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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Achyranthes japonicaJapanese Chaff Flower03
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Alnus viridis crispaAmerican Green Alder12
Aristolochia clematitisBirthwort02
Aristolochia rotundaSnakeroot02
Artemisia campestrisField Southernwood02
Arum dioscoridis 21
Belamcanda chinensisLeopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower13
Betula occidentalisWater Birch32
Buddleia asiaticaBai Bei Feng11
Celastrus dependens 12
Crocus sativusSaffron33
Daphne genkwaLilac Daphne03
Daphne laureolaSpurge Laurel01
Dianthus superbusFringed Pink23
Dictamnus albusBurning Bush, Gasplant, White Dittany,23
Ecballium elateriumSquirting Cucumber02
Euphorbia lathyrisCaper Spurge, Moleplant12
Fraxinus floribundaHimalayan Ash22
Garrya ellipticaCoast Silk Tassel, Wavyleaf silktassel02
Gleditsia koraiensisKorean Honey Locust22
Hedeoma pulegioidesAmerican Pennyroyal, American false pennyroyal33
Hibiscus diversifoliusSwamp Hibiscus21
Hordeum vulgareBarley, Common barley43
Ilex cornutaHorned Holly, Chinese holly12
Juniperus sabinaSavine, Tam Juniper02
Juniperus silicicolaSouthern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar22
Juniperus virginianaPencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East22
Laurus nobilisBay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel,33
Lavandula latifoliaSpike Lavender, Broadleaved lavender22
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