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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies concolorColorado Fir, White fir02
Abies grandisGrand Fir, Giant Fir, Lowland White Fir22
Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Fir, Alpine Fir22
Acer macrophyllumOregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple31
Achlys triphyllaVanilla leaf, Sweet after death01
Alnus rhombifoliaWhite Alder12
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Anemopsis californicaYerba Mansa22
Carya illinoinensisPecan41
Cedrus deodaraDeodar, Deodar cedar02
Cercocarpus ledifoliusMountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain mahogany12
Chrysothamnus nauseosusRubber Rabbitbrush12
Commelina dianthifoliaBirdbill Dayflower21
Cornus rugosaRound-Leaved Dogwood01
Eriogonum microthecumSlender Buckwheat, Alpine slender buckwheat, San Bernardino buckwheat, Johnston's buckwheat, Panamin11
Heracleum sphondylium montanumCow Parsnip32
Ligusticum porteriPorter's Licorice Root13
Lonicera ciliosaOrange Honeysuckle22
Lonicera japonicaJapanese Honeysuckle23
Maianthemum dilatatumWild Lily Of The Valley, False lily of the valley21
Malus fuscaOregon Crab, Oregon crab apple32
Mentzelia multifloraManyflowered Mentzelia, Adonis blazingstar21
Nasturtium officinaleWatercress43
Nasturtium x sterileBrown Watercress43
Nymphaea odorataFragrant Water Lily, American white waterlily33
Oemleria cerasiformisOso Berry, Indian plum21
Paeonia browniiBrown's Peony12
Paronychia argenteaAlgerian Tea11
Paronychia capitataAlgerian Tea11
Petasites palmatusSweet Butterbur, Golden Palms Coltsfoot, Sweet Coltsfoot, Butterbur21
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Pinus echinataShort-Leaf Pine22
Pinus monticolaWestern White Pine22
Polygala japonica 12
Prunus emarginataBitter Cherry22
Quercus garryanaOregon White Oak, Garry Oak22
Rhodiola roseaRose Root23
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Ribes divaricatumCoastal Black Gooseberry, Spreading gooseberry, Parish's gooseberry, Straggly gooseberry41
Ribes laxiflorumWhite-Flowered Currant, Trailing black currant21
Rubus allegheniensisAlleghany Blackberry, Graves' blackberry32
Rubus chamaemorusCloudberry41
Rubus occidentalisBlack Raspberry42
Sambucus melanocarpaBlack Elder, Rocky Mountain elder22
Scutellaria baicalensisBaikal Skullcap - Huang-Qin13
Shepherdia canadensisBuffalo Berry, Russet buffaloberry, Canada Buffaloberry32
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatusSnowberry12
Teucrium scordiumWater Germander01
Thelesperma trifidumStiff greenthread11
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Torreya californicaCalifornia Nutmeg31
Picea engelmanniiMountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce22
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Stellaria mediaChickweed, Common chickweed33
Bergenia crassifoliaSiberian Tea20
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Carex arenariaSand Sedge22
Marrubium vulgareWhite Horehound, Horehound13
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Polygonum aviculareKnotweed, Prostrate knotweed23
Myrtus communisMyrtle, Foxtail Myrtle33
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