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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Ammophila arenariaMarram Grass, European beachgrass10
Arundinaria giganteaCanebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane31
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Bambusa multiplexHedge Bamboo, Chinese Goddess Bamboo20
Borinda emeryi 00
Borinda grossa 00
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Cyperus aristatus 20
Cyperus distansSlender Cyperus, Piedmont flatsedge11
Cyperus esculentusTiger Nut, Yellow nutsedge, Nut Grass42
Cyperus fendlerianusFendler's Flatsedge20
Cyperus longusGalingale21
Cyperus rotundusNut Grass33
Cyperus schweinitziiFlatsedge, Schweinitz's flatsedge20
Cyperus setigerusLean flatsedge20
Cyperus tegetiformis 00
Cyperus ustulatus 00
Dasylirion wheeleriSotol, Common sotol, Bear Grass, Common Sotol, Desert Spoon20
Drepanostachyum falcatumRingal20
Eleocharis dulcisChinese Water Chestnut41
Eleusine indicaWire Grass, Indian goosegrass, Yard Grass, Goose Grass31
Elymus glaucaBlue Wild Rye20
Eriodictyon californicumYerba Santa, California yerba santa23
Eriophorum angustifoliumCotton Grass, Tall cottongrass21
Euonymus sachalinensisEuonymus10
Hemerocallis altissima 41
Hemerocallis aurantiaca 41
Hemerocallis bulbiferum 41
Hemerocallis citrinaCitron daylily41
Hemerocallis coreana 41
Hemerocallis darrowianaDay Lily41
Hemerocallis dumortieriDumortier's daylily41
Hemerocallis exaltata 41
Hemerocallis forrestii 21
Hemerocallis fulvaCommon Day Lily, Orange daylily, Tawny Daylily, Double Daylily52
Hemerocallis fulva longituba 41
Hemerocallis graminea 41
Hemerocallis hakunensis 41
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelusYellow Day Lily42
Hemerocallis littoreaCoastal Day Lily41
Hemerocallis micrantha 41
Hemerocallis middendorffiiAmur daylily, Middendorf, Daylily51
Hemerocallis middendorffii esculenta 51
Hemerocallis minorGrassleaf Day Lily, Small daylily41
Hemerocallis multiflora 41
Hemerocallis pedicellata 41
Hemerocallis plicata 41
Hemerocallis thunbergii 41
Hemerocallis yezoensis 41
Himalayacalamus asper 00
Himalayacalamus brevinodus 20
Himalayacalamus cupreus 30
Himalayacalamus falconeri 30
Himalayacalamus fimbriatus 10
Himalayacalamus hookerianusPadang20
Imperata cylindricaCogongrass, Japanese Blood Grass33
Indocalamus latifolius 00
Iris versicolorBlue Flag, Harlequin blueflag03
Juncus acutusSharp Rush, Spiny rush, Leopold's rush00
Juncus balticusBaltic Rush10
Juncus conglomeratusCommon rush00
Juncus effususSoft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rush12
Juncus inflexusHard Rush, European meadow rush00
Juncus procerus 00
Leymus arenariusLyme Grass, Sand ryegrass20
Leymus condensatusGiant Wild Rye21
Livistona australisCabbage Palm, Australian Palm, Gippsland Palm20
Lomandra longifoliaLongleaf Mat-Rush20
Lycopodium clavatumCommon Club Moss, Running clubmoss03
Lycopodium complanatumGround Pine, Groundcedar03
Lycopodium obscurumGround Pine, Rare clubmoss02
Lycopodium serratumClub Moss02
Milium effusumWood Millet, American milletgrass20
Phalaris arundinaceaCanary Grass, Reed canarygrass, Gardener's Garter Grass, Ribbon Grass00
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Pinus palustrisPitch Pine, Longleaf pine, Southern Pine12
Pterocarya fraxinifoliaCaucasian Wingnut11
Sabal palmettoCabbage Palmetto, Blue Palmetto, Common Palmetto21
Scirpus acutusHard Stem Bulrush31
Scirpus affinis 20
Scirpus americanusAmerican Bulrush20
Scirpus cyperinusWoolly Grass Bulrush, Woolgrass10
Scirpus lacustrisBulrush31
Scirpus maritimusSeaside Bulrush. Cosmopolitan Bulrush31
Scirpus nevadensisNevada Bulrush20
Scirpus validusRiver Club-Rush21
Scirpus validus creberSoft-Stem Bulrush21
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Sporobolus contractusSpike Dropseed10
Stipa splendensChee Grass00
Trachycarpus fortuneiChusan Palm, Chinese windmill palm, Windmill Palm22
Trachycarpus martianus 22
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
Washingtonia filiferaDesert Fan Palm, California fan palm, California Washingtonia Palm, Petticoat Palm, Desert Fan Pal20
Xerophyllum tenaxIndian Basket Grass, Common beargrass11
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
Yucca brevifoliaJoshua Tree, Jaeger's Joshua tree, Yucca, Joshua Tree30
Yucca glaucaSoapweed, Soapweed yucca, Gurney's yucca, American Vetch, Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Soapweed22
Yushania maling 00
Zizania latifoliaManchurian Wild Rice41
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Attalea butyraceaWine Palm40
Euterpe oleraceaAcai, Assai Palm, Acai Palm52
Melocanna bacciferaBerry Bamboo. Mali bamboo32
Metroxylon saguSago Palm40
Monstera deliciosaCeriman, Windowleaf40
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Morus mesozygiaAfrican mulberry23
Musa acuminataDwarf Banana, Edible banana52
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Phoenix canariensisCanary Island Date Palm30
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Palm52
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Tacca leontopetaloidesPolynesian Arrowroot, Pia42
Talipariti tiliaceumBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Cottontree, Mahoe32
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Pandanus amaryllifoliusFragrant Pandan32
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Aquilaria sinensisAgar Wood, Pak Muk Heung, White Wood Incense03
Calamus caesiusRotan Sega20
Calamus rotangRattan, Rotang, Rattan Cane22
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Carludovica palmataPanama Hat Plant, Carludovica Palm30
Ceiba aesculifoliaPochote21
Copernicia albaCaranday Palm, Caranda Palm, Caranda Palm Wax20
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
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