Latin Name | Common Name | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Acer circinatum | Vine Maple | 2 | 1 |
Acer macrophyllum | Oregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple | 3 | 1 |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple, Drummond's maple, Swamp Maple | 3 | 1 |
Acorus calamus | Sweet Flag - Calamus | 3 | 4 |
Adenostoma fasciculatum | Greasewood | 0 | 1 |
Adiantum pedatum | Northern Maidenhair,American Maidenhair Fern | 0 | 2 |
Akebia quinata | Akebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine | 4 | 2 |
Akebia trifoliata | Akebia, Threeleaf Akebia | 4 | 2 |
Akebia x pentaphylla | Five Leaved Akebia | 4 | 0 |
Alnus rhombifolia | White Alder | 1 | 2 |
Ammophila arenaria | Marram Grass, European beachgrass | 1 | 0 |
Anthoxanthum odoratum | Sweet Vernal Grass | 2 | 2 |
Artemisia tridentata | Sage Brush, Big sagebrush, Bonneville big sagebrush | 3 | 2 |
Arundinaria gigantea | Canebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane | 3 | 1 |
Arundo donax | Giant Reed, Giant Reed Grass | 3 | 2 |
Berberidopsis corallina | Coral Plant | 0 | 0 |
Bobartia indica | Rush Iris | 0 | 0 |
Borinda grossa | | 0 | 0 |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | 1 | 1 |
Calluna vulgaris | Heather, Scotch Heather | 2 | 2 |
Calocedrus decurrens | Incense Cedar, California Incense Cedar | 1 | 1 |
Calycanthus occidentalis | Californian Allspice, Western sweetshrub | 3 | 1 |
Castanea sativa | Sweet Chestnut, European chestnut | 5 | 2 |
Ceanothus integerrimus | Deer Brush | 2 | 1 |
Cercis canadensis | Redbud, Eastern redbud, Mexican redbud,Texas redbud | 3 | 2 |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow | 1 | 1 |
Chrysothamnus graveolens | Rubber Rabbitbrush | 0 | 0 |
Cladium mariscus | Saw Grass, Swamp sawgrass, Jamaica swamp sawgrass | 1 | 0 |
Clematis vitalba | Traveller's Joy, Evergreen clematis | 1 | 2 |
Cocculus orbiculatus | Queen coralbead | 1 | 2 |
Cordyline indivisa | Cabbage Tree | 3 | 0 |
Coriaria napalensis | Masuri Berry | 2 | 1 |
Cornus australis | | 1 | 0 |
Cornus iberica | | 2 | 0 |
Cornus nuttallii | Mountain Dogwood, Pacific dogwood, Western Dogwood | 1 | 2 |
Cornus sanguinea | Dogwood, Bloodtwig dogwood | 2 | 1 |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood | 2 | 2 |
Corylus avellana | Common Hazel, Common filbert, European Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corkscrew Hazel, Hazel | 5 | 2 |
Corylus avellana pontica | | 4 | 0 |
Corylus cornuta | Beaked Hazel, California hazelnut, Turkish Filbert, Turkish Hazel | 3 | 1 |
Corylus maxima | Filbert, Giant filbert | 5 | 0 |
Cotinus coggygria | Smoke Tree, European smoketree, Venetian Sumac, Wig Tree, Smoke Tree | 1 | 1 |
Cotoneaster acuminatus | Acuminate cotoneaster | 0 | 0 |
Cotoneaster frigidus | | 0 | 1 |
Cotoneaster microphyllus | | 2 | 1 |
Cotoneaster racemiflorus | Black-Wood, Cotoneaster | 2 | 1 |
Cyperus longus | Galingale | 2 | 1 |
Cytisus scoparius | Broom, Scotch broom, Common Broom | 1 | 3 |
Dasylirion simplex | | 2 | 0 |
Dasylirion texanum | Texas sotol | 2 | 0 |
Dasylirion wheeleri | Sotol, Common sotol, Bear Grass, Common Sotol, Desert Spoon | 2 | 0 |
Dianella caerulea | Blue Flax Lily, Cerulean flaxlily | 2 | 0 |
Dianella congesta | Beach Flax Lily | 2 | 0 |
