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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Agave parryiCentury Plant, Parry's agave, Mescal31
Agave utahensis discretaCentury Plant31
Agave utahensis eborispinaCentury Plant31
Ammophila arenariaMarram Grass, European beachgrass10
Artemisia keiskeana 21
Arundinella hookeri 00
Arundinella nepalensis 00
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Avena abyssinicaAbyssinian Oat20
Avena barbataSlender Oat20
Avena brevis 20
Avena byzantinaRed Oat20
Avena fatuaWild Oats21
Avena ludovicianaOats20
Avena nudaNaked Oat40
Avena nudibrevis 20
Avena orientalisHungarian Oat31
Avena sativaOats, Common oat33
Avena sterilisSterile Oats, Animated oat30
Avena strigosaBristle Oats, Black oats20
Avena wiestii 20
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Calluna vulgarisHeather, Scotch Heather22
Cladium mariscusSaw Grass, Swamp sawgrass, Jamaica swamp sawgrass10
Cyperus ustulatus 00
Dasylirion wheeleriSotol, Common sotol, Bear Grass, Common Sotol, Desert Spoon20
Erica vagansCornish Heath, Cornish heath00
Imperata cylindricaCogongrass, Japanese Blood Grass33
Iris ensataJapanese Water Iris11
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm30
Juncus acutusSharp Rush, Spiny rush, Leopold's rush00
Juncus conglomeratusCommon rush00
Juncus effususSoft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rush12
Juncus inflexusHard Rush, European meadow rush00
Juncus procerus 00
Juniperus osteospermaDesert Juniper, Utah juniper22
Leptocarpus similis 00
Leymus condensatusGiant Wild Rye21
Lilaea scilloidesAwl-leaf lilaea00
Livistona australisCabbage Palm, Australian Palm, Gippsland Palm20
Marsippospermum grandiflorum 00
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Sabal mexicanaMexican Palmetto, Rio Grande palmetto, Texas Palmetto20
Sabal minorBush Palmetto, Dwarf palmetto21
Scirpus affinis 20
Scirpus lacustrisBulrush31
Secale cerealeRye, Cereal rye41
Spartina pectinataPrairie Cord Grass00
Stipa splendensChee Grass00
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Triticum aestivumBread Wheat, Common wheat42
Triticum aestivum compactumClub Wheat20
Triticum aestivum machaMakha Wheat20
Triticum aestivum speltaSpelt Wheat40
Triticum aestivum sphaerococcumShot Wheat20
Triticum bicorne 20
Triticum georgicum 20
Triticum monococcumEinkorn30
Triticum monococcum aegilopoidesWild Einkorn20
Triticum sovieticum 20
Triticum timopheeviiSanduri, Timopheev's wheat20
Triticum turgidumRivet Wheat40
Triticum turgidum carthlicumPersian Wheat20
Triticum turgidum dicoccoidesWild Emmer20
Triticum turgidum dicocconEmmer30
Triticum turgidum durumDurum Wheat30
Triticum turgidum polonicumPolish Wheat30
Triticum turgidum turanicumKhurasan Wheat20
Triticum vaviloviVavilov's Wheat20
Typha angustifoliaSmall Reed Mace, Narrowleaf cattail53
Typha bungeana 43
Typha davidiana 43
Typha domingensisSouthern Cattail43
Typha glaucaHybrid cattail40
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Typha laxmannii 41
Typha orientalisBroadleaf Cumbungi43
Areca catechuBetel Palm, Betel Nut Palm33
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Attalea butyraceaWine Palm40
Attalea maripaInaja, Maripa Palm32
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Bambusa polymorphaBurmese bamboo, Jama Betua20
Bauhinia vahliiMalu Creeper, Adda Leaf, Pahur Camel's Foot Creeper23
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Corypha utanGebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm32
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Metroxylon amicarumCaroline Ivory Nut Palm31
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Phoenix canariensisCanary Island Date Palm30
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Palm52
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Salacca zalaccaSalak Palm, Snake Palm50
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Attalea funiferaBahia Piassava, Conquilla Nut, Piassaba Palm10
Calamus caesiusRotan Sega20
Carludovica palmataPanama Hat Plant, Carludovica Palm30
Copernicia albaCaranday Palm, Caranda Palm, Caranda Palm Wax20
Leopoldinia piassabaPiassaba24
Manicaria sacciferaUbussu, Troolie Palm22
Phytelephas aequatorialisVegetable ivory, Corozo, Ivory palm20
Phytelephas macrocarpaVegetable Ivory, Tagua, Nut Palm, Ivory nut palm20
Raphia palma-pinusThatch palm02
Setaria italicaFoxtail Millet42
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