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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aesculus californicaCalifornian Buckeye, California Horsechestnut31
Aesculus paviaRed Buckeye21
Agastache neomexicanaNew Mexico Giant Hyssop, Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop31
Ajuga australisAustralian Bugle01
Amorpha canescensLead Plant22
Andropogon virginicusBroomsedge Bluestem01
Aquilegia brevistylaSmallflower columbine21
Aquilegia canadensisWild Columbine, Red columbine, Meeting Houses, Common Columbine22
Aquilegia coeruleaRocky Mountain Columbine, Colorado blue columbine, Dailey's columbine, White Colorado columbine21
Aquilegia flavescensColumbine, Yellow columbine21
Aquilegia formosaWestern Columbine22
Aquilegia formosa truncataColumbine22
Aquilegia jonesiiColumbine, Jones' columbine, Blue limestone columbine21
Aquilegia pubescensColumbine, Sierra columbine21
Aquilegia shockleyi 21
Arnica cordifoliaHeartleaf Arnica02
Aruncus dioicusGoat's Beard, Bride's feathers22
Asarum canadenseSnake Root, Canadian wildginger, Canada Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger33
Benincasa hispidaWax Gourd33
Betula glandulosaScrub Birch21
Betula kenaicaKenai Birch31
Betula nanaDwarf Birch22
Betula nigraRiver Birch, Black Birch, Red Birch, Water Birch, River Birch32
Betula occidentalisWater Birch32
Bouteloua gracilisBlue Grama11
Camellia japonicaCamellia, Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia32
Clematis columbianaRock Clematis01
Comandra pallidaPale Bastard Toadflax11
Comandra umbellataBastard Toad Flax, California bastard toadflax, Pale bastard toadflax11
Commelina erecta angustifoliaWhitemouth Dayflower21
Coronilla variaCrown Vetch01
Crotalaria sessiliflora 11
Elaeagnus commutataSilverberry32
Ephedra torreyanaMexican Tea, Torrey's jointfir23
Eriogonum alatumWinged Buckwheat21
Euphorbia marginataMountain Snow, Ghost Spurge, Ghost Weed11
Firmiana simplexChinese Parasol Tree, Chinese parasoltree, Japanese Varnish Tree, Chinese Parasol Tree11
Fritillaria atropurpureaPurple Fritillary, Spotted fritillary21
Geranium bicknelliiBicknell's cranesbill11
Geranium erianthumWooly Geranium11
Geranium viscosissimumSticky Geranium, Sticky purple geranium12
Geum triflorumPurple Avens, Old man's whiskers, Prairie Smoke22
Helianthus petiolarisPrairie Sunflower21
Heuchera glabraAlpine Heuchera11
Ipomoea leptophyllaBush Moon Flower32
Iris missouriensisRocky Mountain Iris12
Juniperus osteospermaDesert Juniper, Utah juniper22
Kalmia latifoliaMountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Ivy02
Kalmia polifoliaSwamp Laurel, Bog laurel02
Larix laricinaTamarack, Hackmatack, American Larch22
Larix occidentalisWestern Larch22
Laserpitium prutenicum 01
Ledum groenlandicumLabrador Tea, Bog Labrador tea23
Liquidambar orientalisOriental Sweet Gum23
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Lithospermum erythrorhizonLithospermum03
Lomatium dissectumFernleaf Biscuitroot, Carrotleaf biscuitroot42
Lonicera utahensisUtah Honeysuckle11
Lygodesmia grandifloraSkeleton Plant, Largeflower skeletonplant11
Magnolia grandifloraSouthern Magnolia, Bull Bay, Large-flowered Magnolia, Southern Magnolia22
Mahonia pinnataCalifornia Barberry, Wavyleaf barberry, Island barberry, Creeping Holly Grape32
Mahonia repensCreeping Oregon Grape, Creeping barberry, Grape Oregon33
Malva moschataMusk Mallow52
Malva neglectaDwarf Mallow, Common mallow42
Malva sylvestrisMallow, High mallow, French Hollyhock, Common Mallow, Tree Mallow, Tall Mallow33
Mentha arvensisCorn Mint, Wild mint32
Mentha arvensis piperascensJapanese Mint32
Mentzelia albicaulisWhitestem Blazing Star21
Orobanche fasciculataCancer Root, Clustered broomrape12
Oxalis violaceaViolet Wood Sorrel31
