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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Fir, Alpine Fir22
Abronia fragransSnowball Sand Verbena21
Acer negundoBox Elder31
Acer pensylvanicumMoosewood, Striped maple, Moosewood, Pennsylvania Maple01
Achlys triphyllaVanilla leaf, Sweet after death01
Actaea rubraRed Baneberry02
Adiantum venustumEvergreen Maidenhair Fern01
Aesculus chinensisChinese Horse Chestnut31
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of Heaven13
Aleurites fordiiTung Tree, Tung Oil Tree, Wood Oil Tree China13
Allium tricoccumWood Leek, Ramp42
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus rhombifoliaWhite Alder12
Alnus rugosaSpeckled Alder02
Alnus serrulataSmooth Alder, Hazel alder02
Alnus sinuataSitka Alder11
Alnus tenuifoliaMountain Alder, Thinleaf alder12
Alnus viridis crispaAmerican Green Alder12
Ambrosia artemesiifoliaRoman Wormwood, Bitterweed, Blackweed, Carrot Weed, Hay Fever Weed, Stickeweed, Tassel Weed, Wild Ta23
Ambrosia trifidaGiant Ragweed, Great ragweed, Texan great ragweed, Bitterweed, Bloodweed, Buffalo Weed, Horse Cane13
Anemone obtusiloba 01
Anemone virginianaTall Thimbleweed01
Anthemis cotulaMayweed, Stinking chamomile12
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane02
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp22
Argemone albifloraWhite Prickly Poppy, Bluestem pricklypoppy01
Argemone mexicanaPrickly Poppy, Mexican pricklypoppy13
Asarum europaeumAsarabacca, European Wild Ginger02
Asarum sieboldiiWild Ginger02
Asclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed, Swamp Butterfly Weed, Marsh Milkweed32
Asclepias subulataRush Milkweed01
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Asimina trilobaPapaw42
Atriplex hortensisOrach, Garden orache42
Baptisia australisWild Indigo, Blue wild indigo, Blue False Indigo02
Baptisia lacteaWild Indigo01
Baptisia tinctoriaWild Indigo, Horseflyweed13
Betula alleghaniensisYellow Birch, Swamp Birch32
Boerhavia diffusaTar Vine, Red spiderling24
Botrychium virginianumRattlesnake Fern12
Brassica junceaBrown Mustard42
Brassica juncea crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Brassica juncea foliosaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea napiformisRoot Mustard42
Brassica juncea rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea strumataLarge Petiole Mustard42
Brassica juncea tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Brassica nigraBlack Mustard33
Calycanthus floridusCarolina Allspice, Eastern sweetshrub, Strawberry Bush, Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice32
Campanula latifoliaLarge Campanula, Giant bellflower31
Cardiospermum halicacabumHeart Seed, Balloon vine12
Carlina acaulisStemless Carline Thistle22
Carpesium abrotanoides 22
Celastrus dependens 12
Celastrus scandensClimbing Bittersweet, American bittersweet22
Centaurium erythraeaCentaury - Feverwort, European centaury13
Cephalanthus occidentalisButton Bush, Common buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Buttonbush02
Chamaelirium luteumBlazing Star - Unicorn Root - Devil's Bit, Fairywand03
Cicuta virosaCowbane, Mackenzie's water hemlock11
Cirsium arvenseCreeping Thistle, Canada thistle22
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Colchicum autumnaleAutumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron,03
Colutea arborescensBladder Senna02
Conium maculatumHemlock, Poison hemlock12
Convallaria majalisLily Of The Valley, European lily of the valley13
Coreopsis tinctoriaCoreopsis, Golden tickseed, Atkinson's tickseed, Dyer's Coreopsis, Plains Coreopsis, Annual Coreops11
Coreopsis tinctoria atkinsonianaCoreopsis11
Cornus sanguineaDogwood, Bloodtwig dogwood21
Coronilla variaCrown Vetch01
Crinum asiaticumAsian Poison Bulb01
Cucumis meloMelon, Cantaloupe42
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Dalea candida oligophyllaWhite Prairie Clover31
Daphne laureolaSpurge Laurel01
Daphne mezereumMezereon, Paradise plant, February Daphne02
Delphinium elatumCandle larkspur, English Larkspur01
Delphinium staphisagriaStavesacre02
Dichroa febrifugaChinese Quinine, Dichroa03
Digitaria sanguinalisCrab Grass, Hairy crabgrass21
Dirca palustrisLeather Wood, Eastern leatherwood02
Eclipta prostrataHan Lian Cao, False daisy13
Eryngium aquaticumButton Snakeroot, Rattlesnakemaster02
Eryngium yuccifoliumButton Eryngo02
Erythronium americanumTrout Lily, Dogtooth violet41
