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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Abies grandisGrand Fir, Giant Fir, Lowland White Fir22
Actaea rubraRed Baneberry02
Actaea spicataHerb Christopher, Baneberry01
Actinidia asymmetrica 30
Aegopodium alpestre 10
Aegopodium podagrariaGround Elder, Bishop's goutweed, Goutweed, Ground Elder, Bishop's Weed32
Aethusa cynapiumFool's Parsley11
Ajuga reptansBugle, Common Bugelweed, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Carpet Bugle23
Alliaria petiolataGarlic Mustard32
Allium paradoxumFew-Flowered Leek52
Allium triquetrumThree-Cornered Leek52
Allium ursinumWild Garlic53
Amphicarpaea bracteataHog Peanut, American hogpeanut51
Amphicarpaea edgeworthii 40
Amphicarpaea pitcheriHog Peanut50
Anemone flaccida 10
Anemone nemorosaWood Anemone, European thimbleweed01
Anemone nikoensis 10
Anemone quinquefoliaWind Flower, Wood anemone, Twoleaf anemone, Nightcaps01
Anemone rivularisCao Yu Mei12
Anemone virginianaTall Thimbleweed01
Anemonella thalictroidesRue-Anemone21
Angelica sylvestrisWild Angelica,Woodland angelica32
Angiopteris fokiensis 01
Aplectrum hyemalePutty Root, Adam and eve01
Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading Dogbane02
Aralia nudicaulisWild Sarsaparilla43
Aralia racemosaAmerican Spikenard33
Arisaema amurenseTian Nan Xing23
Arisaema consanguineumTian Nan Xing13
Arisaema costatum 20
Arisaema dracontiumGreen-Dragon11
Arisaema flavum 21
Arisaema jacquemontii 20
Arisaema negishii 20
Arisaema peninsulare 10
Arisaema quinatumIndian Turnip, Jack in the pulpit10
Arisaema ringens 01
Arisaema serratum 21
Arisaema thunbergii 01
Arisaema tortuosumArisaema22
Arisaema triphyllumJack In The Pulpit, Dragonroot, Indian Turnip32
Arisaema utile 20
Arisarum vulgareFriar's Cowl20
Arthromeris wallichiana 11
Arum dioscoridis 21
Arum italicumItalian lords and ladies, Italian Arum20
Arum maculatumCuckoo Pint21
Asarum arifolium 01
Asarum blumei 01
Asarum canadenseSnake Root, Canadian wildginger, Canada Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger33
Asarum caudatumWild Ginger, British Columbia wildginger32
Asarum dilatatum 20
Asarum europaeumAsarabacca, European Wild Ginger02
Asarum forbesiiDu Heng01
Asarum heterotropoides 02
Asarum maximum 01
Asarum nipponicum 10
Asarum reflexum 20
Asarum shuttleworthiiAsarabacca, Mottled Wild Ginger20
Asarum sieboldiiWild Ginger02
Asarum takaoi 10
Asplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack Spleenwort02
Athyrium filix-feminaLady Fern, Common ladyfern, Subarctic ladyfern, Asplenium ladyfern, Southern Lady Fern, Tatting Fer12
Athyrium melanolepis 10
Athyrium niponicumPainted Fern, Japanese Silver Painted Fern10
Athyrium rubripes 10
Athyrium squamigerum 10
Athyrium yokoscense 10
Aucuba japonicaSpotted Laurel, Japanese laurel, Japanese Gold Dust Tree11
Barbarea vernaLand Cress, Early yellowrocket30
Berberidopsis corallinaCoral Plant00
Berberis asiaticaChutro, Rasanjan (Nep); marpyashi (Newa); Daruharidra, Darbi (Sans)43
Bergenia cordifoliaSiberian-tea, Pigsqueak, Heartleaf Bergenia00
Bergenia crassifoliaSiberian Tea20
Blechnum spicantHard Fern, Deer fern21
Cacalia atriplicifoliaPale indian plantain21
Cacalia auriculata 10
Cacalia delphiniifolia 10
Cacalia farfarifolia 10
Cacalia firma 10
Cacalia hastata orientalis 10
Cacalia hastata tanakae 10
