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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies albaSilver Fir, Christmas Tree Fir, European Silver Fir, Silver23
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Abies fraseriShe Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir13
Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Fir, Alpine Fir22
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Agave parryiCentury Plant, Parry's agave, Mescal31
Agave utahensis discretaCentury Plant31
Agave utahensis eborispinaCentury Plant31
Alliaria petiolataGarlic Mustard32
Allium ampeloprasumWild Leek, Broadleaf wild leek53
Allium cepaOnion, Garden onion53
Allium cepa aggregatumPotato Onion43
Allium cepa ascalonicumShallot53
Allium cepa proliferumTree Onion, Walking Onion53
Allium porrumLeek, Garden leek42
Allium sativumGarlic, Cultivated garlic55
Allium sativum ophioscorodonSerpent Garlic55
Allium ursinumWild Garlic53
Anaphalis margaritaceaPearly Everlasting, Western pearly everlasting12
Anemarrhena asphodeloidesZhi Mu03
Anemone canadensisCanadian Anemone02
Anemone cylindricaCandle Anemone02
Anemopsis californicaYerba Mansa22
Angelica decursiva 22
Arbutus unedoStrawberry Tree42
Arctostaphylos glaucaBigberry Manzanita22
Arctostaphylos tomentosaDowny Manzanita, Woollyleaf manzanita, Brittleleaf manzanita, Dacite manzanita, Rosy manzanita, San33
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberry34
Arisaema triphyllumJack In The Pulpit, Dragonroot, Indian Turnip32
Aristolochia contortaMa Dou Ling13
Aristolochia macrophyllaPipevine, Dutchman's Pipe01
Armoracia rusticanaHorseradish, Red Cole33
Artemisia abrotanumSouthernwood13
Artemisia annuaQing Hao, Sweet sagewort14
Artemisia argyi 02
Artemisia campestrisField Southernwood02
Artemisia indica 13
Artemisia maritimaSea Wormwood12
Artemisia scopariaRedstem wormwood12
Artemisia sieversiana 12
Artemisia tridentataSage Brush, Big sagebrush, Bonneville big sagebrush32
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Arthromeris wallichiana 11
Asclepias speciosaShowy Milkweed32
Asparagus cochinchinensisChinese Asparagus33
Baptisia tinctoriaWild Indigo, Horseflyweed13
Berberis thunbergiiJapanese Barberry22
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Bergenia purpurascens 02
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula utilisIndian Paper Birch, Whitebarked Himilayan Birch, Jacquemontii Birch02
Bidens tripartitaBurr Marigold, Threelobe beggarticks22
Calendula arvensisField Marigold23
Calendula officinaliscalendula, Pot Marigold35
Calluna vulgarisHeather, Scotch Heather22
Capsicum frutescensTabasco Pepper, Cayenne pepper34
Carum carviCaraway43
Catalpa bignonioidesIndian Bean Tree, Southern catalpa02
Cedrus atlanticaAtlas Deodar, Atlantic cedar02
Cedrus libaniCedar Of Lebanon11
Chenopodium cristatumCrested Goosefoot21
Chlorogalum pomeridianumSoap Lily, Wavyleaf soap plant32
Citrus reticulataMandarin, Tangerine, Unshu orange, Satsuma Orange,Temple Orange, Tangerine33
Clematis orientalisOriental virginsbower01
Coptis deltoidea 02
Cornus chinensis 23
Cornus officinalisShan Zhu Yu, Asiatic dogwood, Japanese Cornel Dogwood43
Corydalis cava 03
Corydalis yanhusuoYan Hu Suo03
Cowania mexicanaCliffrose02
Cunila origanoidesStone Mint, Common dittany22
Cupressus sempervirensItalian Cypress02
Daphne genkwaLilac Daphne03
Desmodium caudatum 01
Dioscorea tokoro 22
Diphylleia cymosaUmbrella Leaf, American umbrellaleaf02
