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Compost: Plants used for activating compost heaps, providing biomass for composting, using as instant compost etc. (50)

Latin Name	Common Name	Use	Edibility Rating	Medicinal Rating
Achillea millefolium	Yarrow	Compost	3	4
Alcea rosea	Hollyhock	Compost	3	2
Betula pendula	Silver Birch	Compost	3	3
Betula pubescens	White Birch	Compost	3	3
Calendula officinalis	Pot Marigold	Compost	3	5
Chamaemelum nobile	Camomile	Compost	2	5
Cichorium intybus	Chicory	Compost	4	3
Dryopteris filix-mas	Male Fern	Compost	2	4
Fragaria vesca 'Semperflorens'	Alpine Strawberry	Compost	5	3
Juglans nigra	Black Walnut	Compost	3	3
Osmunda regalis	Royal Fern	Compost	0	2
Pteridium aquilinum	Bracken	Compost	2	2
Pteridium aquilinum esculentum	Bracken	Compost	2	2
Quercus petraea	Sessile Oak	Compost	2	3
Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak	Compost	4	3
Rumex crispus	Curled Dock	Compost	2	3
Salvia officinalis	Sage	Compost	3	5
Sambucus canadensis	American Elder	Compost	4	3
Sambucus nigra	Elderberry	Compost	4	3
Sapium sebiferum	Vegetable Tallow	Compost	2	2
Sphagnum cymbilifolium	Sphagnum Moss	Compost	0	3
Symphytum asperum	Prickly Comfrey	Compost	3	2
Symphytum officinale	Comfrey	Compost	3	5
Symphytum uplandicum	Comfrey	Compost	3	5
Tanacetum vulgare	Tansy	Compost	2	2
Taraxacum officinale	Dandelion	Compost	4	3
Tussilago farfara	Coltsfoot	Compost	3	3
Urtica angustifolia		Compost	3	0
Urtica breweri		Compost	3	2
Urtica californica	Stinging Nettle	Compost	2	2
Urtica cannabina		Compost	3	0
Urtica dioica	Stinging Nettle	Compost	5	5
Urtica gracilis	Stinging Nettle	Compost	3	3
Urtica holosericea	Stinging Nettle	Compost	3	2
Urtica hyperborea		Compost	3	0
Urtica incisa	Scrub Nettle	Compost	3	0
Urtica laetivirens		Compost	3	0
Urtica lyallii	Stinging Nettle	Compost	3	3
Urtica parviflora		Compost	3	1
Urtica pilulifera	Roman Nettle	Compost	3	3
Urtica platyphylla		Compost	3	0
Urtica procera	Stinging Nettle	Compost	3	2
Urtica serra		Compost	3	2
Urtica thunbergiana		Compost	3	0
Urtica urens	Annual Nettle	Compost	3	3
Valeriana officinalis	Valerian	Compost	2	3
Valeriana phu		Compost	2	1
Valeriana sambucifolia		Compost	2	3
Valeriana toluccana		Compost	2	2
Zostera marina	Eel Grass	Compost	2	1

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