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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies albaSilver Fir, Christmas Tree Fir, European Silver Fir, Silver23
Abies amabilisRed Fir,Pacific silver fir12
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Abies fraseriShe Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir13
Abies grandisGrand Fir, Giant Fir, Lowland White Fir22
Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Fir, Alpine Fir22
Acacia angustissimaPrairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia23
Acacia catechuCutch tree, Catechu acacia12
Acer glabrumRock Maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Douglas maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple21
Acer macrophyllumOregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple31
Acer negundoBox Elder31
Acer rubrumRed Maple, Drummond's maple, Swamp Maple31
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Acer saccharumSugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple42
Acer saccharum grandidentatumBig-Tooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Rocky Mountain Sugar Maple40
Acer saccharum nigrumBlack Maple41
Acrocomia aculeataCoyoli Palm. Gru-Gru Palm, Macaw palm31
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Albizia proceraWhite Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris12
Alnus rhombifoliaWhite Alder12
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Anogeissus leiocarpaAfrican Birch24
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Banisteriopsis caapiYage, Ayahuasca, Caapi04
Betula alleghaniensisYellow Birch, Swamp Birch32
Betula alnoides 21
Betula kenaicaKenai Birch31
Betula lentaCherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch33
Betula occidentalisWater Birch32
Betula papyriferaPaper Birch, Mountain paper birch, Kenai birch32
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula platyphyllaWhite Birch, Asian white birch,22
Betula populifoliaGrey Birch21
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Bombax ceibaRed Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree22
Brucea antidysentericaWaginos14
Cassia fistulaGolden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum14
Ceanothus fendleriFendler's Ceanothus21
Cedrelopsis greveiKatrafay, Kathrafay24
Cinchona calisayaPeruvian Bark, Quinine25
Cinchona micranthaHuannco24
Cinchona officinalisLojabark25
Cinchona pubescensQuinine tree, Red Bark, Cinchona, Quina, Quinquina, Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit's Bark25
Cinnamomum loureiroiSaigon Cinnamon43
Cinnamomum verumCinnamon, Ceylon Cinnamon Tree43
Commiphora myrrhaMyrrh, Myrrh Gum24
Commiphora wightiiGuggul, Indian bdellium-tree23
Cordia alliodoraEcuador laurel, Cypre, Onion Cordia, Laurel Blanco22
Dalbergia hupeana 11
Erythrophleum ivorenseOrdealtree, sasswoodtree13
Euclea divinorumMagic Guarri22
Fagus grandifoliaAmerican Beech22
Fraxinus pennsylvanicaRed Ash, Green ash, Water Ash11
Handroanthus impetiginosusPau D'Arco, Pink Trumpet Tree24
Hoheria sexstylosaRibbonwood10
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Moringa oleiferaHorseradish Tree, Moringa,44
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Morus alba multicaulisWhite Mulberry43
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Nothofagus pumilioLenga10
Ocotea cymosaVarongy20
Paullinia yocoYoco42
Picea abiesNorway Spruce21
Picea asperataChinese Spruce20
Picea brachytylaSargent Spruce20
Picea brewerianaWeeping Spruce, Brewer spruce20
Picea engelmanniiMountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce22
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Picea glehniiSakhalin Spruce20
Picea jezoensisYezo Spruce21
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Picea omorikaSerbian Spruce20
Picea orientalisCaucasian Spruce20
Picea pungensBlue Spruce, Colorado Spruce20
Picea purpureaPurple-Coned Spruce20
Picea rubensRed Spruce21
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Picea smithianaMorinda Spruce20
Picrasma excelsaJamaican Quassia24
Pinus albicaulisWhite-Bark Pine42
Pinus banksianaJack Pine22