Dianella laevis | Flax Lily | 0 | 0 |
Dianella revoluta | Flax Lily | 2 | 0 |
Dianella tasmanica | Flax Lily | 0 | 0 |
Dirca occidentalis | Leather Wood, Western leatherwood | 0 | 0 |
Dirca palustris | Leather Wood, Eastern leatherwood | 0 | 2 |
Drepanostachyum falcatum | Ringal | 2 | 0 |
Eleusine indica | Wire Grass, Indian goosegrass, Yard Grass, Goose Grass | 3 | 1 |
Equisetum telmateia | Giant Horsetail | 1 | 1 |
Eragrostis curvula | Weeping Love Grass | 1 | 0 |
Fargesia nitida | Fountain Bamboo | 0 | 0 |
Fraxinus nigra | Black Ash | 0 | 1 |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Red Ash, Green ash, Water Ash | 1 | 1 |
Hierochloe odorata | Holy Grass | 2 | 2 |
Hilaria jamesii | Galleta, James' galleta | 0 | 0 |
Himalayacalamus falconeri | | 3 | 0 |
Himalayacalamus hookerianus | Padang | 2 | 0 |
Indigofera heterantha | Indigo Bush | 1 | 0 |
Iris ensata | Japanese Water Iris | 1 | 1 |
Jubaea chilensis | Chilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm | 3 | 0 |
Juncus acutus | Sharp Rush, Spiny rush, Leopold's rush | 0 | 0 |
Juncus conglomeratus | Common rush | 0 | 0 |
Juncus effusus | Soft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rush | 1 | 2 |
Juncus inflexus | Hard Rush, European meadow rush | 0 | 0 |
Juncus procerus | | 0 | 0 |
Juniperus occidentalis | Western Juniper | 3 | 2 |
Lespedeza bicolor | Lespedeza, Shrub lespedeza | 3 | 0 |
Lespedeza cyrtobotrya | Leafy lespedeza | 1 | 0 |
Leymus triticoides | Squaw Grass, Beardless wildrye | 3 | 0 |
Ligustrum vulgare | Privet, European privet , Common Privet | 0 | 1 |
Livistona australis | Cabbage Palm, Australian Palm, Gippsland Palm | 2 | 0 |
Lomandra longifolia | Longleaf Mat-Rush | 2 | 0 |
Lonicera japonica | Japanese Honeysuckle | 2 | 3 |
Marsippospermum grandiflorum | | 0 | 0 |
Parrotiopsis jacquemontiana | | 0 | 0 |
Phormium tenax | New Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp | 2 | 0 |
Phragmites australis | Common Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re | 5 | 2 |
Phyllospadix torreyi | Sea Grass, Torrey's surfgrass | 2 | 0 |
Phyllostachys bissetii | | 0 | 0 |
Phyllostachys flexuosa | Zig-Zag Bamboo, Drooping timber bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Phyllostachys nigra | Black Bamboo, Kuro-Chiku | 4 | 3 |
Phyllostachys nigra henonis | Ha-Chiku | 4 | 3 |
Phyllostachys nigra punctata | Kurodake | 4 | 3 |
Phyllostachys rubromarginata | Reddish bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Phyllostachys vivax | Giant Timber Bamboo, Running giant bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Picea engelmannii | Mountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce | 2 | 2 |
Picea rubens | Red Spruce | 2 | 1 |
Picea sitchensis | Sitka Spruce | 2 | 2 |
Pinus gerardiana | Chilghoza Pine | 3 | 2 |
Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine, Washoe pine | 3 | 2 |
Pinus quadrifolia | Parry Piñon, Parry's Pinyon Pine, Four-leaved Pinyon | 4 | 2 |
Pinus sabiniana | Digger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine | 4 | 2 |
Populus angustifolia | Narrowleaf Cottonwood | 1 | 2 |
Populus fremontii | Cottonwood, Fremont cottonwood, Fremont Poplar, Western Cottonwood | 1 | 2 |
