
Malva nicaeensisBull Mallow31
Malva parvifloraCheeseweed, Cheeseweed mallow32
Marah fabaceusBigroot, California manroot10
Matricaria recutitaGerman Camomile15
Nardostachys grandifloraSpikenard13
Nasturtium officinaleWatercress43
Nasturtium x sterileBrown Watercress43
Olea europaeaOlive, African olive, European olive43
Onoclea sensibilisSensitive Fern22
Paliurus ramosissimusMa Jia Zi02
Panicum obtusumVine Mesquite20
Petroselinum crispumParsley44
Phleum pratenseTimothy01
Pittosporum eugenioidesTarata11
Polemonium reptansAbcess Root, Greek valerian02
Polymnia uvedaliaBearsfoot02
Polystichum munitumGiant Holly Fern, Western swordfern12
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Pteridium aquilinum esculentumBracken22
Quillaja saponariaSoap-Bark Tree, Soapbark03
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary33
Salix babylonicaWeeping Willow, Babylon Weeping Willow13
Salix hookerianaDune Willow12
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Salvia apianaWhite Sage, Compact white sage31
Sambucus ebulusDwarf Elder, Dwarf elderberry12
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Saussurea costusCostus23
Schisandra chinensisMagnolia Vine, Wu Wei Zi45
Scirpus americanusAmerican Bulrush20
Shepherdia canadensisBuffalo Berry, Russet buffaloberry, Canada Buffaloberry32
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatusSnowberry12
Tephrosia virginianaCatgut, Virginia tephrosia02
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Trigonella foenum-graecumFenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek45
Urtica angustifolia 30
Urtica breweriStinging nettle32
Urtica californicaStinging Nettle, California nettle22
Urtica cannabina 30
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Urtica gracilisStinging Nettle33
Urtica holosericeaStinging Nettle32
Urtica hyperborea 30
Urtica incisaScrub Nettle30
Urtica lyalliiStinging Nettle33
Urtica parviflora 31
Urtica piluliferaRoman Nettle33
Urtica platyphylla 30
Urtica proceraStinging Nettle, California nettle32
Urtica serraCalifornia nettle32
Urtica thunbergiana 30
Urtica urensAnnual Nettle33
Vicia giganteaGiant Vetch21
Vitis girdianaValley Grape, Desert wild grape20
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
Yucca glaucaSoapweed, Soapweed yucca, Gurney's yucca, American Vetch, Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Soapweed22
Murraya koenigiiCurry tree, Curry leaf tree33
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Adenanthera pavoninaRed Sandalwood, Coral Tree32
Aegle marmelosBael Tree, Golden Apple, Bengal Quince33
Agathis macrophyllaDakua00
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Baillonella toxispermaAfrican Pearwood, False Shea Butternut33
Bixa orellanaAnnatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote )33
Cananga odorataYlang Ylang, Perfume Tree23
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Citrus aurantiifoliaLime, Key Lime, Mexican Lime, Mexican Thornless Key Lime42
Cnidoscolus aconitifoliusTree Spinach, Tread Softly, Cabbage Star, Chaya43
Dimocarpus longanLongan, Lungan, Dragon's Eye, Cat's Eye43
Dipteryx odorataTonka Bean, Brazilian Teak32
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Elaeis oleiferaAmerican Oil Palm30
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
Morinda citrifoliaNoni, Indian Mulberry34
Musa x paradisiacaBanana52
Phyllanthus emblicaEmblica, Indian Gooseberry35
Pouteria sapotaSapote, Mamey Sapote42
Sapindus saponariaSoapberry, Wild Chinaberry, Florida Soap Berry, Soap Nut, Soap Tree02
Schinziophyton rautaneniiMongongo Nut. Manketti Tree32
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Sesamum indicumSesame33
Thespesia populneaPortia Tree, Aden Apple, Indian Tulip Tree33
Vigna angularisAdzuki Bean42
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Citrus hystrixKaffir Lime32
Citrus latifoliaCitrus Tahitian Lime42
Aloe feroxCape Aloe, Bitter Aloe, Red Aloe, Cape Aloe, Alligator Jaw Aloe25
Archidendron jiringaJengkol, Jiringa42
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Chamaecrista nigricansDiola, Diala12
Cinchona officinalisLojabark25
Cinchona pubescensQuinine tree, Red Bark, Cinchona, Quina, Quinquina, Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit's Bark25
Cullen corylifoliumBu Gu Zhi14
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Eclipta prostrataHan Lian Cao, False daisy13
Khaya anthothecaWhite Mahogany, East African Mahogany02
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Lophira alataNiam Tree20
Milicia excelsaAfrican Teak23
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Pterocarpus indicusAmboyna, Indian Padauk, Burmese Rosewood, Narra, Bloodwood22
Reutealis trispermaOtaheite Walnut, Lumbang Tree02
Santalum ellipticumCoast Sandalwood12
Santalum freycinetianumLanai Sandalwood, Hawaiian Sandalwood12
Santalum haleakalaeHaleakala Sandalwood, Lliahi12
Santalum paniculatumMountain Sandalwood, Hawaiian Sandalwood, 'Iliahi12
Sapindus mukorossiChinese Soapberry, Soap Berry, Chinese Soapberry, Soapnut Tree12
Solanum quitoenseNaranjilla, Quito Orange40
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Tectona grandisTeak22
Thespesia populneoidesTulip Tree; Portia Tree; Pacific Rosewood33
Tieghemella heckeliiBaku42
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
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