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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Abies fraseriShe Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir13
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Actaea pachypodaWhite Baneberry02
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Amaranthus spinosusSpiny Amaranth23
Amelanchier alnifolia semiintegrifoliaPacific Serviceberry51
Amelanchier arboreaDowny Serviceberry, Alabama serviceberry, Juneberry, Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry31
Anemopsis californicaYerba Mansa22
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane02
Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp22
Arctostaphylos patulaGreenleaf Manzanita31
Aruncus dioicusGoat's Beard, Bride's feathers22
Asclepias quadrifoliaFourleaf Milkweed22
Asclepias speciosaShowy Milkweed32
Aster macrophyllusBigleaf Aster21
Astragalus exscapus 01
Atherosperma moschatumBlack Sassafras22
Benincasa hispidaWax Gourd33
Canna indicaIndian Shot42
Caragana sinicaChinese Pea Shrub12
Ceanothus americanusNew Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball33
Celtis laevigataSugarberry, Netleaf hackberry, Texan sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry21
Celtis occidentalisHackberry, Common hackberry31
Cercocarpus ledifoliusMountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain mahogany12
Chrysanthemum coronariumChop-Suey Greens32
Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosumChop-Suey Greens32
Cirsium ochrocentrumYellow Spined Thistle22
Cirsium undulatumWavy-Leaved Thistle, Tracy's thistle31
Clematis ligusticifoliaWhite Clematis, Western white clematis, California clematis,02
Clerodendrum japonicumJapanese glorybower11
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Coccinia grandisIvy Gourd22
Conyza canadensisCanada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed13
Cornus alternifoliaGreen Osier, Alternateleaf dogwood, Alternate Leaf Dogwood, Golden Shadows Pagoda Dogwood, Green Osi02
Cornus amomumSilky Dogwood12
Corydalis govaniana 02
Cryptomeria japonicaJapanese Cedar, Sugi01
Cynoglossum grandePacific Hound's Tongue11
Daphne oleoides 11
Dendranthema indicumChrysanthemum23
Desmodium styracifoliumGuang Jing Qian Cao, Coin-leaf desmodium02
Dicentra canadensisSquirrel Corn12
Dicentra cucullariaDutchman's Breeches02
Digitaria sanguinalisCrab Grass, Hairy crabgrass21
Dirca palustrisLeather Wood, Eastern leatherwood02
Drosera peltataSundew02
Elaeagnus commutataSilverberry32
Ephedra gerardianaMa Huang, Gerard jointfir24
Ephedra nevadensisMormon Tea, Nevada jointfir33
Ephedra torreyanaMexican Tea, Torrey's jointfir23
Ephedra trifurcaLongleaf Jointfir12
Ephedra viridisMormon Tea, Brigham Tea, Long Leaf Ephedra, Mountain Joint Fir, Mormon Tea, Ephedra23
Euphorbia hirtaAsthma Weed, Pill-Bearing Spurge13
Gleditsia japonica 31
Gleditsia sinensisLocust33
Heuchera glabraAlpine Heuchera11
Hibiscus rosa-sinensisChinese Hibiscus, Shoeblackplant, Hawaiian Hibiscus, Tropical Hibiscus, China Rose, Rose-of-China, S33
Hierochloe odorataHoly Grass22
Hypericum ascyronGreat Saint John's Wort12
Ilex asprella 02
Juniperus scopulorumRocky Mountain Juniper, Weeping Rocky Mountian Juniper, Colorado Red Cedar32
Laurelia sempervirensChilean Laurel21
Liatris spicataGayfeather, Dense blazing star, Spiked Blazing Star, Button Snakewot, Gayfeather, Spiked Gayfeather,03
Linum usitatissimumFlax, Common flax43
Lobelia radicans 03
Lobelia siphiliticaGreat Blue Lobelia, Blue Cardinal Flower, Big Blue Lobelia, Great Lobelia02
Lonicera canadensisFly Honeysuckle, American fly honeysuckle11
Lonicera japonicaJapanese Honeysuckle23
Madia glomerataMountain Tarweed21
Myoporum debileWinter Apple11
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Potentilla cryptotaeniae 01
Ranunculus bulbosusBulbous Buttercup, St. Anthony's turnip12
Rhododendron aureumRosebay02
Rhus typhinaStag's Horn Sumach, Velvet Sumac, Staghorn Sumac42
Ribes divaricatumCoastal Black Gooseberry, Spreading gooseberry, Parish's gooseberry, Straggly gooseberry41
Rosa pisocarpaCluster Rose, Ahart's cluster rose22
Rubus flagellarisNorthern Dewberry31
Rubus occidentalisBlack Raspberry42
Sedum stenopetalumWormleaf Stonecrop11
Shepherdia canadensisBuffalo Berry, Russet buffaloberry, Canada Buffaloberry32
Sicyos angulatusBur Cucumber, Oneseed bur cucumber11
Smilax chinaChina Root43
Smilax glabratufuling23
Sporobolus indicusSmut Grass, Rat-tail grass, West Indian dropseed11
Stanleya pinnataPrince's Plume, Desert princesplume, Bipinnate princesplume, Golden princesplume, Inyo princesplume22
Streptopus amplexifoliusWild Cucumber, Claspleaf twistedstalk, Tubercle twistedstalk42
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatusSnowberry12
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Vaccinium vitis-idaeaCowberry, Lingonberry, Northern mountain cranberry, Cranberry32
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