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Latin Name	Common Name	Edibility Rating	Medicinal Rating
Adiantum pedatum	Northern Maidenhair,American Maidenhair Fern	0	2
Comptonia peregrina	Sweet Fern	3	3
Comptonia peregrina asplenifolia	Sweet Fern	3	3
Lysichiton americanus	Yellow Skunk Cabbage, American skunkcabbage	3	2
Polystichum munitum	Giant Holly Fern, Western swordfern	1	2
Pteridium aquilinum	Bracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern	2	2
Pteridium aquilinum esculentum	Bracken	2	2
Rheum australe	Himalayan Rhubarb	3	3
Rubus parviflorus	Thimbleberry	3	3
Sphagnum cymbilifolium	Sphagnum Moss	0	3

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