Latin Name | Common Name | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Aconitum ferox | Indian aconite | 0 | 1 |
Aconitum fischeri | Fischer monkshood | 0 | 1 |
Aconitum kusnezoffii | Bei Wu Tou | 0 | 1 |
Aconitum lycoctonum | Wolfsbane | 1 | 1 |
Aconitum uncinatum | Wild Monkshood, Southern blue monkshood | 0 | 1 |
Aesculus hippocastanum | Horse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut | 3 | 4 |
Alchemilla alpina | Alpine Lady's Mantle, Mountain Lady's Mantle | 2 | 3 |
Alchemilla xanthochlora | Lady's Mantle | 2 | 3 |
Allium cepa ascalonicum | Shallot | 5 | 3 |
Alnus glutinosa | Alder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder | 0 | 3 |
Alnus rugosa | Speckled Alder | 0 | 2 |
Angelica sinensis | Dang Gui - Dong Quai - Chinese Angelica | 0 | 5 |
Aralia hispida | Bristly Sarsaparilla | 2 | 1 |
Aralia nudicaulis | Wild Sarsaparilla | 4 | 3 |
Aralia racemosa | American Spikenard | 3 | 3 |
Aralia spinosa | Hercule's Club, Aralia spinosa, American Angelica Tree, Hercules' Club, Devil's Walking Stick | 2 | 2 |
Arctium lappa | Great Burdock, Gobo | 4 | 5 |
Arctium minus | Lesser Burdock | 3 | 5 |
Argemone mexicana | Prickly Poppy, Mexican pricklypoppy | 1 | 3 |
Arisaema ringens | | 0 | 1 |
Arisaema serratum | | 2 | 1 |
Arisaema thunbergii | | 0 | 1 |
Aristolochia debilis | Ma Dou Ling | 1 | 3 |
Asparagus racemosus | Shatavari | 3 | 5 |
Baptisia bracteata | Plains Wild Indigo, Longbract wild indigo, False Indigo, Cream Wild Indigo | 0 | 2 |
Baptisia tinctoria | Wild Indigo, Horseflyweed | 1 | 3 |
Bauhinia variegata | Mountain Ebony | 1 | 2 |
Berberis aristata | Chitra, Indian Barberry or Tree Turmeric | 4 | 3 |
Bidens pilosa | Beggar's Ticks, Blackjack, Hairy beggarticks | 2 | 2 |
Bupleurum chinense | Bei Chai Hu | 2 | 3 |
Bupleurum falcatum | Thorow-Wax | 2 | 2 |
Buxus sempervirens | Box, Common box, American Boxwood | 1 | 2 |
Carduus crispus | Welted Thistle, Curly plumeless thistle | 1 | 1 |
Carpesium abrotanoides | | 2 | 2 |
Chelidonium majus | Greater Celandine, Swallow Wort, Greater Celandine | 1 | 3 |
Chimaphila umbellata | Pipsissewa | 2 | 3 |
Chionanthus virginicus | Fringe Tree, White fringetree, Old Man's Beard, Fringe Tree | 1 | 3 |
Colchicum luteum | | 0 | 2 |
Collinsonia canadensis | Stone Root - Horse Balm, Richweed | 0 | 3 |
Coptis teeta | Yun Lian | 1 | 2 |
Corydalis ambigua | | 1 | 3 |
Corydalis govaniana | | 0 | 2 |
Crataegus pinnatifida | Chinese Haw | 3 | 3 |
Cuscuta reflexa | Dodder, Giant dodder | 0 | 2 |
Delphinium denudatum | | 0 | 1 |
Dicentra canadensis | Squirrel Corn | 1 | 2 |
Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's Breeches | 0 | 2 |
Drosera peltata | Sundew | 0 | 2 |
Echinacea angustifolia | Echinacea, Blacksamson echinacea, Strigose blacksamson | 0 | 5 |
Echinacea pallida | Cone Flower, Pale purple coneflower | 0 | 5 |
Echinacea purpurea | Echinacea, Eastern purple coneflower, Hedge Coneflower, Black Sampson , Purple Coneflower | 1 | 5 |
Euonymus atropurpureus | Wahoo- Indian Arrow Wood - Burning Bush, Eastern wahoo | 1 | 2 |
Euonymus europaeus | Spindle Tree, European spindletree | 1 | 2 |
Eupatorium cannabinum | Hemp Agrimony | 0 | 3 |
Ferula assa-foetida | Asafoetida - Devil's Dung. Hing (Indian), Asafetida | 3 | 3 |
Filipendula ulmaria | Meadowsweet, Queen of the meadow, Double Lady of the Meadow, European Meadowsweet | 3 | 3 |
Galium aparine | Goosegrass, Coachweed, Catchweed, Stickywilly | 2 | 3 |
Glycyrrhiza echinata | Wild Liquorice, Chinese licorice | 4 | 3 |
Glycyrrhiza glabra | Liquorice, Cultivated licorice | 4 | 4 |
Gynostemma pentaphyllum | Sweet Tea Vine | 2 | 5 |
Gypsophila struthium | | 0 | 2 |
Helenium autumnale | Sneezeweed, Common sneezeweed, Fall sneezeweed, Mountain sneezeweed, False Sunflower | 0 | 2 |
Helianthemum canadense | Frostweed, Longbranch frostweed | 0 | 2 |
Hypericum monogynum | | 0 | 2 |
Inula britannica chinensis | Xuan Fu Hua | 1 | 3 |
Inula helenium | Elecampane, Elecampane inula | 3 | 3 |
Iris ensata | Japanese Water Iris | 1 | 1 |
Iris versicolor | Blue Flag, Harlequin blueflag | 0 | 3 |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut | 3 | 3 |
Juglans regia | Walnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut, | 4 | 3 |
Juglans regia kamaonia | Walnut | 3 | 3 |
