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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Actaea pachypodaWhite Baneberry02
Aesculus paviaRed Buckeye21
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberry34
Artemisia dracunculoidesRussian Tarragon, Tarragon, French Tarragon21
Artemisia dracunculusTarragon, French Tarragon42
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Consolida regalisLarkspur, Royal knight's-spur03
Cypripedium calceolus parviflorumNerve Root03
Cypripedium calceolus pubescensNerve Root03
Datura inoxiaDowny Thorn Apple, Pricklyburr13
Datura metelThorn Apple, Angel's Trumpet, Hindu Datura, Horn of Plenty, Downy Thorn Apple13
Datura stramoniumThorn Apple, Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed04
Epilobium angustifoliumWillow Herb32
Gelsemium sempervirensFalse Jasmine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Carolina Jasmine04
Humulus lupulusHop, Common hop, European Hop,45
Hyoscyamus albusWhite Henbane04
Hyoscyamus nigerHenbane, Black henbane04
Ilex cassineCassine, Dahoon, Cassine Holly11
Lactuca canadensisCanada Lettuce23
Lactuca quercinaWild Lettuce23
Lactuca sativaLettuce, Garden lettuce33
Lactuca serriolaPrickly Lettuce23
Lactuca virosaWild Lettuce, Bitter lettuce13
Lamium albumWhite Dead Nettle23
Leonurus sibiricusChinese Motherwort, Honeyweed23
Lycopodium campanulatum 01
Lycopodium selagoFir Clubmoss12
Malus pumilaParadise Apple, Common Apple, Apple Tree42
Malus sylvestrisCrab Apple, European crab apple32
Menyanthes trifoliataBogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil,23
Mitchella repensPartridge Berry33
Monotropa unifloraIndian Pipe23
Papaver rhoeasCorn Poppy, Field Poppy, Shirley Poppy23
Papaver somniferumOpium Poppy44
Passiflora incarnataMaypops - Passion Flower, Purple passionflower, Apricot Vine, Maypop, Wild Passion Flower, Purple Pa33
Petasites albusButterbur21
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Pulsatilla cernua 12
Pulsatilla chinensisBai Tou Weng03
Pulsatilla dahurica 03
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba caeruleaCricket Bat Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix gooddingiiGoodding's Willow12
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix purpurea lambertianaPurple Osier13
Scopolia carniolicaScopolia, European scopolia02
Stipa vaseyiSleepy Grass01
Ulmus parvifoliaChinese Elm, Lacebark Elm21
Vaccinium uliginosumBog Bilberry31
Valeriana capitataValerian, Captiate valerian11
Valeriana dioicaMarsh Valerian, Woods valerian11
Valeriana fauriei 01
Valeriana hardwickii 03
Valeriana obovataTobacco Root21
Valeriana occidentaliswestern valerian11
Valeriana officinalisValerian, Garden valerian23
Valeriana phu 21
Valeriana sambucifolia 23
Valeriana sitchensisAmerican Valerian, Sitka valerian13
Valeriana toluccana 22
Veratrum albumWhite Hellebore, White false hellebore02
Zizia aureaGolden Alexanders, Golden zizia21
Ziziphus jujubaJujube43
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthium.13
Dimocarpus longanLongan, Lungan, Dragon's Eye, Cat's Eye43
Erythrina fuscaCoral Bean, Swamp Immortelle22
Coffea arabicaCoffee Arabica33
Rauvolfia serpentinaRauwolfia, Ajmaline, Java devil-pepper04
Trichilia dregeanaCape Mahogany43
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