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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Abies fraseriShe Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir13
Achyranthes japonicaJapanese Chaff Flower03
Aconitum balfourii 01
Aconitum carmichaeliiJapanese Aconite, Carmichael's monkshood02
Aconitum chasmanthum 01
Aconitum chinense 01
Aconitum heterophyllum 12
Aconitum japonicum 02
Aconitum koreanumKorean Monk's Hood10
Aconitum lycoctonum vulpariaWolfbane11
Aconitum napellusAconite, Venus' chariot, Wolfsbane Garden, Monk's Hood Garden12
Actaea rubraRed Baneberry02
Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut34
Agastache urticifoliaGiant Hyssop, Nettleleaf giant hyssop31
Agrimonia pilosaHairy Agrimony23
Ajuga decumbens 02
Akebia trifoliataAkebia, Threeleaf Akebia42
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Andropogon gerardiiBig Bluestem01
Anemone rivularisCao Yu Mei12
Anemopsis californicaYerba Mansa22
Angelica anomala 02
Angelica dahuricaBai Zhi23
Angelica decursiva 22
Angelica laxiflora 01
Angelica sinensisDang Gui - Dong Quai - Chinese Angelica05
Aplectrum hyemalePutty Root, Adam and eve01
Aralia cordataUdo42
Aralia spinosaHercule's Club, Aralia spinosa, American Angelica Tree, Hercules' Club, Devil's Walking Stick22
Argemone mexicanaPrickly Poppy, Mexican pricklypoppy13
Artemisia tilesiiWormwood, Tilesius' wormwood12
Asarum blumei 01
Asarum caudatumWild Ginger, British Columbia wildginger32
Asarum heterotropoides 02
Asarum maximum 01
Asarum sieboldiiWild Ginger02
Astragalus canadensisCanadian Milkvetch, Shorttooth Canadian milkvetch, Morton's Canadian milkvetch32
Atriplex argenteaSilvery Orach, Silverscale saltbush, Stalked saltbush22
Atropa bella-donnaDeadly Nightshade, Belladonna03
Balsamorhiza incanaHoary Balsamroot31
Belamcanda chinensisLeopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower13
Betula lentaCherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch33
Bupleurum chinenseBei Chai Hu23
Bupleurum falcatumThorow-Wax22
Callicarpa pedunculata 02
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Capparis spinosaCaper,Common Caper, Caper Bush23
Carya ovataShagbark Hickory31
Ceanothus velutinusSticky Laurel, Snowbrush ceanothus, Hooker's ceanothus22
Celastrus dependens 12
Celastrus scandensClimbing Bittersweet, American bittersweet22
Chaenomeles speciosaJapanese Quince, Flowering quince32
Chenopodium ambrosioidesMexican Tea23
Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticumWormseed23
Chenopodium hybridum 21
Chimaphila maculataSpotted Wintergreen, Striped prince's pine, Pipsissewa13
Cicuta virosaCowbane, Mackenzie's water hemlock11
Cimicifuga dahuricaXing An Sheng Ma13
Cimicifuga foetidaFoetid Bugbane13
Cimicifuga heracleifoliaKomarov's Bugbane02
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Citrus reticulataMandarin, Tangerine, Unshu orange, Satsuma Orange,Temple Orange, Tangerine33
Clematis barbellata 02
Clematis buchananiana 12
Clematis ligusticifoliaWhite Clematis, Western white clematis, California clematis,02
Clematis mandschurica 02
Clematis vitalbaTraveller's Joy, Evergreen clematis12
Clerodendrum trichotomumChou Wu Tong, Harlequin glorybower, Ferruginous clerodendrum, Harlequin Glory Bower13
Cnidium officinale 12
Codonopsis nervosa 02
Colchicum autumnaleAutumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron,03
Conium maculatumHemlock, Poison hemlock12
Coptis chinensisHuang Lian03
Coptis deltoidea 02
Coptis teetaYun Lian12
Cornus canadensisCreeping Dogwood, Bunchberry dogwood, Bunchberry42
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Corydalis ambigua 13
Corydalis cava 03
Corydalis yanhusuoYan Hu Suo03
Cynoglossum officinaleHound's Tongue, Gypsyflower12
Cyperus rotundusNut Grass33
Cyrtomium fortuneiAsian netvein hollyfern02
Dalea candidaWhite Prairie Clover31
Desmodium caudatum 01
Dryopteris crassirhizomaCrown Wood-Fern14
Ecballium elateriumSquirting Cucumber02
Echinocystis lobataWild Cucumber01
Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus 23
Encelia farinosaBrittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso21
Epilobium latifoliumRiver Beauty32
Eriobotrya japonicaLoquat, Japanese Loquat43