Larix laricina | Tamarack, Hackmatack, American Larch | 2 | 2 |
Lemna minor | Duckweed, Common duckweed | 1 | 2 |
Leonurus japonicus | | 0 | 3 |
Mahonia aquifolium | Oregon Grape, Hollyleaved barberry, Oregon Holly Grape, Oregon Holly | 3 | 3 |
Mahonia repens | Creeping Oregon Grape, Creeping barberry, Grape Oregon | 3 | 3 |
Melaleuca alternifolia | Tea Tree | 0 | 5 |
Mentha satureioides | Native Pennyroyal | 2 | 2 |
Nymphaea tuberosa | Tuberous Water Lily, American white waterlily | 3 | 3 |
Oldenlandia diffusa | Snake-Needle Grass | 0 | 3 |
Onosma bracteatum | | 0 | 2 |
Onosma echioides | Onosma | 0 | 1 |
Paeonia lactiflora | Chinese Peony, Peony | 1 | 3 |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper, Woodbine | 2 | 2 |
Peganum harmala | Syrian Rue, Harmal peganum | 1 | 3 |
Phytolacca americana | Pokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke | 3 | 3 |
Polemonium reptans | Abcess Root, Greek valerian | 0 | 2 |
Polypodium glycyrrhiza | Licorice Fern | 1 | 2 |
Polypodium vulgare | Polypody, Adders Fern, Golden Maidenhair Fern, Wall Fern, Common Polypod Fern | 2 | 3 |
Populus alba | White Poplar | 1 | 2 |
Populus nigra | Black Poplar, Lombardy poplar | 1 | 3 |
Populus tremuloides | American Aspen - Poplar, Quaking aspen | 1 | 3 |
Prunella vulgaris | Self-Heal, Common selfheal, Aleutian selfheal, Lance selfheal | 2 | 3 |
Prunus persica | Peach, Flowering Peach, Ornamental Peach, Common Peach | 5 | 3 |
Prunus persica nucipersica | Nectarine | 4 | 3 |
Pulsatilla vulgaris | Pasque Flower, European pasqueflower | 0 | 3 |
Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia Mountain Mint | 2 | 2 |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumach | 4 | 3 |
Rubia cordifolia | Indian Madder | 2 | 3 |
Rubia manjith | Indian Madder | 1 | 2 |
Rumex aquaticus | Red Dock, Western dock | 1 | 3 |
Rumex crispus | Curled Dock, Curly dock | 2 | 3 |
Rumex longifolius | dooryard dock | 1 | 1 |
Salvia lavandulifolia | Spanish Sage | 2 | 3 |
Salvia multiorrhiza | Dan Shen | 0 | 3 |
Sanicula europaea | Wood Sanicle | 1 | 2 |
Saponaria officinalis | Soapwort, Bouncingbet | 0 | 3 |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras, Common Sassafras | 5 | 3 |
Scrophularia marilandica | Carpenter's Square | 0 | 2 |
Scrophularia nodosa | Knotted Figwort, Woodland figwort | 1 | 3 |
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant, Rosinweed | 0 | 2 |
Smilax aspera | Sarsaparilla, Rough bindweed | 3 | 3 |
Smilax china | China Root | 4 | 3 |
Solanum dulcamara | Bittersweet. Bittersweet Nightshade, Climbing nightshade, Bittersweet, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonous | 0 | 3 |
Teucrium scorodonia | Wood Sage | 1 | 2 |
Thladiantha dubia | Red Hailstone, Manchu tubergourd | 1 | 2 |
Thuja occidentalis | American Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh | 2 | 3 |
Tribulus terrestris | Caltrop, Puncturevine | 1 | 3 |
Trifolium pratense | Red Clover | 3 | 3 |
Urtica gracilis | Stinging Nettle | 3 | 3 |
Urtica holosericea | Stinging Nettle | 3 | 2 |
Urtica lyallii | Stinging Nettle | 3 | 3 |
Veronica anagallis-aquatica | Water Speedwell | 2 | 2 |
Veronica arvensis | Corn Speedwell | 0 | 1 |
Veronica beccabunga | Brooklime, European speedwell | 1 | 1 |
Veronica hederifolia | Ivy-Leaf Speedwell | 0 | 1 |
Veronica officinalis | Common Speedwell | 1 | 2 |
Ceiba pentandra | Kapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma | 3 | 3 |
Embelia ribes | False black pepper, White-flowered Embelia | 3 | 4 |
Mimosa pudica | Morivivir, Sensitive Plant | 2 | 2 |
Andrographis paniculata | Green Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters | 1 | 4 |
Commiphora wightii | Guggul, Indian bdellium-tree | 2 | 3 |
Gloriosa superba | Gloriosa Lily, Climbing Lily, Flame Lily | 0 | 4 |
Guaiacum officinale | Lignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Guayacan | 2 | 3 |
Guaiacum sanctum | Lignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Holy Wood | 0 | 2 |
Lawsonia inermis | Henna, Mignonette Tree | 0 | 3 |
Smilax aristolochiifolia | Mexican Sarsaparilla | 2 | 4 |
Smilax febrifuga | Ecuadorian Sarsaparilla | 3 | 4 |
Terminalia chebula | Black Myrobalan, Chebulic Myroblan, | 3 | 5 |
Tinospora cordifolia | Kanda Amrta | 2 | 4 |