Euonymus atropurpureusWahoo- Indian Arrow Wood - Burning Bush, Eastern wahoo12
Eupatorium cannabinumHemp Agrimony03
Eupatorium perfoliatumThoroughwort, Boneset, Common boneset03
Euphorbia lathyrisCaper Spurge, Moleplant12
Frasera caroliniensisAmerican Columbo02
Genista tinctoriaDyer's Greenweed, Common Woadwaxen, Broom12
Gillenia stipulataAmerican Ipecacuanna, American ipecac03
Gillenia trifoliataIndian Physic, Bowman's root03
Gleditsia sinensisLocust33
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Helleborus nigerBlack Hellebore02
Helleborus viridisGreen Hellebore02
Ilex aquifoliumHolly, English holl, Christmas Holly, Common Holly, English Holly22
Ilex cassineCassine, Dahoon, Cassine Holly11
Ilex opacaAmerican Holly22
Ilex vomitoriaYaupon Holly,11
Impatiens balsaminaRose Balsam, Spotted snapweed, Touch-Me-Not, Garden Balsam22
Impatiens noli-tangereTouch-Me-Not32
Ipomopsis aggregataSkyrocket, Scarlet gilia12
Iris germanicaPurple Flag, German iris, Orris-root, Tall Bearded German Iris, Bearded Iris13
Iris missouriensisRocky Mountain Iris12
Iris pseudacorusYellow Flag, Paleyellow iris12
Iris versicolorBlue Flag, Harlequin blueflag03
Jeffersonia diphyllaTwinleaf, Rheumatism Root02
Juniperus recurvaHimalayan Juniper11
Juniperus sabinaSavine, Tam Juniper02
Justicia gendarussa 02
Lagenaria sicerariaBottle Gourd32
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Ligularia amplexicaulis 02
Linum catharticumPurging Flax, Fairy flax02
Lobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower03
Lobelia dortmannaWater Lobelia, Dortmann's cardinalflower02
Lobelia inflataIndian Tobacco03
Lobelia siphiliticaGreat Blue Lobelia, Blue Cardinal Flower, Big Blue Lobelia, Great Lobelia02
Lobelia spicataPale Spike, Palespike lobelia01
Lonicera caprifoliumItalian Honeysuckle, Italian woodbine12
Lonicera gracilipes 11
Lonicera gracilipes glabra 11
Lonicera involucrataTwinberry, Twinberry honeysuckle22
Lonicera morrowiiMorrow's honeysuckle11
Lonicera periclymenumHoneysuckle, European honeysuckle12
Lonicera sempervirensTrumpet Honeysuckle, Coral Honeysuckle01
Lycopodium selagoFir Clubmoss12
Lycoris radiataSpider Lily, Red spider lily, Nerine Lily, Short tube Lycoris22
Lysimachia quadrifoliaWhorled Yellow Loosestrife11
Mandragora officinarumMandrake12
Medicago sativaAlfalfa, Yellow alfalfa43
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Melianthus majorHoney Flower31
Mentha aquaticaWater Mint33
Menyanthes trifoliataBogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil,23
Mercurialis annuaAnnual Mercury11
Mercurialis perennisDog's Mercury01
Morina longifoliaWhorlflower02
Myrica ceriferaWax Myrtle - Bayberry Wild Cinnamon, Southern Bayberry, Wax Myrtle, Southern Wax Myrtle33
Myrica heterophyllaBayberry32
Narcissus poeticusPoet's Narcissus01
Narcissus pseudonarcissusWild Daffodil, Daffodil02
Narcissus tazettaBunchflower Daffodil, Cream narcissus02
Nerium oleanderOleander, Rose Bay02
Nicotiana rusticaWild Tobacco, Aztec tobacco02
Nicotiana tabacumTobacco, Cultivated tobacco22
Nyssa sylvaticaBlack Tupelo, Blackgum, Sour Gum, Black Tupelo21
Oenanthe sarmentosaWater Dropwort,Water parsely31
Ophioglossum vulgatumAdder's Tongue, Southern adderstongue12
Paeonia emodi 12
Panax ginsengGinseng, Chinese ginseng25
Panicum capillareOld Witch Grass, Witchgrass21
Pectis angustifoliaNarrowleaf Pectis, Lemonscent11
Persea borboniaRed Bay, Sweetbay12
Physocarpus opulifoliusNinebark, Common ninebark, Atlantic ninebark, Ninebark01
Pinus echinataShort-Leaf Pine22
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Platanus occidentalisButtonwood, American sycamore, American Planetree, Sycamore, American Sycamore12
Plumbago europaeaPlumbago02
Polygala senegaSenega Snake Root03
Polygonatum multiflorumSolomon's Seal, Eurasian Solomon's seal23
Polygonum aviculareKnotweed, Prostrate knotweed23
Polystichum acrostichoidesChristmas Fern12
Primula vulgarisPrimrose, Common Primrose, English Primrose33
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Psoralea glandulosaCulen31
Pueraria tuberosa 22
Pyrularia puberaOil Nut, Buffalo nut11
Quercus imbricariaShingle Oak, Northern Laurel Oak22
Quercus rubraRed Oak, Northern red oak32
Quercus stellataPost Oak32
Quercus velutinaBlack Oak23
Rhamnus japonicaJapanese buckthorn11
Rhamnus virgatus 11
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rhus trilobataSkunk Bush, Basketbush, Squawbush, Three Leaf Sumac42
Rhus typhinaStag's Horn Sumach, Velvet Sumac, Staghorn Sumac42
Ribes cereumWax Currant21
