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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achyranthes japonicaJapanese Chaff Flower03
Akebia quinataAkebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine42
Alangium chinense 03
Alisma plantago-aquaticaGreat Water Plantain, ZE-XIE, European water plantain, American water plantain, Northern water plan13
Amelanchier alnifoliaSaskatoon, Saskatoon serviceberry, Serviceberry52
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane02
Arisaema triphyllumJack In The Pulpit, Dragonroot, Indian Turnip32
Arnebia euchroma 02
Asarum canadenseSnake Root, Canadian wildginger, Canada Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger33
Asclepias halliiPurple Silkweed, Hall's milkweed31
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Asplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack Spleenwort02
Chenopodium albumFat Hen, Lambsquarters32
Cirsium ochrocentrumYellow Spined Thistle22
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Claytonia virginicaSpring Beauty, Virginia springbeauty, Hammond's claytonia, Yellow Virginia springbeauty31
Clematis ligusticifoliaWhite Clematis, Western white clematis, California clematis,02
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Corydalis ambigua 13
Cyperus rotundusNut Grass33
Daucus carotaWild Carrot, Queen anne's lace, Carrot, Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace23
Dianthus superbusFringed Pink23
Dioscorea batatasChinese Yam55
Dioscorea deltoideaYam22
Dioscorea japonicaGlutinous Yam, Japanese yam42
Dioscorea kamoonensis 21
Dioscorea tokoro 22
Dioscorea villosaWild Yam24
Eriogonum jamesiiAntelope Sage, James' buckwheat02
Erythronium americanumTrout Lily, Dogtooth violet41
Euodia ruticarpaWu Zhu Yu03
Ferula narthexFerula22
Frasera speciosaGreen Gentian, Elkweed12
Galium borealeNorthern Bedstraw22
Gypsophila paniculataBaby's Breath01
Ilex cornutaHorned Holly, Chinese holly12
Leonurus japonicus 03
Lithospermum erythrorhizonLithospermum03
Lithospermum incisumNarrow-Leaf Gromwell, Narrowleaf stoneseed12
Lithospermum officinaleGromwell, European stoneseed12
Lithospermum ruderaleWestern Gromwell, Western Stoneseed12
Lonicera ciliosaOrange Honeysuckle22
Phoradendron leucarpumFalse Mistletoe, Oak mistletoe01
Pinus monophyllaSingle Leaf Piñon, Single Leaf PinyonPine, Stone Pine, Pine Pinyon42
Pisum sativumGarden Pea42
Pisum sativum arvenseField Pea32
Polygonum hydropiperSmartweed, Marshpepper knotweed22
Pontederia cordataPickerel Weed31
Prunus emarginataBitter Cherry22
Pulsatilla koreanaKorean Pasque Flower02
Pyrola rotundifoliaRound-Leaved Wintergreen02
Rhus diversilobaWestern Poison Oak, Pacific poison oak02
Rhus trilobataSkunk Bush, Basketbush, Squawbush, Three Leaf Sumac42
Rumex obtusifoliusRound-Leaved Dock, Bitter dock12
Sanguisorba officinalisGreat Burnet23
Scirpus fluviatilisRiver Bulrush21
Senecio cannabifoliusAleutian ragwort12
Silene firmaCatchfly12
Solanum simileOondoroo12
Solanum vescumGreen Kangaroo Apple22
Sporobolus indicusSmut Grass, Rat-tail grass, West Indian dropseed11
Trachycarpus fortuneiChusan Palm, Chinese windmill palm, Windmill Palm22
Trachycarpus martianus 22
Vaccinium myrtilloidesSourtop Blueberry, Velvetleaf huckleberry31
Veratrum californicumCalifornia False Hellebore02
Viburnum dentatumArrow Wood, Southern arrowwood, Southern Arrowwood Viburnum21
Yucca glaucaSoapweed, Soapweed yucca, Gurney's yucca, American Vetch, Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Soapweed22
Aleurites moluccanusCandle Nut, Country Walnut33
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Bauhinia thonningiiCamel's foot tree, monkey bread32
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Citrus aurantiifoliaLime, Key Lime, Mexican Lime, Mexican Thornless Key Lime42
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Euterpe oleraceaAcai, Assai Palm, Acai Palm52
Spondias mombinYellow Mombin, Hog Plum, Caja Fruit, Taperebá42
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
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