Pinus cembroidesMexican Pine Nut, Pinyon Pine42
Pinus cembroides orizabensisMexican Pine Nut42
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Pinus densifloraJapanese Red Pine22
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus flexilisLimber Pine, Rocky Mountain White Pine32
Pinus monticolaWestern White Pine22
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus sabinianaDigger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine42
Pinus strobiformisSouthwestern White Pine22
Pinus strobusWhite Pine, Eastern white pine23
Pinus sylvestrisScot's Pine, Scotch Pine23
Pinus thunbergiiJapanese Black Pine22
Pinus veitchii 32
Populus albaWhite Poplar12
Populus angustifoliaNarrowleaf Cottonwood12
Populus balsamiferaBalsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Populus deltoidesEastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar22
Populus deltoides moniliferaPlains Cottonwood12
Populus deltoides wislizeniiRio Grande Cottonwood21
Populus fremontiiCottonwood, Fremont cottonwood, Fremont Poplar, Western Cottonwood12
Populus grandidentataCanadian Aspen, Bigtooth aspen11
Populus hybridsHybrid poplar33
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Populus tremulaAspen Poplar, European aspen, Aspen12
Populus tremuloidesAmerican Aspen - Poplar, Quaking aspen13
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Prosopis cinerariaJandi, Ghaf32
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Quassia amaraBitterwood, Amargo Bark24
Salix 'Bowles hybrid' 12
Salix 'Forbiana' 12
Salix acutifoliaSharp-Leaf Willow12
Salix aegyptiaca 12
Salix alaxensisFeltleaf Wiillow12
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba caeruleaCricket Bat Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix appendiculata 12
Salix arenaria 12
Salix babylonicaWeeping Willow, Babylon Weeping Willow13
Salix bakko 12
Salix brachycarpashortfruit willow12
Salix capreaGoat Willow, Kilmarnock Willow, Pink Pussy Willow, Pussy Willow12
Salix chaenomeloidesJapanese Pussy Willow12
Salix commutataundergreen willow12
Salix daphnoidesViolet Willow, Daphne willow12
Salix decipiens 12
Salix fragilisCrack Willow13
Salix gilgianaWillow12
Salix gooddingiiGoodding's Willow12
Salix gracilistylaRosegold Pussy Willow12
Salix hastataHalberd-Leaved Willow, Halberd willow12
Salix hookerianaDune Willow12
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Salix japonica 12
Salix lanataWoolly Willow12
Salix matsudanaCorkscrew willow, Hankow Willow, Peking Willow, Corkscrew Willow12
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Salix nipponica 12
Salix pentandraBay Willow, Laurel willow13
Salix piperiDune Willow12
Salix pulchraTealeaf Willow12
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix purpurea lambertianaPurple Osier13
Salix repensCreeping Willow12
Salix sitchensisSitka Willow12
Salix taxifoliaYew-Leaf Willow12
Salix triandraAlmond-Leaved Willow, Almond willow12
Salix viminalisOsier. Basket Willow12
Salix wallichiana 12
Salix x mollisima hippophaeifolia 12
Salix x mollisima undulataSalix × mollisima var. undulata12
Salix x rubraGreen-leaved willow, Red osier12
Salix x smithianaSilky-leaved Osier, Smith Willow12
Santalum murrayanum 10
Schinus molleCalifornia Peppertree, Peruvian peppertree21
Talipariti tiliaceumBeach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Cottontree, Mahoe32
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Tsuga canadensisCanadian Hemlock, Eastern hemlock13
Tsuga carolinianaCarolina Hemlock12
Tsuga chinensisChinese Hemlock12
Tsuga heterophyllaWestern Hemlock12
Tsuga mertensianaMountain Hemlock12
Ulmus davidianaJapanese Elm20
Ulmus glabraWych Elm, Table-top Scotch Elm, Scotch Elm32
Ulmus japonicaJapanese Elm21
Ulmus laciniata 20
Ulmus parvifoliaChinese Elm, Lacebark Elm21
Ulmus proceraEnglish Elm32
Ulmus pumilaSiberian Elm, Hybrid elm22
Ulmus rubraSlippery Elm25
Vachellia niloticaGum Arabic Tree22
Vachellia seyalShittim Wood22
Vateria indicaWhite Dammar32
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Warburgia salutarisPepperbark Tree24
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