Populus trichocarpa | Western Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood | 1 | 3 |
Proboscidea fragrans | Sweet Unicorn Plant, Ram's horn | 2 | 0 |
Proboscidea louisianica | Unicorn Plant, Ram's horn | 2 | 0 |
Prunus emarginata | Bitter Cherry | 2 | 2 |
Prunus pensylvanica | Pin Cherry | 2 | 2 |
Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir | 2 | 2 |
Psoralea argophylla | Silverleaf Scurf Pea | 2 | 1 |
Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern | 2 | 2 |
Pteridium aquilinum esculentum | Bracken | 2 | 2 |
Quercus douglasii | Blue Oak | 3 | 2 |
Quercus petraea | Sessile Oak, Durmast oak | 2 | 3 |
Quercus robur | Pedunculate Oak, English oak | 4 | 3 |
Rhus aromatica | Lemon Sumach, Fragrant sumac | 4 | 2 |
Rhus diversiloba | Western Poison Oak, Pacific poison oak | 0 | 2 |
Rhus trilobata | Skunk Bush, Basketbush, Squawbush, Three Leaf Sumac | 4 | 2 |
Ripogonum scandens | Supple Jack | 2 | 1 |
Rosa californica | California Wild Rose | 2 | 2 |
Sabal mexicana | Mexican Palmetto, Rio Grande palmetto, Texas Palmetto | 2 | 0 |
Salix acutifolia | Sharp-Leaf Willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix alba | White Willow | 1 | 3 |
Salix alba caerulea | Cricket Bat Willow | 1 | 3 |
Salix alba vitellina | Golden Willow | 1 | 3 |
Salix 'Americana' | | 0 | 2 |
Salix amygdaloides | Peach Leaved Willow | 0 | 2 |
Salix aurita | Eared Sallow | 0 | 2 |
Salix babylonica | Weeping Willow, Babylon Weeping Willow | 1 | 3 |
Salix bebbiana | Beak Willow, Bebb Willow | 0 | 2 |
Salix 'Bowles hybrid' | | 1 | 2 |
Salix caprea | Goat Willow, Kilmarnock Willow, Pink Pussy Willow, Pussy Willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix daphnoides | Violet Willow, Daphne willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix decipiens | | 1 | 2 |
Salix eriocephala | Missouri Willow, Missouri River willow | 0 | 2 |
Salix exigua | Coyote Willow, Narrowleaf willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix fluviatilis | River Willow | 0 | 2 |
Salix 'Forbiana' | | 1 | 2 |
Salix fragilis | Crack Willow | 1 | 3 |
Salix gilgiana | Willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix gooddingii | Goodding's Willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix gracilistyla | Rosegold Pussy Willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix hookeriana | Dune Willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix koriyanagi | kori-yanagi | 0 | 2 |
Salix lasiolepis | Arroyo willow, Bigelow's willow | 0 | 2 |
Salix matsudana | Corkscrew willow, Hankow Willow, Peking Willow, Corkscrew Willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix miyabeana | | 0 | 2 |
Salix nigra | Black Willow | 1 | 3 |
Salix nipponica | | 1 | 2 |
Salix pentandra | Bay Willow, Laurel willow | 1 | 3 |
Salix petiolaris | Slender Willow. Meadow willow | 0 | 2 |
Salix piperi | Dune Willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix purpurea | Purple Osier. purpleosier willow | 1 | 3 |
Salix purpurea lambertiana | Purple Osier | 1 | 3 |
Salix schwerinii | | 0 | 2 |
Salix scouleriana | Scouler's Willow | 0 | 2 |
Salix sitchensis | Sitka Willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix triandra | Almond-Leaved Willow, Almond willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix viminalis | Osier. Basket Willow | 1 | 2 |