Cacalia kiusiana 10
Cacalia nikomontana 10
Cacalia peltifolia 10
Cacalia pseudo-taimingasa 10
Calypso bulbosaFairyslipper21
Camellia japonicaCamellia, Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia32
Campanula latifoliaLarge Campanula, Giant bellflower31
Cardamine trifolia 10
Carpinus betulusHornbeam, European hornbeam, Common Hornbeam, European Hornbeam02
Caulophyllum robustumPapoose Root22
Caulophyllum thalictroidesPapoose Root, Blue cohosh13
Celastrus angulatus 01
Celastrus orbiculatusOriental Bittersweet12
Celastrus scandensClimbing Bittersweet, American bittersweet22
Cephalotaxus fortuneiChinese Plum Yew51
Cephalotaxus harringtoniaJapanese Plum Yew50
Cephalotaxus harringtonia drupaceaJapanese Plum Yew50
Cephalotaxus harringtonia koreanaKorean Plum Yew50
Cephalotaxus harringtonia nanaJapanese Plum Yew50
Cephalotaxus lanceolataYunnan Plum Yew40
Cephalotaxus oliveri 30
Cephalotaxus sinensisChinese Plum Yew41
Cephalotaxus wilsoniana 40
Chaenomeles japonicaDwarf Quince, Maule's quince, Japanese Flowering Quince30
Chaenomeles speciosaJapanese Quince, Flowering quince32
Chaenomeles x superbaDwarf Quince, Flowering Quince30
Chelidonium majusGreater Celandine, Swallow Wort, Greater Celandine13
Chimaphila umbellataPipsissewa23
Choisya ternataMexican Orange Flower00
Claytonia exiguaPale Spring Beauty, Serpentine springbeauty20
Claytonia perfoliataMiner's Lettuce41
Clintonia borealisBluebeard21
Clintonia udensis 20
Clintonia umbellulataSpeckled Wood Lily, White clintonia20
Convallaria majalisLily Of The Valley, European lily of the valley13
Cotoneaster franchetiiOrange cotoneaster10
Cotoneaster frigidus 01
Crataegus laevigataMidland Hawthorn, Smooth hawthorn, English Hawthorn35
Cryptotaenia japonicaMitsuba, Japanese honewort41
Cyathea dealbataTree Fern20
Cyathea medullarisBlack Tree Fern20
Cyclamen hederifoliumCyclamen, Alpine Violet, Persian Violet01
Cyrtomium fortuneiAsian netvein hollyfern02
Cystopteris bulbiferaBerry Bladder Fern, Bulblet bladderfern10
Cystopteris fragilisBrittle Bladder Fern11
Cystopteris montanaMountain Bladder Fern10
Daphne laureolaSpurge Laurel01
Daphniphyllum macropodum 10
Deinanthe bifida 10
Dentaria diphyllaCrinkleroot42
Dentaria laciniataCut-Leaved Toothwort30
Dicentra canadensisSquirrel Corn12
Dicentra cucullariaDutchman's Breeches02
Disporum trachycarpumFairybells21
Disporum viridescens 10
Dodecatheon hendersoniiSailor-Caps, Mosquito bills10
Dryopteris expansaSpiny Wood Fern, Spreading woodfern23
Elaeagnus cordifolia 52
Elaeagnus glabraGoat nipple42
Elaeagnus macrophyllaBroad-leaved Oleaster52
Elaeagnus maritima 22
Elaeagnus pungensElaeagnus, Thorny olive, Thorny Elaeagnus, Oleaster, Silverberry, Silverthorn, Pungent Elaeagnus52
Elaeagnus x ebbingeiElaeagnus, Ebbing's Silverberry52
Elaeagnus x reflexaTurned-leaf Elaeagnus32
Euonymus fortuneiWinter Creeper, Wintercreeper Euonymus01
Fargesia nitidaFountain Bamboo00
Forsythia suspensaLian Qiao, Weeping forsythia13
Forsythia viridissimaGolden Bells, Greenstem forsythia, Forsythia02
Forsythia x intermediaGolden Bell, Border Forsythia00
Fuchsia splendensPlatanillo40
Galax urceolataBeetleweed, Wandflower01
Galium aparineGoosegrass, Coachweed, Catchweed, Stickywilly23
Galium odoratumSweet Woodruff, Sweetscented bedstraw, Bedstraw33
Garrya ellipticaCoast Silk Tassel, Wavyleaf silktassel02