Robinia neomexicanaNew Mexico Locust, Rusby's locust, Locust11
Robinia pseudoacaciaBlack Locust, Yellow Locust32
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Salvia lanata 11
Salvia moorcroftiana 11
Sambucus caeruleaBlue Elder42
Sambucus chinensisChinese Elder21
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Sambucus williamsii 12
Sanguinaria canadensisBlood Root, Red Puccoon, Bloodroot03
Sanicula marylandicaMaryland Sanicle02
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Senecio viscosusSticky Groundsel, Sticky ragwort01
Silphium laciniatumCompass Plant, Robinson's compassplant22
Silphium terebinthinaceumPrairie Dockm, Prairie rosinweed, Lucy Braun's rosinweed02
Silybum marianumMilk Thistle, Blessed milkthistle35
Sinapis albaWhite Mustard33
Solanum dulcamaraBittersweet. Bittersweet Nightshade, Climbing nightshade, Bittersweet, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonous03
Sophora japonicaJapanese Pagoda Tree, Scholar Tree23
Spartium junceumSpanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom02
Spiraea prunifoliaBridalwreath Spiraea11
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Stachys palustrisMarsh Woundwort, Marsh hedgenettle32
Suaeda fruticosaShrubby Seablite21
Symplocarpus foetidusSkunk Cabbage23
Tamus communisBlack Bryony12
Trichosanthes cucumerina anguinaSnake Gourd21
Trientalis europaeaChickweed Wintergreen, Arctic starflower01
Triosteum perfoliatumWild Coffee, Feverwort12
Tylophora ovata 02
Urginea maritimaSea Squill, Red squill03
Veratrum albumWhite Hellebore, White false hellebore02
Veratrum maackii parviflorum 11
Veratrum nigrumBlack Hellebore01
Veratrum virideIndian Poke, American Hellebore12
Verbena hastataAmerican Blue Vervain, Swamp verbena12
Veronicastrum virginicumBeaumont's Root, Culver's root, Bowman's Root, Culver's Root, Black Root03
Viburnum trilobumAmerican Cranberry, Highbush Cranberry, Cranberrybush, American Cranberrybush Viburnum31
Vincetoxicum hirundinariaSwallow Wort. white swallow-wort01
Viola bifloraTwoflower Violet, Arctic yellow violet, Carlott's violet31
Viola canadensisCanada Violet, Canadian white violet, Creepingroot violet31
Viola caninaDog Violet31
Viola odorataSweet Violet, English Violet, Garden Violet, Sweet Violet, Florist's Violet53
Viola tricolorHeartsease, Johnny jumpup, Field Pansy,23
Wyethia mollisWoolly Wyethia, Woolly mule-ears41
Xanthium spinosumSpiny Cocklebur01
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Cedrela fissilisCedro, Cigar Box Tree02
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Crescentia cujeteCalabash Tree32
Gymnema sylvestreGurmar, Gymnema34
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Passiflora quadrangularisGiant Granadilla, Badea42
Pouteria sapotaSapote, Mamey Sapote42
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Sambucus nigra spp canadensisAmerican Elder43
Terminalia catappaIndian Almond, Tropical Almond Tree42
Vachellia karrooCape Thorn Tree21
Afzelia africanaAfrican Mahogany22
Banisteriopsis caapiYage, Ayahuasca, Caapi04
Brassica juncea integrifolia crispifoliaCurled Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia rugosaHead Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia strumataLarge Petiole Mustard42
Brassica juncea integrifolia subintegrifoliaLeaf Mustard42
Brassica juncea tsatsai multicepsGreen In The Snow42
Brassica juncea tsatsai tumidaSwollen-Stem Mustard42
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Carapichea ipecacuanhaIpecac04
Catharanthus roseusMadagascar Periwinkle, Jasmine, Cayenne Old Maid Periwinkle14
Ceiba aesculifoliaPochote21
Erythrophleum ivorenseOrdealtree, sasswoodtree13
Erythrophleum suaveolensErun, ordealtree, Sasswood Tree03
Euphorbia tirucalliAfrican Milkbush, Pencil Cactus, Milk Bush02
Gloriosa superbaGloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily04
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Griffonia simplicifoliaGriffonia24
Guarea guidoniaMuskwood , Carrapeta, Cedro Macho02
Manilkara bidentataBalata, bulletwood, bully tree22
Ochroma pyramidaleBalsa Wood02
Orthosiphon aristatusJava Tea, Cat's Whiskers04
Phytolacca dodecandraEndod, Pokeberry23
Pterocarpus indicusAmboyna, Indian Padauk, Burmese Rosewood, Narra, Bloodwood22
Scoparia dulcisSweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha24
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
Vernicia fordiiTung Tree, Tung Nut13
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