Diphylleia sinensisUmbrella Leaf02
Duchesnea indicaMock Strawberry, Indian strawberry22
Echinacea angustifoliaEchinacea, Blacksamson echinacea, Strigose blacksamson05
Echinacea pallidaCone Flower, Pale purple coneflower05
Echinacea purpureaEchinacea, Eastern purple coneflower, Hedge Coneflower, Black Sampson , Purple Coneflower15
Eclipta prostrataHan Lian Cao, False daisy13
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Erodium stephanianum 02
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Eucalyptus globulusTasmanian Blue Gum, Eurabbie, Blue Gum, Blue Eucalyptus14
Eucalyptus gummiferaRed Bloodwood13
Eucalyptus gunniiCider Gum33
Eucalyptus pauciflora niphophilaSnow Gum03
Eucryphia lucidaLeatherwood01
Euphorbia lathyrisCaper Spurge, Moleplant12
Fagus sylvaticaBeech, European beech, Common Beech42
Filipendula ulmariaMeadowsweet, Queen of the meadow, Double Lady of the Meadow, European Meadowsweet33
Fragaria chiloensisBeach Strawberry, Pacific beach strawberry, Sandwich beach strawberry31
Fragaria virginianaScarlet Strawberry, Virginia strawberry32
Gaultheria fragrantissimaFragrant Wintergreen22
Gentiana acaulisGentian03
Gentiana kurroo 03
Gentiana luteaYellow Gentian15
Gentiana pannonica 13
Gentiana punctataSpotted Gentian13
Gentiana purpurea 13
Gentiana scabraLong Dan Cao13
Gentiana scabra buergeri 13
Geranium dissectumCut-Leafed Cranesbill, Cutleaf geranium12
Geranium maculatumSpotted Cranesbill, Spotted geranium, Crowfoot, Wild Geranium, Cranesbill03
Geranium wilfordii 02
Geum rivaleWater Avens, Purple avens32
Geum urbanumWood Avens, Bennet's Root - Old man's whiskers, Herb bennet33
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust32
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Heuchera diversifoliaAlum Root, Crevice alumroot11
Heuchera glabraAlpine Heuchera11
Heuchera micranthaAlum Root, Crevice alumroot, Hartweg's alumroot, Coral Bells12
Holodiscus dumosusRock Spiraea11
Humulus lupulusHop, Common hop, European Hop,45
Hydrastis canadensisGoldenseal03
Hypericum androsaemumTutsan, Sweet-amber, St. Johnswort01
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Hyssopus officinalisHyssop23
Ilex verticillataWinterberry, Common winterberry13
Impatiens noli-tangereTouch-Me-Not32
Inula heleniumElecampane, Elecampane inula33
Jasminum officinaleJessamine, Poet's jasmine22
Juniperus communisJuniper, Common juniper33
Juniperus communis nanaJuniper33
Juniperus occidentalisWestern Juniper32
Juniperus osteospermaDesert Juniper, Utah juniper22
Juniperus oxycedrusPrickly Juniper, Cade juniper01
Juniperus silicicolaSouthern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar22
Juniperus virginianaPencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East22
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Larix occidentalisWestern Larch22
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Lavandula angustifoliaEnglish Lavender, True Lavender23
Lavandula latifoliaSpike Lavender, Broadleaved lavender22
Lavandula stoechasFrench Lavender02
Lavandula x intermediaLavender, Lavandin22
Ledebouriella seseloidesFang Feng12
Ligusticum brachylobum 02
Ligustrum lucidumChinese Privet, Glossy privet, White Wax Tree, Tree Ligustrum13
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Magnolia officinalisHou Po03
Mahonia ganpinensis 12
Mahonia repensCreeping Oregon Grape, Creeping barberry, Grape Oregon33
Marrubium vulgareWhite Horehound, Horehound13
