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  • Birthing aid: Used in facilitating birth, but not just to cause uterine contrctions. (60)
Latin NameCommon NameUseEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acer glabrumRock MapleBirthing aid21
Alnus rhombifoliaWhite AlderBirthing aid12
Amelanchier alnifoliaSaskatoonBirthing aid52
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberryBirthing aid34
Aruncus dioicusGoat's BeardBirthing aid22
Camassia quamashQuamashBirthing aid51
Caulophyllum robustumPapoose RootBirthing aid22
Caulophyllum thalictroidesPapoose RootBirthing aid13
Cimicifuga racemosaBlack CohoshBirthing aid14
Glycyrrhiza lepidotaAmerican LiquoriceBirthing aid43
Hedeoma pulegioidesAmerican PennyroyalBirthing aid33
Hierochloe odorataHoly GrassBirthing aid22
Juniperus californicaCalifornian JuniperBirthing aid21
Juniperus monospermaOne-Seed JuniperBirthing aid32
Juniperus occidentalisWestern JuniperBirthing aid32
Laportea canadensisCanadian Wood NettleBirthing aid31
Lathyrus ornatusBush VetchlingBirthing aid11
Ledum groenlandicumLabrador TeaBirthing aid23
Leonurus cardiacaMotherwortBirthing aid23
Leonurus japonicusBirthing aid03
Malus coronariaGarland CrabBirthing aid31
Matteuccia struthiopterisOstrich FernBirthing aid21
Nuphar japonicumBirthing aid31
Osmorhiza longistylisAniserootBirthing aid31
Packera aureaGolden GroundselBirthing aid02
Petroselinum crispumParsleyBirthing aid43
Petroselinum crispum tuberosumHamburg ParsleyBirthing aid43
Polystichum munitumGiant Holly FernBirthing aid12
Quercus marilandicaBlackjack OakBirthing aid22
Rhus ovataSugar BushBirthing aid21
Ribes lacustrePrickly BlackcurrantBirthing aid31
Rosa nutkanaNootka RoseBirthing aid32
Rubus idaeusRaspberryBirthing aid53
Rubus strigosusAmerican Red RaspberryBirthing aid33
Rumex venosusSour GreensBirthing aid12
Sambucus canadensisAmerican ElderBirthing aid43
Sedum lanceolatumSpearleaf StonecropBirthing aid11
Sedum spathulifoliumBroadleaf StonecropBirthing aid11
Shepherdia canadensisBuffalo BerryBirthing aid32
Smilax auriculataEarleaf GreenbrierBirthing aid22
Smilax bona-noxGreenbriarBirthing aid32
Smilax glaucaCat GreenbrierBirthing aid22
Smilax hispidaHag BriarBirthing aid22
Smilax laurifoliaLaurel GreenbrierBirthing aid32
Smilax rotundifoliaHorse BrierBirthing aid32
Smilax tamnoidesBristly GreenbrierBirthing aid22
Spiraea tomentosaHardhackBirthing aid02
Symphoricarpos occidentalisWolfberryBirthing aid11
Trillium erectumBeth RootBirthing aid23
Trillium ovatumWakerobinBirthing aid11
Tsuga carolinianaCarolina HemlockBirthing aid12
Ulmus americanaAmerican ElmBirthing aid22
Vaccinium ovalifoliumBlack HuckleberryBirthing aid31
Vaccinium ovatumEvergreen HuckleberryBirthing aid31
Vaccinium uliginosumBog BilberryBirthing aid31
Verbena officinalisVervainBirthing aid13
Viburnum dentatumArrow WoodBirthing aid21
Viburnum opulusGuelder RoseBirthing aid33
Viburnum prunifoliumStagberryBirthing aid23
Viola aduncaWestern Dog VioletBirthing aid31

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