Garrya fremontiiFever Bush, Bearbrush01
Gastrodia cunninghamii 20
Gastrodia elataTien Ma23
Gaultheria adenothrix 30
Gaultheria antipodaSnowberry20
Gaultheria fragrantissimaFragrant Wintergreen22
Gaultheria ovatifoliaMountain Checkerberry, Western teaberry30
Gaultheria procumbensCheckerberry, Eastern teaberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen43
Gaultheria pyroliifolia 20
Gaultheria rigida 10
Gaultheria sclelophylla 20
Gaultheria shallonShallon, Salal52
Gaultheria x wisleyensis 20
Gaylussacia brachyceraBox Huckleberry20
Geranium macrorrhizumBigroot Geranium01
Geranium sylvaticumWood Cranesbill, Woodland geranium00
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Hedera nepalensisNepal Ivy02
Helwingia chinensis 11
Helwingia himalaica 10
Helwingia liukiuensis 10
Hepatica acutilobaAmerican Liverleaf, Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Hepatica02
Hepatica americanaAmerican Liverleaf, Alumroot, Round Lobed Hepatica02
Hepatica nobilisHepatica, Sharplobe hepatica, Roundlobe hepatica02
Heracleum lallii 02
Heracleum moellendorfii 10
Heracleum pubescensDowny Cow-Parsnip20
Heracleum sphondyliumCow Parsnip, Eltrot32
Heracleum sphondylium montanumCow Parsnip32
Heracleum sphondylium sibiricum 32
Heracleum tuberosum 20
Heracleum wallichii 01
Holboellia latifolia 30
Hosta plantaginaeAugust Lily11
Hosta rectifolia 10
Hosta sieboldiana 20
Hosta ventricosaBlue plantain lily, Hosta21
Houttuynia cordataTsi, Chameleon, Rainbow Plant, Chameleon Plant44
Hydrangea anomalaHydrangea31
Hydrastis canadensisGoldenseal03
Hypericum calycinumRose Of Sharon, Aaron's beard, Creeping Aron's Beard St. Johnswort00
Ilex aquifoliumHolly, English holl, Christmas Holly, Common Holly, English Holly22
Iris foetidissimaStinking Gladwin, Stinking iris, Gladwin Iris02
Jasminum nudiflorumWinter-Flowering Jasmin, Winter jasmine01
Jeffersonia diphyllaTwinleaf, Rheumatism Root02
Jeffersonia dubiaTwinleaf02
Lamium galeobdolonYellow Archangel21
Lapageria roseaChilean Bellflower30
Ledum columbianumLabrador tea21
Ledum glandulosumLabrador Tea, Western Labrador tea21
Ledum groenlandicumLabrador Tea, Bog Labrador tea23
Ledum palustreWild Rosemary, Marsh Labrador tea23
Leucojum vernumSpring Snowflake00
Ligustrum delavayanum 00
Ligustrum lucidumChinese Privet, Glossy privet, White Wax Tree, Tree Ligustrum13
Ligustrum ovalifoliumPrivet, California privet00
Linnaea borealisTwinflower, Longtube twinflower11
Lonicera caprifoliumItalian Honeysuckle, Italian woodbine12
Lonicera nitidaBoxleaf Honeysuckle00
Lonicera periclymenumHoneysuckle, European honeysuckle12
Lonicera pileataPrivet honeysuckle00
Lycopodium campanulatum 01
Lycopodium clavatumCommon Club Moss, Running clubmoss03
Lycopodium complanatumGround Pine, Groundcedar03
Lycopodium lucidulumShining Club Moss10
Lycopodium obscurumGround Pine, Rare clubmoss02
Lycopodium selagoFir Clubmoss12
Lycopodium serratumClub Moss02
Mahoberberis aquisargentii 12
Mahonia aquifoliumOregon Grape, Hollyleaved barberry, Oregon Holly Grape, Oregon Holly33
Mahonia bealeiBeale's barberry, Leatherleaf Mahonia32
Mahonia confusa 32
Mahonia flavida 20
Mahonia fortuneiFortune's Mahonia32
Mahonia gracilipes 22
Mahonia japonica 32
Mahonia nervosaOregon Grape, Cascade barberry32
Mahonia x media 32
Maianthemum canadenseCanada Beadruby, Canada mayflower11