Matricaria recutitaGerman Camomile15
Melaleuca alternifoliaTea Tree05
Melaleuca bracteataRiver teatree02
Melaleuca hypericifoliaTea Tree02
Melaleuca thymifoliaThymeleaf melaleuca02
Melia azederachBead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry33
Mentha aquaticaWater Mint33
Mentha arvensisCorn Mint, Wild mint32
Mentha arvensis piperascensJapanese Mint32
Mentha arvensis villosaAmerican Wild Mint32
Mentha asiaticaAsian Mint32
Mentha australis 02
Mentha cervinaHart's Pennyroyal32
Mentha cunninghamia 02
Mentha diemenica 22
Mentha longifoliaHorsemint22
Mentha pulegiumPennyroyal33
Mentha requieniiCorsican Mint, Mint32
Mentha satureioidesNative Pennyroyal22
Mentha spicataSpearmint43
Mentha suaveolensRound-Leaved Mint, Apple mint, Pineapple Mint22
Mentha x gracilisGinger Mint32
Mentha x piperita citrataEau De Cologne Mint, Eau de Cologne Mint, Peppermint22
Mentha x piperita officinalisWhite Peppermint35
Mentha x piperita vulgarisBlack Peppermint45
Mentha x smithianaRed Raripila Mint32
Mentha x villosa alopecuroidesApple Mint, Bowles' Mint42
Micromeria bifloraLemon Scented Thyme22
Monarda menthifoliaMint-Leaved Bergamot, Mintleaf bergamot12
Monarda pectinataPlains Lemon Monarda, Pony beebalm12
Monarda punctataHorse Mint, Spotted beebalm13
Myrica nagiBox Myrtle23
Myrrhis odorataSweet Cicely, Anise43
Myrtus communisMyrtle, Foxtail Myrtle33
Nymphaea odorataFragrant Water Lily, American white waterlily33
Nymphaea tuberosaTuberous Water Lily, American white waterlily33
Olea europaeaOlive, African olive, European olive43
Origanum majoranaSweet Marjoram33
Origanum onitesPot Marjoram31
Origanum vulgareOregano, Pot Marjoram43
Origanum vulgare hirtumGreek Oregano43
Origanum x majoricumHardy Marjoram22
Osmorhiza occidentalisWestern Sweet-Cicely, Western sweetroot32
Paeonia lactifloraChinese Peony, Peony13
Panax pseudoginsengGinseng, Japanese ginseng13
Panax pseudoginseng notoginsengSan Qi15
Pelargonium graveolensRose Geranium, Sweet scented geranium23
Pelargonium odoratissimumApple Geranium23
Perilla frutescensShiso, Beefsteakplant, Spreading Beefsteak Plant43
Peumus boldusBoldu, Boldo23
Picea abiesNorway Spruce21
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Pimpinella anisumAniseed (Saunf - Hindi), Anise burnet saxifrage43
Pinus banksianaJack Pine22
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
Pinus flexilisLimber Pine, Rocky Mountain White Pine32
Pinus gerardianaChilghoza Pine32
Pinus monophyllaSingle Leaf Piñon, Single Leaf PinyonPine, Stone Pine, Pine Pinyon42
Pinus monticolaWestern White Pine22
Pinus muricataBishop's Pine22
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus quadrifoliaParry Piñon, Parry's Pinyon Pine, Four-leaved Pinyon42
Pinus resinosaRed Pine12
Pinus rigidaNorthern Pitch Pine, Pitch pine12
Pinus roxburghiiChir Pine22
Pinus sabinianaDigger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine42
Pinus sylvestrisScot's Pine, Scotch Pine23
Pinus wallichianaHimalayan Blue Pine, Bhutan pine, Himalayan Pine22
Pistacia atlanticaBetoum, Mt. Atlas mastic tree, Mount Atlas Mastic21
Plantago asiaticaChe Qian Zi13
Polygonatum cyrtonema 02
Polygonatum kingianum 02
Polygonum lapathifoliumCurlytop Knotweed11
Populus albaWhite Poplar12
Populus 'Balsam Spire'Tacatricho 3203
Populus balsamiferaBalsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Populus x jackiiBalm Of Gilead03
Potentilla simplexOld Field Cinquefoil, Common cinquefoil01