Salix wallichiana | | 1 | 2 |
Salix x mollisima hippophaeifolia | | 1 | 2 |
Salix x mollisima undulata | Salix × mollisima var. undulata | 1 | 2 |
Salix x rubra | Green-leaved willow, Red osier | 1 | 2 |
Salix x smithiana | Silky-leaved Osier, Smith Willow | 1 | 2 |
Scirpus acutus | Hard Stem Bulrush | 3 | 1 |
Scirpus americanus | American Bulrush | 2 | 0 |
Scirpus fluviatilis | River Bulrush | 2 | 1 |
Scirpus maritimus | Seaside Bulrush. Cosmopolitan Bulrush | 3 | 1 |
Scirpus microcarpus | Panicled Bulrush | 3 | 1 |
Scirpus validus | River Club-Rush | 2 | 1 |
Scirpus validus creber | Soft-Stem Bulrush | 2 | 1 |
Sequoia sempervirens | Coastal Redwood, Redwood, California Redwood, Coast Redwood | 0 | 1 |
Serenoa repens | Saw Palmetto | 2 | 3 |
Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod | 0 | 2 |
Spartium junceum | Spanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom | 0 | 2 |
Telopea speciosissima | Waratah | 1 | 0 |
Thamnocalamus aristatus | | 2 | 0 |
Thamnocalamus spathiflorus | | 2 | 0 |
Thuja plicata | Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar | 1 | 2 |
Torreya californica | California Nutmeg | 3 | 1 |
Tsuga canadensis | Canadian Hemlock, Eastern hemlock | 1 | 3 |
Viburnum edule | Mooseberry, Squashberry | 3 | 1 |
Vinca major | Greater Periwinkle, Bigleaf periwinkle, Myrtle, Large Periwinkle, Big Periwinkle | 0 | 3 |
Vinca minor | Lesser Periwinkle, Flower of Death, English Holly, Creeping Myrtle, Creeping Vinca, Common Periwink | 0 | 3 |
Vitex agnus-castus | Agnus Castus, Lilac chastetree, Vitex, Chastetree | 2 | 5 |
Vitex negundo | Huang Ping, Chinese chastetree, Cut Leaf Vitex, Cut-leaf Chastetree | 2 | 3 |
Vitis californica | California Grape, California wild grape | 2 | 0 |
Woodwardia radicans | Chain Fern, Rooting chainfern | 0 | 1 |
Xerophyllum tenax | Indian Basket Grass, Common beargrass | 1 | 1 |
Yucca aloifolia | Spanish Bayonet, Aloe yucca, Dagger Plant, Yucca, Spanish Bayonet | 3 | 1 |
Yucca angustissima | Narrowleaf yucca, Kanab yucca, Toft's yucca, Yucca | 3 | 0 |
Yucca baccata | Spanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca | 4 | 1 |
Yucca brevifolia | Joshua Tree, Jaeger's Joshua tree, Yucca, Joshua Tree | 3 | 0 |
Yucca elata | Soap Tree, Soaptree yucca, Soapweed, Soapweed Yucca | 2 | 0 |
Yucca glauca | Soapweed, Soapweed yucca, Gurney's yucca, American Vetch, Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Soapweed | 2 | 2 |
Yushania anceps | Ringal | 0 | 0 |
Arenga pinnata | Solitary Sugar Palm | 4 | 1 |
Attalea speciosa | Babassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi | 4 | 2 |
Bactris gasipaes | Peach Palm, Pupunha | 5 | 2 |
Bambusa atra | Clumping Bamboo. Long pipe bamboo. | 2 | 0 |
Bambusa bambos | Giant Thorny Bamboo | 3 | 3 |
Bambusa blumeana | Spiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo | 2 | 0 |
Bambusa heterostachya | Malay Dwarf Green | 0 | 0 |
Bambusa tulda | Bengal Bamboo. Spineless Indian bamboo | 2 | 0 |
Bambusa vulgaris | Common Bamboo | 3 | 2 |
Bauhinia vahlii | Malu Creeper, Adda Leaf, Pahur Camel's Foot Creeper | 2 | 3 |
Borassus aethiopum | African Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm | 4 | 2 |
Borassus flabellifer | Palmyra Palm | 4 | 2 |
