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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abronia fragransSnowball Sand Verbena21
Acer glabrumRock Maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Douglas maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple21
Allium canadenseCanadian Garlic, Meadow garlic, Fraser meadow garlic, Hyacinth meadow garlic42
Allium canadense mobilenseCanadian Garlic52
Allium vinealeCrow Garlic, Wild garlic, Compact onion, False Garlic, Wild, Onion32
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Alnus rugosaSpeckled Alder02
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane02
Arundinaria giganteaCanebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane31
Asarum europaeumAsarabacca, European Wild Ginger02
Asclepias tuberosaPleurisy Root, Butterfly milkweed, Rolfs' milkweed, Indian Paintbrush33
Baptisia lacteaWild Indigo01
Betula alleghaniensisYellow Birch, Swamp Birch32
Bryonia dioicaRed Bryony, Cretan bryony12
Buxus sempervirensBox, Common box, American Boxwood12
Chelone glabraBalmony, White turtlehead03
Colchicum autumnaleAutumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron,03
Convolvulus scammoniaScammony02
Cornus canadensisCreeping Dogwood, Bunchberry dogwood, Bunchberry42
Cornus rugosaRound-Leaved Dogwood01
Coronilla scorpioidesAnnual Scorpion Vetch, Yellow crownvetch01
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Daphne mezereumMezereon, Paradise plant, February Daphne02
Delphinium staphisagriaStavesacre02
Euonymus americanusStrawberry Bush, Bursting-heart02
Euonymus atropurpureusWahoo- Indian Arrow Wood - Burning Bush, Eastern wahoo12
Frasera caroliniensisAmerican Columbo02
Fraxinus excelsiorAsh, European ash, Common Ash22
Genista tinctoriaDyer's Greenweed, Common Woadwaxen, Broom12
Gentianella quinquefoliaAgue Weed02
Gillenia stipulataAmerican Ipecacuanna, American ipecac03
Gillenia trifoliataIndian Physic, Bowman's root03
Gutierrezia sarothraeBroomweed, Broom snakeweed02
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Hedera nepalensisNepal Ivy02
Helleborus nigerBlack Hellebore02
Helleborus viridisGreen Hellebore02
Hydrangea arborescensSeven Barks, Wild hydrangea, Ashy Hydrangea, Snowhill Hydrangea, Smooth Hydrangea13
Ilex verticillataWinterberry, Common winterberry13
Impatiens balsaminaRose Balsam, Spotted snapweed, Touch-Me-Not, Garden Balsam22
Ipomoea pandurataWild Potato Vine, Man of the earth32
Ipomopsis aggregataSkyrocket, Scarlet gilia12
Iris foetidissimaStinking Gladwin, Stinking iris, Gladwin Iris02
Iris pallidaDalmation Iris, Sweet iris, Fragrant Iris, Zebra Iris21
Iris pseudacorusYellow Flag, Paleyellow iris12
Iris versicolorBlue Flag, Harlequin blueflag03
Lathyrus sativusChickling Pea, White pea21
Linaria vulgarisYellow Toadflax, Butter and eggs12
Lobelia radicans 03
Lobelia siphiliticaGreat Blue Lobelia, Blue Cardinal Flower, Big Blue Lobelia, Great Lobelia02
Lonicera caprifoliumItalian Honeysuckle, Italian woodbine12
Lonicera gracilipes 11
Lonicera gracilipes glabra 11
Lonicera morrowiiMorrow's honeysuckle11
Lonicera periclymenumHoneysuckle, European honeysuckle12
Lonicera sempervirensTrumpet Honeysuckle, Coral Honeysuckle01
Mandragora officinarumMandrake12
Menyanthes trifoliataBogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil,23
Morus rubraRed Mulberry, Common Mulberry, White Mulberry32
Paeonia emodi 12
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Picrorhiza kurroaKuru03
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Podophyllum peltatumAmerican Mandrake, Mayapple, Ground Lemon, Mandrake, Mayapple24
Polygala senegaSenega Snake Root03
Populus balsamiferaBalsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Psoralea glandulosaCulen31
Quercus gambeliiShin Oak, Gambel oak, Rocky Mountain White Oak32
Rhamnus catharticaCommon Buckthorn03
Rhamnus frangulaAlder Buckthorn03
Ricinus communisCastor-Oil Plant, Castorbean, Palma Christi, Wonder Tree, Castor Oil Plant14
Rubus occidentalisBlack Raspberry42
Salsola kaliSaltwort, Russian thistle32
Sanguinaria canadensisBlood Root, Red Puccoon, Bloodroot03
Senna marilandicaWild Senna, Maryland senna03
Shepherdia canadensisBuffalo Berry, Russet buffaloberry, Canada Buffaloberry32
Sinapis albaWhite Mustard33
Solidago giganteaGiant Goldenrod02
Solidago rigidaStiff Goldenrod, Flat Topped Goldenrod, Stiff Goldenrod02
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Streptopus amplexifoliusWild Cucumber, Claspleaf twistedstalk, Tubercle twistedstalk42
Streptopus roseusScootberry, Rosybells42
Tamus communisBlack Bryony12
Triosteum perfoliatumWild Coffee, Feverwort12
Veratrum albumWhite Hellebore, White false hellebore02
Veronicastrum virginicumBeaumont's Root, Culver's root, Bowman's Root, Culver's Root, Black Root03
Viola caninaDog Violet31
Gnetum africanumEru, African Jointfir42
Gnetum buchholzianumJointfir42
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Pentadiplandra brazzeanaJoy perfume tree, j'oubli44
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
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