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Latin Name	Common Name	Edibility Rating	Medicinal Rating
Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple	3	1
Allium cepa	Onion, Garden onion	5	3
Allium cepa aggregatum	Potato Onion	4	3
Allium cepa ascalonicum	Shallot	5	3
Allium cepa proliferum	Tree Onion, Walking Onion	5	3
Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak	4	2
Tsuga canadensis	Canadian Hemlock, Eastern hemlock	1	3
Tsuga caroliniana	Carolina Hemlock	1	2
Tsuga heterophylla	Western Hemlock	1	2
Averrhoa carambola	Carambola, Star Fruit	4	2

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