Penstemon confertusYellow Penstemon11
Perideridia gairdneriYampa, Gardner's yampah, Common yampah52
Petasites hyperboreusArctic Sweet Coltsfoot21
Petasites palmatusSweet Butterbur, Golden Palms Coltsfoot, Sweet Coltsfoot, Butterbur21
Petasites saggitatusArrowleaf Sweet Coltsfoot21
Picea engelmanniiMountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce22
Picea glaucaWhite Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce22
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Pinus monophyllaSingle Leaf Piñon, Single Leaf PinyonPine, Stone Pine, Pine Pinyon42
Pinus monticolaWestern White Pine22
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus resinosaRed Pine12
Pinus rigidaNorthern Pitch Pine, Pitch pine12
Pinus strobusWhite Pine, Eastern white pine23
Platanus occidentalisButtonwood, American sycamore, American Planetree, Sycamore, American Sycamore12
Polymnia uvedaliaBearsfoot02
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Populus tremuloidesAmerican Aspen - Poplar, Quaking aspen13
Potentilla cryptotaeniae 01
Potentilla hippianaWoolly Cinquefoil01
Prunus cerasusSour Cherry12
Prunus pensylvanicaPin Cherry22
Prunus virginianaChokecherry, Western chokecherry, Black chokecherry32
Psoralea macrostachyaLarge Leather Root21
Pyrularia puberaOil Nut, Buffalo nut11
Quercus falcataSouthern Red Oak, Cherrybark Oak, Spanish Oak, Southern Red Oak12
Quercus lobataCalifornian White Oak, Valley oak22
Quercus phellosWillow Oak22
Quercus rubraRed Oak, Northern red oak32
Quercus velutinaBlack Oak23
Rhus copallinaDwarf Sumach, Winged sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac42
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rhus toxicodendronEastern Poison Oak02
Ribes aureumGolden Currant41
Ribes lobbiiGummy Gooseberry11
Rosa californicaCalifornia Wild Rose22
Rosa woodsiiWestern Wild Rose, Woods' rose, Tehachapi rose22
Rubus occidentalisBlack Raspberry42
Rubus odoratusThimbleberry, Purpleflowering raspberry32
Rubus parviflorusThimbleberry33
Rumex crispusCurled Dock, Curly dock23
Rumex hymenosepalusCanaigre, Canaigre dock22
Rumex obtusifoliusRound-Leaved Dock, Bitter dock12
Rumex salicifoliusWillow Dock, Toothed willow dock, Lake willow dock, Mexican dock12
Rumex venosusSour Greens, Veiny dock12
Salvia lyrataCancer Weed, Lyreleaf Sage02
Sambucus caeruleaBlue Elder42
Sambucus melanocarpaBlack Elder, Rocky Mountain elder22
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Sedum spathulifoliumBroadleaf Stonecrop, Purdy's stonecrop, Yosemite stonecrop, Stonecrop, Blood Leaf Sedum11
Siegesbeckia orientalis pubescens 12
Smilax herbaceaCarrion Flower, Smooth carrionflower41
Solidago canadensisCanadian Goldenrod, Shorthair goldenrod, Harger's goldenrod, Rough Canada goldenrod, Common Goldenro22
Solidago canadensis scabraCanadian Goldenrod22
Solidago radiata 11
Solidago spathulataCoast Goldenrod, Creeping Goldenrod11
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatusSnowberry12
Thalictrum foliolosum 02
Ulmus americanaAmerican Elm, Gray Elm, Water Elm22
Umbellularia californicaCalifornia Laurel, California Bay42
Uvularia grandifloraFairybells, Merry Bells, Bellwort, Largeflower bellwort03
Uvularia perfoliataBellwort, Perfoliate bellwort22
Veratrum californicumCalifornia False Hellebore02
Viburnum eduleMooseberry, Squashberry31
Vicia americanaAmerican Vetch, Mat vetch21
Viola aduncaWestern Dog Violet, Hookedspur violet, Kirk's violet31
Weigela japonica 01
Wyethia longicaulisHumboldt Mulesears31
Yucca aloifoliaSpanish Bayonet, Aloe yucca, Dagger Plant, Yucca, Spanish Bayonet31
Yucca filamentosaSpoonleaf Yucca, Adam's needle, Desert Candle, Needle Palm, St. Peter's Palm, Spanish Bayonet, Comm31
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