Prunella vulgarisSelf-Heal, Common selfheal, Aleutian selfheal, Lance selfheal23
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus sibiricaSiberian Apricot32
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Pyrola rotundifoliaRound-Leaved Wintergreen02
Pyrus pyrifoliaSand Pear, Chinese pear41
Pyrus pyrifolia cultaAsian Pear41
Quercus albaWhite Oak, Hybrid oak32
Quercus falcataSouthern Red Oak, Cherrybark Oak, Spanish Oak, Southern Red Oak12
Quercus imbricariaShingle Oak, Northern Laurel Oak22
Quercus petraeaSessile Oak, Durmast oak23
Quercus roburPedunculate Oak, English oak43
Quercus rubraRed Oak, Northern red oak32
Quercus wislizeniiLive Oak32
Rehmannia glutinosaChinese Foxglove - Di Huang13
Rheum officinaleChinese Rhubarb13
Rheum palmatumTurkey Rhubarb, Chinese Rhubarb - Da Huang, Chinese rhubarb35
Rheum palmatum tanguticumDa Huang35
Rheum x cultorumRhubarb43
Rhus chinensisChinese Gall, Chinese sumac23
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rhus potaninii 02
Rhus punjabensis 32
Rhus punjabensis sinica 32
Rhus typhinaStag's Horn Sumach, Velvet Sumac, Staghorn Sumac42
Rhus x pulvinata 42
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary33
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba caeruleaCricket Bat Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix gooddingiiGoodding's Willow12
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix purpurea lambertianaPurple Osier13
Salvia fruticosaGreek Sage, Greek oregano23
Salvia lavandulifoliaSpanish Sage23
Salvia multiorrhizaDan Shen03
Salvia officinalisSage, Kitchen sage, Small Leaf Sage, Garden Sage45
Salvia viridisClary, Annual clary22
Sambucus caeruleaBlue Elder42
Sassafras albidumSassafras, Common Sassafras53
Satureja hortensisSummer Savory32
Satureja montanaWinter Savory43
Satureja spicigeraCreeping Savory32
Serenoa repensSaw Palmetto23
Solidago canadensisCanadian Goldenrod, Shorthair goldenrod, Harger's goldenrod, Rough Canada goldenrod, Common Goldenro22
Solidago canadensis scabraCanadian Goldenrod22
Solidago fistulosaPine barren goldenrod01
Solidago graminifoliaFlat-Topped Goldenrod11
Solidago japonica 11
Solidago leavenworthiiLeavenworth's goldenrod01
Solidago missouriensisPrairie Goldenrod, Missouri goldenrod, Tolmie's goldenrod21
Solidago nemoralisOld-Field Goldenrod, Gray goldenrod11
Solidago odoraSweet Goldenrod, Anisescented goldenrod, Chapman's goldenrod22
Solidago radiata 11
Solidago rigidaStiff Goldenrod, Flat Topped Goldenrod, Stiff Goldenrod02
Solidago spathulataCoast Goldenrod, Creeping Goldenrod11
Solidago spectabilisNevada Goldenrod11
Solidago suaveolensanisescented goldenrod11
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Sorbus americanaAmerican Mountain Ash12
Sphagnum cymbilifoliumSphagnum Moss03
Stachys germanicaDowny Woundwort, German hedgenettle02
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Stachys palustrisMarsh Woundwort, Marsh hedgenettle32
Styrax officinalisStorax Tree11
Tanacetum balsamitaAlecost, Costmary32
Teucrium canadenseAmerican Germander, Canada germander, Western germander01
Teucrium scordiumWater Germander01
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Thymus caespititiusCretan Thyme22
Thymus camphoratusCamphor Thyme02
Thymus capitatusHeaded Savory, Thymus22
Thymus cilicicusCilician Thyme12
Thymus herba-baronaCaraway Thyme32
Thymus hirtus 22
Thymus mastichinaMastic Thyme22