Eriogonum jamesiiAntelope Sage, James' buckwheat02
Eriogonum latifoliumSeaside Buckwheat21
Eucommia ulmoidesGutta-Percha13
Euodia officinalis 02
Euodia ruticarpaWu Zhu Yu03
Euryale feroxFoxnut, Euryale32
Filipendula rubraQueen Of The Prairie, Meadowsweet01
Foeniculum vulgareFennel, Sweet fennel53
Foeniculum vulgare azoricumFlorence Fennel33
Foeniculum vulgare dulceSweet Fennel43
Fraxinus bungeanaXiao Ye Qin02
Fraxinus chinensis rhynchophyllaHua Qu Liu02
Gastrodia elataTien Ma23
Gaultheria procumbensCheckerberry, Eastern teaberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen43
Gelsemium sempervirensFalse Jasmine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Carolina Jasmine04
Gentiana crassicaulis 03
Gentiana dahurica 03
Gentiana macrophyllaQin Jiao13
Gentiana straminea 03
Geranium pratenseMeadow Crane's Bill, Meadow geranium, Geranium02
Glehnia littoralisBei Sha Shen, American silvertop22
Heracleum lallii 02
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Inula racemosa 02
Iris kemaonensis 02
Iris missouriensisRocky Mountain Iris12
Juniperus californicaCalifornian Juniper, Chuperosa21
Juniperus occidentalisWestern Juniper32
Juniperus osteospermaDesert Juniper, Utah juniper22
Juniperus silicicolaSouthern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar22
Kalmia angustifoliaSheep Laurel02
Kalmia latifoliaMountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Ivy02
Lactuca canadensisCanada Lettuce23
Laurelia novae-zealandiaePukatea01
Ledum groenlandicumLabrador Tea, Bog Labrador tea23
Lepidium densiflorumCommon Pepperweed21
Ligusticum jeholense 02
Ligusticum sinenseChuang Xiong03
Linum usitatissimumFlax, Common flax43
Lobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower03
Lobelia siphiliticaGreat Blue Lobelia, Blue Cardinal Flower, Big Blue Lobelia, Great Lobelia02
Lomatium nudicaulePestle Parsnip, Barestem biscuitroot42
Lomatium utriculatumCommon Lomatium31
Lycopodium clavatumCommon Club Moss, Running clubmoss03
Lycopodium complanatumGround Pine, Groundcedar03
Lycopodium obscurumGround Pine, Rare clubmoss02
Lycopodium selagoFir Clubmoss12
Magnolia liliifloraMu-Lan, Woody Orchid, Lily Magnolia03
Malva nicaeensisBull Mallow31
Meconopsis aculeata 12
Monardella lanceolataMustang Mountain Balm11
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Morus alba multicaulisWhite Mulberry43
Narcissus tazettaBunchflower Daffodil, Cream narcissus02
Nicandra physaloidesShoo Fly12
Nuphar polysepalaSpatterdock, Rocky Mountain pond-lily31
Oplopanax horridusDevil's Club22
Oplopanax japonicus 21
Osmunda cinnamomeaCinnamon Fern21
Paeonia delavayiTree Peony, Dian mu dan13
Paeonia japonicaYama-Shakuyaku11
Paeonia lactifloraChinese Peony, Peony13
Paeonia luteaTree Peony, Dian mu dan13
Paeonia obovata 03
Paeonia ostiiTree Peony12
Paeonia potaniniiTree Peony12
Paeonia suffruticosaMoutan, Moutan peony, Tree Peony, Japanese Tree Peony12
Paeonia szechuanicaTree Peony12
Paeonia veitchii 03
Panax pseudoginseng notoginsengSan Qi15
Paris polyphyllaHerb Paris12
Penstemon grandiflorusLarge Beard Tongue01
Persea borboniaRed Bay, Sweetbay12
Petasites hybridusButterbur, Pestilence wort03
Peucedanum praeruptorumQian Hu02
Peumus boldusBoldu, Boldo23
Physalis lanceolataGround Cherry, Sword groundcherry21
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Pinus koraiensisKorean Nut Pine, Chinese pinenut42
Pinus massonianaChinese Red Pine22
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Polygala sibiricaYuan Zhi13
Polygonatum commutatumKing Solomon's Seal, Smooth Solomon's seal21
Populus angustifoliaNarrowleaf Cottonwood12
Potentilla anserinaSilverweed33
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus davidianaChinese Wild Peach23
Prunus sibiricaSiberian Apricot32
Psoralea canescensBuckroot21
Pulsatilla cernua 12
Pulsatilla chinensisBai Tou Weng03
Pulsatilla dahurica 03
Pycnanthemum flexuosumMountain Mint, Appalachian mountainmint12
Pycnanthemum incanumHoary Mountain Mint12
Pycnanthemum virginianumVirginia Mountain Mint22
Pyrola ellipticaWaxflower Shinleaf02
Quercus gambeliiShin Oak, Gambel oak, Rocky Mountain White Oak32
Quercus phellosWillow Oak22
Quercus undulataWavyleaf Oak22
