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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acinos arvensisBasil Thyme21
Actaea rubraRed Baneberry02
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Alisma plantago-aquaticaGreat Water Plantain, ZE-XIE, European water plantain, American water plantain, Northern water plan13
Allium ursinumWild Garlic53
Anemone nemorosaWood Anemone, European thimbleweed01
Anemone obtusiloba 01
Anemone quinquefoliaWind Flower, Wood anemone, Twoleaf anemone, Nightcaps01
Armoracia rusticanaHorseradish, Red Cole33
Basella albaMalabar Spinach, Indian Spinach, Ceylon spinach,42
Betula lentaCherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch33
Brassica junceaBrown Mustard42
Brassica juncea crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Brassica juncea foliosaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea napiformisRoot Mustard42
Brassica juncea rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea strumataLarge Petiole Mustard42
Brassica juncea tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Brassica nigraBlack Mustard33
Caltha palustrisMarsh Marigold, Yellow marsh marigold22
Capsicum annuumSweet Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Chili Pepper, Christmas Pepper, Red Pepper, Ornamental Chili Pepper43
Capsicum baccatumLocoto, Aji33
Capsicum frutescensTabasco Pepper, Cayenne pepper34
Capsicum pubescensTree Pepper, Rocoto33
Cardiospermum halicacabumHeart Seed, Balloon vine12
Chimaphila maculataSpotted Wintergreen, Striped prince's pine, Pipsissewa13
Chimaphila umbellataPipsissewa23
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Citrus limonLemon45
Clematis microphyllaHeadachevine01
Clematis rectaGround virginsbower11
Clematis vitalbaTraveller's Joy, Evergreen clematis12
Cleome gynandraAfrican Spider Flower, Spiderwisp02
Cleome viscosaTickweed, Asian spiderflower22
Cneorum tricocconSpurge Olive01
Daphne mezereumMezereon, Paradise plant, February Daphne02
Drosera peltataSundew02
Eruca vesicaria sativaRocket41
Hedeoma pulegioidesAmerican Pennyroyal, American false pennyroyal33
Hepatica nobilisHepatica, Sharplobe hepatica, Roundlobe hepatica02
Juniperus communisJuniper, Common juniper33
Juniperus communis nanaJuniper33
Juniperus silicicolaSouthern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar22
Juniperus virginianaPencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East22
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Lepidium iberis 11
Monarda didymaBergamot, Scarlet beebalm, Horsemint, Oswego Tea, Bee Balm32
Monarda punctataHorse Mint, Spotted beebalm13
Myrica nagiBox Myrtle23
Pinus banksianaJack Pine22
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus flexilisLimber Pine, Rocky Mountain White Pine32
Pinus gerardianaChilghoza Pine32
Pinus palustrisPitch Pine, Longleaf pine, Southern Pine12
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus quadrifoliaParry Piñon, Parry's Pinyon Pine, Four-leaved Pinyon42
Pinus resinosaRed Pine12
Pinus rigidaNorthern Pitch Pine, Pitch pine12
Pinus roxburghiiChir Pine22
Pinus sabinianaDigger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine42
Pinus wallichianaHimalayan Blue Pine, Bhutan pine, Himalayan Pine22
Polygonum persicariaRed Leg, Spotted ladysthumb12
Prinsepia utilisCherry prinsepia42
Ranunculus acrisMeadow Buttercup, Tall buttercup, Showy buttercup12
Ranunculus bulbosusBulbous Buttercup, St. Anthony's turnip12
Ranunculus pennsylvanicusPennsylvania Buttercup11
Ranunculus repensCreeping Buttercup, Prairie Double-flowered Buttercup, Water Buttercup, Creeping Buttercup11
Ranunculus sceleratusCelery-Leaved Buttercup, Cursed buttercup11
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rhus toxicodendronEastern Poison Oak02
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Sedum acreCommon Stonecrop, Goldmoss stonecrop, Gold Moss Sedum12
Sinapis albaWhite Mustard33
Smilax auriculataEarleaf Greenbrier22
Smilax bona-noxGreenbriar, Saw greenbrier, Dunes saw greenbrier32
Smilax glaucaCat Greenbrier22
Smilax hispidaHag Briar22
Smilax laurifoliaLaurel Greenbrier32
Smilax rotundifoliaHorse Brier, Roundleaf greenbrier, Brambles32
Smilax tamnoidesBristly Greenbrier22
Tamus communisBlack Bryony12
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Trollius europaeusGlobeflower, Common Globeflower, European Globeflower02
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Brassica juncea integrifolia crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia strumataLarge Petiole Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia subintegrifoliaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea tsatsai multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea tsatsai tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
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