Maianthemum dilatatumWild Lily Of The Valley, False lily of the valley21
Mercurialis perennisDog's Mercury01
Milium effusumWood Millet, American milletgrass20
Moneses unifloraSingle Delight12
Monotropa unifloraIndian Pipe23
Mycelis muralisWall Lettuce20
Nabalus albusWhite Lettuce02
Nabalus serpentariusLion's Foot01
Onoclea sensibilisSensitive Fern22
Oplopanax horridusDevil's Club22
Oplopanax japonicus 21
Orixa japonica 21
Orobanche ammophylaLie Dang22
Orobanche californicaCalifornia Broomrape, Jepson's broomrape21
Orobanche cernuaNodding broomrape10
Orobanche fasciculataCancer Root, Clustered broomrape12
Orobanche ludovicianaBroomrape, Louisiana broomrape11
Orobanche tuberosaGround Cone11
Orthilia secundaSidebells Wintergreen11
Oxalis acetosellaWood Sorrel32
Oxalis oreganaRedwood Sorrel31
Pachyphragma macrophylla 10
Pachysandra terminalisJapanese Spurge, Japanese pachysandra, Pachysandra20
Panax ginsengGinseng, Chinese ginseng25
Panax japonicusJapanese Ginseng11
Panax pseudoginsengGinseng, Japanese ginseng13
Panax pseudoginseng notoginsengSan Qi15
Panax quinquefoliusAmerican Ginseng13
Panax trifoliusGround Nut, Dwarf ginseng12
Paris polyphyllaHerb Paris12
Paris quadrifoliaHerb Paris02
Pentaglottis sempervirensEvergreen bugloss10
Petasites albusButterbur21
Petasites frigidusSweet Coltsfoot, Arctic sweet coltsfoot, Arrowleaf sweet coltsfoot, Golden Palms Coltsfoot, Butterb21
Petasites hybridusButterbur, Pestilence wort03
Petasites hyperboreusArctic Sweet Coltsfoot21
Petasites japonicusSweet Coltsfoot, Japanese sweet coltsfoot, Butterbur32
Petasites palmatusSweet Butterbur, Golden Palms Coltsfoot, Sweet Coltsfoot, Butterbur21
Petasites saggitatusArrowleaf Sweet Coltsfoot21
Petasites speciosa 20
Petasites vitifoliusArctic sweet coltsfoot10
Phyllostachys glauca 30
Phyllostachys iridescens 30
Phyllostachys praecoxViolet Bamboo30
Phyllostachys propinqua 30
Phyllostachys purpurata 30
Pieris japonicaLily Of The Valley Bush, Japanese pieris, Japanese Andromeda, Lily of the Valley Shrub, Japanese Pie00
Pleioblastus hindsiiHinds' cane-bamboo30
Podophyllum aurantiocaule 22
Podophyllum hexandrumHimalayan May Apple24
Podophyllum peltatumAmerican Mandrake, Mayapple, Ground Lemon, Mandrake, Mayapple24
Podophyllum pleianthum 23
Podophyllum versipelle 23
Polygonatum biflorumSmall Solomon's Seal21
Polygonatum cirrhifolium 22
Polygonatum commutatumKing Solomon's Seal, Smooth Solomon's seal21
Polygonatum cyrtonema 02
Polygonatum falcatum 21
Polygonatum humile 21
Polygonatum inflatum 21
Polygonatum involucratum 20
Polygonatum kingianum 02
Polygonatum lasianthum 20
Polygonatum macropodum 21
Polygonatum maximowiczii 20
Polygonatum multiflorumSolomon's Seal, Eurasian Solomon's seal23
Polygonatum odoratumSolomon's Seal23
Polygonatum odoratum thunbergii 20
Polygonatum pubescensHairy Solomon's Seal21
Polygonatum sibiricumHuang Jing22
Polygonatum stenanthum 20
Polygonatum verticillatumWhorled Solomon's Seal20
Polypodium vulgarePolypody, Adders Fern, Golden Maidenhair Fern, Wall Fern, Common Polypod Fern23
Polystichum acrostichoidesChristmas Fern12
Polystichum aculeatumHard Shield Fern10
Polystichum munitumGiant Holly Fern, Western swordfern12
Prenanthes altissimusRattlesnake Root01
Primula elatiorOxlip22
Primula parryiParry's primrose00
Prunus laurocerasusCherry Laurel, English Laurel43
Pseudosasa amabilisTonkin Bamboo00
