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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Agrimonia eupatoriaAgrimony, Churchsteeples23
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Allium vinealeCrow Garlic, Wild garlic, Compact onion, False Garlic, Wild, Onion32
Anemopsis californicaYerba Mansa22
Arctium lappaGreat Burdock, Gobo45
Arctium minusLesser Burdock35
Arctostaphylos alpinaAlpine Bearberry21
Aster macrophyllusBigleaf Aster21
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
Bauhinia forficataBrazilian Orchid Tree04
Carduus nutansMusk Thistle, Nodding plumeless thistle22
Citrus sinensisSweet Orange43
Comptonia peregrinaSweet Fern33
Comptonia peregrina asplenifoliaSweet Fern33
Crotalaria junceaSun Hemp11
Daucus pusillusRattlesnake Weed, American wild carrot22
Ephedra nevadensisMormon Tea, Nevada jointfir33
Ephedra viridisMormon Tea, Brigham Tea, Long Leaf Ephedra, Mountain Joint Fir, Mormon Tea, Ephedra23
Eriodictyon trichocalyxHairy Yerba Santa11
Gmelina arboreaGmelina, Snapdragon, White Teak22
Grindelia robustaGreat Valley Gumweed12
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Hemerocallis fulvaCommon Day Lily, Orange daylily, Tawny Daylily, Double Daylily52
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Hippophae tibetanaTibetan Sea Buckthorn43
Holodiscus discolorCreambush, Oceanspray12
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Larix occidentalisWestern Larch22
Ledum groenlandicumLabrador Tea, Bog Labrador tea23
Lewisia redivivaBitter-Root22
Lysichiton americanusYellow Skunk Cabbage, American skunkcabbage32
Melittis melissophyllumBastard Balm11
Mentha satureioidesNative Pennyroyal22
Micromeria chamissonisYerba Buena22
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Myrsine africanaCape Myrtle13
Oxalis violaceaViolet Wood Sorrel31
Paeonia emodi 12
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Prunus emarginataBitter Cherry22
Psoralea orbicularisRoundleaf Leather Root11
Quassia amaraBitterwood, Amargo Bark24
Rhus typhinaStag's Horn Sumach, Velvet Sumac, Staghorn Sumac42
Rumex obtusifoliusRound-Leaved Dock, Bitter dock12
Rumex salicifoliusWillow Dock, Toothed willow dock, Lake willow dock, Mexican dock12
Rumex venosusSour Greens, Veiny dock12
Saussurea graminifolia 02
Saxifraga pensylvanicaSwamp Saxifrage, Eastern swamp saxifrage11
Scoparia dulcisSweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha24
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Smilax officinalisHonduran sarsaparilla24
Sorbus americanaAmerican Mountain Ash12
Trichosanthes ovigeraJapanese Snake Gourd22
Uncaria guianensisCat's Claw24
Uncaria tomentosaCat's Claw24
Veronica chamaedrysGermander Speedwell11
Viburnum lantanoidesHobbleberry31
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