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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Adenostoma fasciculatumGreasewood01
Ambrosia artemesiifoliaRoman Wormwood, Bitterweed, Blackweed, Carrot Weed, Hay Fever Weed, Stickeweed, Tassel Weed, Wild Ta23
Amelanchier canadensisJuneberry, Canadian serviceberry, Serviceberry Downy, Shadblow, Shadbush, Serviceberry41
Artemisia frigidaFringed Wormwood, Prairie sagewort22
Artemisia tilesiiWormwood, Tilesius' wormwood12
Artemisia tridentataSage Brush, Big sagebrush, Bonneville big sagebrush32
Calycanthus floridusCarolina Allspice, Eastern sweetshrub, Strawberry Bush, Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice32
Chimaphila umbellataPipsissewa23
Clintonia borealisBluebeard21
Cochlearia officinalisScurvy Grass, Spoonwort12
Inula royleana 01
Ipomopsis aggregataSkyrocket, Scarlet gilia12
Juniperus scopulorumRocky Mountain Juniper, Weeping Rocky Mountian Juniper, Colorado Red Cedar32
Larix laricinaTamarack, Hackmatack, American Larch22
Lathyrus ornatusBush Vetchling11
Lomatium dissectumFernleaf Biscuitroot, Carrotleaf biscuitroot42
Lonicera involucrataTwinberry, Twinberry honeysuckle22
Panicum antidotaleBlue Panic Grass, Blue panicum11
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Prunus americanaAmerican Plum, American Wild Plum, Wild Plum32
Quercus stellataPost Oak32
Quercus velutinaBlack Oak23
Rubus spectabilisSalmonberry32
Salvia columbariaeChia, Ziegler's sage32
Santolina chamaecyparissusCotton Lavender22
Stachys bullataCalifornia Hedgenettle01
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatusSnowberry12
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
Veratrum californicumCalifornia False Hellebore02
Allium ursinumWild Garlic53
Cetraria islandicaIceland Moss, Island cetraria lichen, Oriental cetraria lichen33
Lindera benzoinSpice Bush, Northern spicebush, Bush Northern Spice33
Origanum majoranaSweet Marjoram33
Origanum onitesPot Marjoram31
Origanum x majoricumHardy Marjoram22
Thymus serpyllumWild Thyme43
Corymbia citriodoraLemon-Scented Gum, blue spotted gum, lemon eucalyptus, eucalyptus citriodora.23
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Vachellia tortilisUmbrella Thorn22
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
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River Gum, Murray Red Gum, River Red Eucalyptus13
Euclea divinorumMagic Guarri22
Khaya senegalensisDryzone Mahogany23
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