Pseudosasa japonicaMetake - Bamboo21
Pulmonaria officinalisLungwort, Common lungwort, Jerusalem Sage, Jerusalem Cowslip23
Pulmonaria saccharataJerusalem Sage, Bethlehem lungwort, Lungwort10
Pyracantha 'Wateri' 00
Pyracantha coccineaFirethorn, Scarlet firethorn, Pyracantha, Firethorn10
Pyracantha rogersiana 00
Pyrola asarifoliaBog Wintergreen, Liverleaf wintergreen, Pink wintergreen01
Pyrola chloranthaGreen-Flowered Wintergreen01
Pyrola ellipticaWaxflower Shinleaf02
Pyrola minorWintergreen, Snowline wintergreen11
Pyrola rotundifoliaRound-Leaved Wintergreen02
Reineckia carnea 01
Romanzoffia suksdorfiiCalifornia mistmaiden10
Romanzoffia unalaschkensis 10
Rubus fruticosusBlackberry, Shrubby blackberry53
Rubus rolfei'Emerald Carpet' raspberry20
Rubus tricolorCreeping Bramble30
Rubus ulmifoliusElm-Leaved Bramble, Elmleaf blackberry20
Ruscus aculeatusButcher's Broom - Knee Holly13
Schisandra chinensisMagnolia Vine, Wu Wei Zi45
Schisandra henryi 30
Schisandra sphenanthera 25
Schizophragma hydrangeoidesJapanese Hydrangea Vine10
Schizophragma integrifolium 02
Scopolia carniolicaScopolia, European scopolia02
Sedum telephiumOrpine12
Skimmia japonicaJapanese Skimmia01
Streptopus amplexifoliusWild Cucumber, Claspleaf twistedstalk, Tubercle twistedstalk42
Streptopus roseusScootberry, Rosybells42
Streptopus streptopoidesSmall twistedstalk30
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatusSnowberry12
Symphoricarpos occidentalisWolfberry, Western snowberry11
Symphoricarpos orbiculatusCoralberry11
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Taxus brevifoliaPacific Yew34
Taxus canadensisCanadian Yew34
Taxus cuspidataJapanese Yew34
Taxus x mediaAnglojapanese Yew34
Tiarella cordifoliaFoamflower, Heartleaf foamflower, Clumping Foamflower02
Tolmiea menziesiiYouth On Age, Mother-of-Thousands Plant, Youth on Age Plant, Pickaback Plant11
Torreya californicaCalifornia Nutmeg31
Torreya fargesii 20
Torreya grandisChinese Nutmeg Tree21
Torreya jackii 20
Torreya nuciferaKaya, Japanese torreya52
Torreya yunnanensisYunnan Nutmeg Yew20
Trillium erectumBeth Root - Indian Balm, Red trillium, Wakerobin, Purple Trillium23
Trillium grandiflorumWhite Trillium, Large Flower Trillium, White Trillium, Large Flower Wakerobin, Large Flowered Tril12
Trillium kamtschaticum 12
Trillium ovatumWakerobin, Pacific trillium, Oettinger's trillium, Hibberson's trillium11
Trillium pendulum 01
Trillium sessileToadshade21
Trillium smallii 10
Trillium tschonoskii 12
Trillium undulatumPainted Trillium11
Turritis glabraTower Cress11
Uvularia grandifloraFairybells, Merry Bells, Bellwort, Largeflower bellwort03
Uvularia perfoliataBellwort, Perfoliate bellwort22
Uvularia sessilifoliaBellwort, Sessileleaf bellwort21
Viburnum lantanoidesHobbleberry31
Vinca majorGreater Periwinkle, Bigleaf periwinkle, Myrtle, Large Periwinkle, Big Periwinkle03
Vinca minorLesser Periwinkle, Flower of Death, English Holly, Creeping Myrtle, Creeping Vinca, Common Periwink03
Viola labradoricaLabrador Violet, Alpine violet, Johnny Jump-Up, Alpine Violet30
Xanthorhiza simplicissimaYellowroot02
Yushania ancepsRingal00
Yushania maling 00
Zanthoxylum simulansSzechuan Pepper, Chinese-pepper, Prickly Ash32
Hosta longipes 30
Claytonia sibiricaPink Purslane, Siberian springbeauty41
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