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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acer pensylvanicumMoosewood, Striped maple, Moosewood, Pennsylvania Maple01
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberry34
Astragalus chinensisHua Huang Qi, Chinese milkvetch02
Astragalus complanatusBei Bian Huang Qi02
Azorella caespitosa 21
Coprosma robusta 11
Cornus canadensisCreeping Dogwood, Bunchberry dogwood, Bunchberry42
Cornus rugosaRound-Leaved Dogwood01
Cuscuta chinensisChinese Dodder03
Cypripedium acauleNerve Root, Moccasin flower, Ladyslipper Orchid, Pink Lady's Slipper03
Dipsacus japonicusXu Duan12
Ecballium elateriumSquirting Cucumber02
Empetrum nigrumCrowberry, Black crowberry, Black Crowberry32
Ephedra torreyanaMexican Tea, Torrey's jointfir23
Ephedra trifurcaLongleaf Jointfir12
Ephedra viridisMormon Tea, Brigham Tea, Long Leaf Ephedra, Mountain Joint Fir, Mormon Tea, Ephedra23
Epimedium sagittatumYin Yang Huo23
Equisetum sylvaticumWood Horsetail, Woodland horsetail12
Eupatorium maculatumJoe Pye Weed, Spotted joe pye weed02
Galax urceolataBeetleweed, Wandflower01
Galium triflorumFragrant Bedstraw12
Geranium maculatumSpotted Cranesbill, Spotted geranium, Crowfoot, Wild Geranium, Cranesbill03
Hypericum hypericoidesSt. Andrews Cross02
Juglans ailanthifoliaJapanese Walnut31
Juglans ailanthifolia cordiformisHeartseed Walnut41
Juniperus horizontalisCreeping Juniper, Horizontal Juniper21
Juniperus osteospermaDesert Juniper, Utah juniper22
Juniperus scopulorumRocky Mountain Juniper, Weeping Rocky Mountian Juniper, Colorado Red Cedar32
Ledum groenlandicumLabrador Tea, Bog Labrador tea23
Lepidium densiflorumCommon Pepperweed21
Lepidium latifoliumDittander, Broadleaved pepperweed31
Lespedeza capitataRoundhead Lespedeza12
Ligusticum porteriPorter's Licorice Root13
Lithospermum incisumNarrow-Leaf Gromwell, Narrowleaf stoneseed12
Lithospermum ruderaleWestern Gromwell, Western Stoneseed12
Lycium chinenseChinese Boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn43
Lygodesmia junceaSkeleton Weed, Rush skeletonplant12
Maianthemum canadenseCanada Beadruby, Canada mayflower11
Micromeria chamissonisYerba Buena22
Micromeria julianaSavory11
Orobanche ammophylaLie Dang22
Parthenium integrifoliumWild Quinine02
Petroselinum crispumParsley44
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Polygala sibiricaYuan Zhi13
Polygala tenuifoliaYuan Zhi13
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Psoralea corylifoliaBu Gu Zhi14
Ribes americanumAmerican Blackcurrant21
Rosa californicaCalifornia Wild Rose22
Rosa laevigataCherokee Rose23
Rubus ellipticusGolden Evergreen Raspberry, Yellow Himalayan raspberry42
Rubus odoratusThimbleberry, Purpleflowering raspberry32
Rumex venosusSour Greens, Veiny dock12
Sabal minorBush Palmetto, Dwarf palmetto21
Sapindus drummondiiWestern Soapberry11
Sarracenia flavaYellow Trumpet, Yellow pitcherplant, Huntsman's Horn, Yellow Trumpet, Trumpets, Yellow Pitcher Plan01
Sarracenia purpureaPitcher Plant, Purple Pitcherplant, Huntsman's Cup, Purple Pitcher Plant, Sweet Pitcher Plant, Com02
Saxifraga pensylvanicaSwamp Saxifrage, Eastern swamp saxifrage11
Smilax herbaceaCarrion Flower, Smooth carrionflower41
Solidago canadensisCanadian Goldenrod, Shorthair goldenrod, Harger's goldenrod, Rough Canada goldenrod, Common Goldenro22
Sorbus sitchensisSitka Mountain Ash, Western mountain ash11
Stellaria mediaChickweed, Common chickweed33
Streptopus amplexifoliusWild Cucumber, Claspleaf twistedstalk, Tubercle twistedstalk42
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Tradescantia virginianaSpiderwort, Virginia spiderwort21
Tsuga carolinianaCarolina Hemlock12
Vaccinium myrtillusBilberry, Whortleberry43
Baillonella toxispermaAfrican Pearwood, False Shea Butternut33
Bauhinia forficataBrazilian Orchid Tree04
Carica papayaPapaya, Mamo, Melon Tree53
Cecropia peltataTrumpet Tree, Snakewood, Congo pump, Wild pawpaw, Pop-a-gun33
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Indigofera tinctoriaIndigo, True Indigo, dye indigo22
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Pouteria sapotaSapote, Mamey Sapote42
Sambucus nigra spp canadensisAmerican Elder43
Sechium eduleChayote, Mirliton, Cho Ko, Cho-Cho, Vegetable Pear42
Sesamum indicumSesame33
Tithonia diversifoliaMexican Sunflower03
Vigna angularisAdzuki Bean42
Gynura procumbensLongevity Spinach, Sambung Nyawa43
Aloe macrosiphonTanzanian Aloe04
Aloe macrosiphonTanzanian Aloe04
Aloe perryiPerry's Aloe04
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Astronium urundeuvaUrunday04
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
Copaifera coriaceaSapucaia tree24
Copaifera guyanensisHoepel, Guyanense Copaiba24
Copaifera langsdorffiiCopaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera14
Copaifera multijugaHayne oil, Copaiba,14
Copaifera officinalisCopaiba Balsam, Medicinal Copaiba24
Copaifera reticulataCopaiba, Reticulated Copaiba, Copaiba Balsam04
Entandrophragma angolenseTiama Mahogany12
Entandrophragma utileSipo Mahogany02
Griffonia simplicifoliaGriffonia24
Leplaea cedrataScented Guarea02
Leplaea thompsoniiBlack Guarea02
Orthosiphon aristatusJava Tea, Cat's Whiskers04
Scoparia dulcisSweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha24
Smilax aristolochiifoliaMexican Sarsaparilla24
Smilax febrifugaEcuadorian Sarsaparilla34
Smilax officinalisHonduran sarsaparilla24
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Strychnos potatorumClearing Nut22
Terminalia ivorensisBlack Afara02
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
Uncaria guianensisCat's Claw24
Uncaria tomentosaCat's Claw24
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