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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achillea ptarmicaSneeze-Wort, Sneezeweed21
Ageratum conyzoidesGoatweed, Tropical whiteweed03
Alchemilla alpinaAlpine Lady's Mantle, Mountain Lady's Mantle23
Alchemilla xanthochloraLady's Mantle23
Anemone canadensisCanadian Anemone02
Artemisia argyi 02
Aspidistra elatiorAspidistra, Cast Iron Plant02
Bergenia purpurascens 02
Bidens bipinnataSpanish Needles22
Bidens pilosaBeggar's Ticks, Blackjack, Hairy beggarticks22
Bidens tripartitaBurr Marigold, Threelobe beggarticks22
Bletilla striataHyacinth Orchid, Urn orchid, Hyacinth Bletilla, Hardy Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid03
Boenninghausenia albiflora 02
Cibotium barometzScythian Lamb11
Cirsium japonicumNo-Azami, Japanese thistle22
Conyza canadensisCanada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed13
Cucubalus bacciferBerry-Bearing Catchfly11
Cyrilla racemifloraLeatherwood, Swamp titi, Black Titi, Swamp, Myrtle, Titi Swamp, Leatherwood01
Dichondra micranthaAsian ponysfoot02
Diospyros kakiPersimmon, Japanese persimmon43
Echinochloa crus-galliBarnyard Millet, Barnyardgrass,32
Eclipta prostrataHan Lian Cao, False daisy13
Equisetum fluviatileSwamp Horsetail, Water horsetail22
Equisetum hyemaleDutch Rush, Scouringrush horsetail, Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Rough Horsetail22
Equisetum sylvaticumWood Horsetail, Woodland horsetail12
Eucryphia lucidaLeatherwood01
Euphorbia humifusa 12
Geranium bicknelliiBicknell's cranesbill11
Geranium dissectumCut-Leafed Cranesbill, Cutleaf geranium12
Geranium erianthumWooly Geranium11
Geranium maculatumSpotted Cranesbill, Spotted geranium, Crowfoot, Wild Geranium, Cranesbill03
Geranium viscosissimumSticky Geranium, Sticky purple geranium12
Geum rivaleWater Avens, Purple avens32
Geum urbanumWood Avens, Bennet's Root - Old man's whiskers, Herb bennet33
Gynura segetum 02
Hemiphragma heterophyllum 21
Heuchera glabraAlpine Heuchera11
Hibiscus sinosyriacusRose Of Sharon42
Hibiscus syriacusRose Of Sharon, Althaea, Shrub Althea, Hardy Hibiscus42
Hyacinthoides nonscriptaBluebell01
Imperata cylindricaCogongrass, Japanese Blood Grass33
Koeleria macranthaJune Grass, Prairie Junegrass11
Lagerstroemia indicaCrepe Myrtle, Crepeflower02
Lamium albumWhite Dead Nettle23
Lamium galeobdolonYellow Archangel21
Lamium purpureumRed Dead Nettle, Purple deadnettle21
Leucas cephalotesSpiderwort12
Lycopodium obscurumGround Pine, Rare clubmoss02
Lysichiton americanusYellow Skunk Cabbage, American skunkcabbage32
Lythrum salicariaPurple Loosestrife23
Nelumbo nuciferaSacred Water Lotus, Sacred lotus43
Nuphar advenaCommon Spatterdock, Yellow pond-lily, Varigated yellow pond-lily32
Oenanthe javanicaWater Dropwort, Java waterdropwort, Stolon waterdropwort32
Oxalis corniculataYellow Sorrel, Creeping woodsorrel22
Paeonia suffruticosaMoutan, Moutan peony, Tree Peony, Japanese Tree Peony12
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllostachys nigraBlack Bamboo, Kuro-Chiku43
Pinellia pedatisectaHu Zhang02
Pinellia ternataBan Xia, Crowdipper13
Polygonum bistortaBistort, Meadow bistort, Snakeweed33
Polygonum hydropiperSmartweed, Marshpepper knotweed22
Polygonum viviparumAlpine Bistort31
Potentilla discolor 21
Prunella vulgarisSelf-Heal, Common selfheal, Aleutian selfheal, Lance selfheal23
Prunus insititiaDamson51
Pueraria montana lobataKudzu Vine45
Rhus coriariaElm-Leaved Sumach, Sicilian sumac21
Rubia cordifoliaIndian Madder23
Rubia manjithIndian Madder12
Rubus tephrodes 22
Salix fragilisCrack Willow13
Sanguisorba minorSalad Burnet, Small burnet42
Sedum makinoiStonecrop, Sedum12
Silphium perfoliatumCup Plant, Rosinweed02
Solidago canadensisCanadian Goldenrod, Shorthair goldenrod, Harger's goldenrod, Rough Canada goldenrod, Common Goldenro22
Solidago canadensis scabraCanadian Goldenrod22
Solidago giganteaGiant Goldenrod02
Solidago rigidaStiff Goldenrod, Flat Topped Goldenrod, Stiff Goldenrod02
Sophora japonicaJapanese Pagoda Tree, Scholar Tree23
Stachys baicalensis 12
Stachys sylvaticaHedge Woundwort, Whitespot01
Toona sinensisChinese Cedar32
Trigonella corniculatacultivated fenugreek11
Tsuga canadensisCanadian Hemlock, Eastern hemlock13
Typha laxmannii 41
Vaccaria hispanicaCow Cockle, Cow soapwort13
Xanthium spinosumSpiny Cocklebur01
Xerophyllum tenaxIndian Basket Grass, Common beargrass11
Prunus domestica italicaGages, Greengage52
Dimocarpus longanLongan, Lungan, Dragon's Eye, Cat's Eye43
Euterpe oleraceaAcai, Assai Palm, Acai Palm52
Jatropha curcasPhysic Nut, Barbados Nut23
Mangifera indicaMango, Bowen Mango53
Pueraria montanaKudzu Vine45
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Cupressus lusitanicaMexican Cypress02
Guarea guidoniaMuskwood , Carrapeta, Cedro Macho02
Ongokea goreBoleko Nut22
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