Cajanus cajan | Pigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea | 4 | 2 |
Caryota urens | Jaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm | 4 | 2 |
Cephalostachyum pergracile | Tinwa Bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Chrysopogon zizanioides | Vetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus | 2 | 2 |
Cocos nucifera | Coconut Palm, Coconut | 5 | 2 |
Copernicia prunifera | Brazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax | 3 | 3 |
Corypha utan | Gebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm | 3 | 2 |
Dendrocalamus giganteus | Giant Bamboo, Bhalu bans, Dhungre bans | 2 | 1 |
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii | Tama Bamboo. Tufted bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Dendrocalamus latiflorus | Sweet Bamboo, Sweet bamboo shoot, Taiwan giant bamboo | 4 | 0 |
Dendrocalamus membranaceus | White bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Dendrocalamus strictus | Male Bamboo. Calcutta Stricta or Bamboo | 3 | 1 |
Dichrostachys cinerea | Marabou Thorn, Sickle Bush | 2 | 2 |
Elaeis guineensis | African Oil Palm | 5 | 2 |
Gigantochloa hasskarliana | Awi Tela | 4 | 0 |
Gigantochloa verticillata | Whorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Mauritia flexuosa | Buriti Palm, Aguaje Palm | 4 | 2 |
Melocanna baccifera | Berry Bamboo. Mali bamboo | 3 | 2 |
Metroxylon amicarum | Caroline Ivory Nut Palm | 3 | 1 |
Monstera deliciosa | Ceriman, Windowleaf | 4 | 0 |
Muntingia calabura | Calabura, Panama berry, Capulin | 3 | 2 |
Musanga cecropioides | Corkwood | 3 | 4 |
Nypa fruticans | Nipa Palm, Mangrove Palm | 3 | 2 |
Oenocarpus bataua | Pataua Palm. Bataua | 3 | 2 |
Phoenix canariensis | Canary Island Date Palm | 3 | 0 |
Phoenix dactylifera | Date Palm | 5 | 2 |
Raphia farinifera | Raffia Palm | 3 | 0 |
Raphia hookeri | Ivory Coast Raffia Palm | 3 | 2 |
Salix hybrids | Hybrid willows | 3 | 3 |
Sechium edule | Chayote, Mirliton, Cho Ko, Cho-Cho, Vegetable Pear | 4 | 2 |
Thyrsostachys siamensis | Monastery Bamboo | 4 | 0 |
Pandanus amaryllifolius | Fragrant Pandan | 3 | 2 |
Calamus caesius | Rotan Sega | 2 | 0 |
Calamus ovoideus | Egg-shaped Rattan. Rotan Ovoid | 2 | 0 |
Calamus radiatus | Rotan Rays. Radial Leaf Rotan | 0 | 0 |
Calamus rotang | Rattan, Rotang, Rattan Cane | 2 | 2 |
Calathea allouia | Sweetcorn Root, Guinea Arrowroot | 4 | 0 |
Copernicia alba | Caranday Palm, Caranda Palm, Caranda Palm Wax | 2 | 0 |
Costus afer | Spiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus. | 2 | 4 |
Cyperus articulatus | Jointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri | 1 | 4 |
Griffonia simplicifolia | Griffonia | 2 | 4 |
Guiera senegalensis | Moshi medicine, guier du Senegal | 1 | 4 |
Lawsonia inermis | Henna, Mignonette Tree | 0 | 3 |
Leopoldinia piassaba | Piassaba | 2 | 4 |
Neobalanocarpus heimii | Chengal | 0 | 0 |
Phytelephas macrocarpa | Vegetable Ivory, Tagua, Nut Palm, Ivory nut palm | 2 | 0 |
Pterocarpus angolensis | Ambila | 0 | 3 |
Securidaca longipedunculata | Violet Tree | 1 | 4 |
Shorea balangeran | Red Balau | 0 | 0 |
Syzygium jambos | Jambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose | 3 | 2 |
Touchardia latifolia | Olona | 0 | 0 |