Quercus virginianaLive Oak32
Ranunculus repensCreeping Buttercup, Prairie Double-flowered Buttercup, Water Buttercup, Creeping Buttercup11
Ratibida columniferaPrairie Coneflower, Upright prairie coneflower, Woolly Cinquefoil, Praire Coneflower, Mexican Hat11
Rhododendron maximumRosebay Rhododendron, Great laurel01
Rhododendron molleChinese Azalea01
Rhus trilobataSkunk Bush, Basketbush, Squawbush, Three Leaf Sumac42
Ribes lacustrePrickly Blackcurrant, Prickly currant31
Rosa blandaLabrador Rose, Smooth rose, Hispid rose22
Rosa californicaCalifornia Wild Rose22
Rosa nutkanaNootka Rose, Bristly Nootka rose32
Rosa woodsiiWestern Wild Rose, Woods' rose, Tehachapi rose22
Rubus spectabilisSalmonberry32
Rumex occidentalisWestern Dock11
Sabal palmettoCabbage Palmetto, Blue Palmetto, Common Palmetto21
Sagittaria cuneataWapato, arumleaf arrowhead41
Salicornia virginicaVirginia Glasswort11
Salvia carnosaPurple Sage12
Salvia melliferaCalifornian Black Sage12
Sambucus caeruleaBlue Elder42
Sium suaveWater Parsnip, Hemlock waterparsnip31
Smilax herbaceaCarrion Flower, Smooth carrionflower41
Sophora tonkinensis 02
Sorbus decoraShowy Mountain Ash11
Streptopus amplexifoliusWild Cucumber, Claspleaf twistedstalk, Tubercle twistedstalk42
Tamarix chinensisChinese Tamarisk, Five-stamen tamarisk02
Taxodium distichumSwamp Cypress, Bald cypress, Common Bald Cypress01
Taxus canadensisCanadian Yew34
Thalictrum polycarpumMeadowrue01
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Torreya californicaCalifornia Nutmeg31
Umbellularia californicaCalifornia Laurel, California Bay42
Umbilicus rupestrisPennywort31
Uvularia grandifloraFairybells, Merry Bells, Bellwort, Largeflower bellwort03
Vaccinium myrsinitesFlorida Evergreen Blueberry, Shiny blueberry21
Valeriana uliginosaMountain Valerian02
Veratrum albumWhite Hellebore, White false hellebore02
Veratrum californicumCalifornia False Hellebore02
Veratrum maackii parviflorum 11
Veratrum nigrumBlack Hellebore01
Veratrum virideIndian Poke, American Hellebore12
Verbena officinalisVervain, Herb of the cross, Prostrate verbena13
Veronica undulataUndulate speedwell11
Viburnum lantanoidesHobbleberry31
Viola aduncaWestern Dog Violet, Hookedspur violet, Kirk's violet31
Viola cucullataMarsh Blue Violet31
Viola pedataBird's Foot Violet, Crowfoot Violet, Pansy Violet, Bird's Foot Violet21
Viola sororiaWooly Blue Violet, Common blue violet31
Vitis viniferaGrape, Wine grape, Purpleleaf Grape, Common Grape52
Acmella oleraceaToothache plant, Paracress33
Aniba rosaeodoraBrazilian Rosewood, Rosewood-oil tree23
Brosimum utileCow Tree, Palo De Vaca32
Dipterocarpus alatusApitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam02
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Linum hybridsPerennial Flax44
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Parkia biglobosaAfrican Locust Bean42
Pentaclethra macrophyllaAfrican Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil32
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Schleichera oleosaMalay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak32
Senna singueanaWinter cassia, Sticky pod23
Theobroma cacaoCacao, Cocoa Tree53
Triplochiton scleroxylonArere, Obeche, Samba22
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Diplazium esculentumVegetable Fern43
Afzelia africanaAfrican Mahogany22
Andrographis paniculataGreen Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters14
Baccharis genistelloidesCarqueja04
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Brosimum guianenseBastard Breadnut12
Carapa guianensisAndiroba04
Chamaecrista nigricansDiola, Diala12
Cissus quadrangularisVeldt Grape24
Dysphania anthelminticaWormseed24
Gossypium barbadenseSea Island Cotton32
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Pfaffia paniculataPfaffia04
Polyscias fruticosaMing Aralia, Chinese Ariala22
Ptychopetalum olacoidesMuira Puama, marapuama04
Ptychopetalum uncinatumMuira Puama04
Scoparia dulcisSweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha24
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Solanum paniculatumJurubeba, Nightshade04
Tabernanthe ibogaIboga04
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