Thymus pannonicusEurasian thyme22
Thymus praecoxMother of thyme, Creeping thyme, Woolly Thyme22
Thymus praecox arcticusWild Thyme32
Thymus pulegioidesBroad-Leaved Thyme, lemon thyme22
Thymus quinquecostatus 22
Thymus serpyllumWild Thyme43
Thymus vulgarisCommon Thyme, Garden thyme, Wild Thyme43
Thymus x citriodorusLemon Thyme, Creeping Lemon Thyme, Lemon-Scented Thyme42
Thymus zygis 22
Trachyspermum ammiAjowan caraway23
Trillium erectumBeth Root - Indian Balm, Red trillium, Wakerobin, Purple Trillium23
Trillium pendulum 01
Tropaeolum majusNasturtium, Indian Cress43
Tropaeolum minusDwarf Nasturtium43
Vaccinium caespitosumDwarf Bilberry31
Vaccinium membranaceumMountain Huckleberry, Thinleaf huckleberry31
Vaccinium myrtillusBilberry, Whortleberry43
Vaccinium ovalifoliumBlack Huckleberry, Oval-leaf blueberry31
Vaccinium ovatumEvergreen Huckleberry, Florist's Huckleberry, Shot Huckleberry, Californian Huckleberry31
Vaccinium parvifoliumRed Bilberry, Red huckleberry31
Vaccinium scopariumGrouseberry, Grouse whortleberry21
Vaccinium uliginosumBog Bilberry31
Vaccinium vitis-idaeaCowberry, Lingonberry, Northern mountain cranberry, Cranberry32
Verbascum densiflorumMullein02
Verbascum nigrumDark Mullein, Black mullein03
Verbascum phlomoidesWooly Mullein, Orange mullein03
Verbascum thapsusGreat Mullein, Common mullein, Aaron's Rod, Flannel Plant, Hag Taper, Mullein, Torches, Velvet Plant13
Viola pinnata 31
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthium.13
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Aniba rosaeodoraBrazilian Rosewood, Rosewood-oil tree23
Calotropis giganteaGiant Milkweed, Crown Flower, Giant Calotrope, Swallow-wort23
Cananga odorataYlang Ylang, Perfume Tree23
Canarium luzonicumManila Elemi43
Capsicum chinenseBonnet Pepper, Chinese capsicum34
Corymbia citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus, eucalyptus citriodora.23
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Hibiscus sabdariffaRoselle33
Morinda citrifoliaNoni, Indian Mulberry34
Muntingia calaburaCalabura, Panama berry, Capulin32
Paraderris ellipticaDerris02
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Piper nigrumBlack Pepper43
Pongamia pinnataPongam, Karum Tree, Poonga-Oil Tree, Indian Beech03
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Prosopis albaWhite carob tree, Algarrobo blanco32
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Sambucus nigra spp canadensisAmerican Elder43
Spondias mombinYellow Mombin, Hog Plum, Caja Fruit, Taperebá42
Syzygium aromaticumClove, Zanzibar Redhead44
Piper betleBetel23
Rhodomyrtus tomentosaCeylon Hill Gooseberry41
Catharanthus roseusMadagascar Periwinkle, Jasmine, Cayenne Old Maid Periwinkle14
Chamaecrista nigricansDiola, Diala12
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Commiphora wightiiGuggul, Indian bdellium-tree23
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
Griffonia simplicifoliaGriffonia24
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Melaleuca leucadendraPaperbark, Weeping Paperbark24
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Pentadiplandra brazzeanaJoy perfume tree, j'oubli44
Petiveria alliaceaGuinea Hen Weed04
Senegalia catechuBlack Catechu23
Smilax aristolochiifoliaMexican Sarsaparilla24
Smilax febrifugaEcuadorian Sarsaparilla34
Swietenia mahagoniMahogany, West Indies Mahogany02
Terminalia ferdinandianaBilly Goat Plum42
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