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Latin Name	Common Name	Edibility Rating	Medicinal Rating
Scirpus acutus	Hard Stem Bulrush	3	1
Scirpus americanus	American Bulrush	2	0
Scirpus lacustris	Bulrush	3	1
Scirpus microcarpus	Panicled Bulrush	3	1
Scirpus paludosus	Bayonet Grass	2	0
Scirpus subterminalis	Water Bulrush	2	0
Scirpus validus	River Club-Rush	2	1
Scirpus validus creber	Soft-Stem Bulrush	2	1
Typha angustifolia	Small Reed Mace, Narrowleaf cattail	5	3
Typha bungeana		4	3
Typha davidiana		4	3
Typha domingensis	Southern Cattail	4	3
Typha glauca	Hybrid cattail	4	0
Typha latifolia	Reedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod	5	3
Typha laxmannii		4	1
Typha minima		2	3
Typha orientalis	Broadleaf Cumbungi	4	3
Zea mays	Sweet Corn, Corn	4	3

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