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Latin Name

Common Name

Edibility Rating

Medicinal Rating

Abies concolor

Colorado Fir, White fir

0

2

Abies grandis

Grand Fir, Giant Fir, Lowland White Fir

2

Abies lasiocarpa

Subalpine Fir, Alpine Fir

2

Acer macrophyllum

Oregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple

3

1

Achlys triphylla

Vanilla leaf, Sweet after death

0

1

Alnus rhombifolia

White Alder

1

2

Alnus rubra

Red Alder, Oregon Alder

2

Anemopsis californica

Yerba Mansa

2

Carya illinoinensis

Pecan

4

1

Cedrus deodara

Deodar, Deodar cedar

0

2

Cercocarpus ledifolius

Mountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain mahogany

1

2

Chrysothamnus nauseosus

Rubber Rabbitbrush

1

2

Commelina dianthifolia

Birdbill Dayflower

2

1

Cornus rugosa

Round-Leaved Dogwood

0

1

Eriogonum microthecum

Slender Buckwheat, Alpine slender buckwheat, San Bernardino buckwheat, Johnston's buckwheat, Panamin

1

Heracleum sphondylium montanum

Cow Parsnip

3

2

Ligusticum porteri

Porter's Licorice Root

1

3

Lonicera ciliosa

Orange Honeysuckle

2

Lonicera japonica

Japanese Honeysuckle

2

3

Maianthemum dilatatum

Wild Lily Of The Valley, False lily of the valley

2

1

Malus fusca

Oregon Crab, Oregon crab apple

3

2

Mentzelia multiflora

Manyflowered Mentzelia, Adonis blazingstar

2

1

Nasturtium officinale

Watercress

4

3

Nasturtium x sterile

Brown Watercress

4

3

Nymphaea odorata

Fragrant Water Lily, American white waterlily

3

Oemleria cerasiformis

Oso Berry, Indian plum

2

1

Paeonia brownii

Brown's Peony

1

2

Paronychia argentea

Algerian Tea

1

Paronychia capitata

Algerian Tea

1

Petasites palmatus

Sweet Butterbur, Golden Palms Coltsfoot, Sweet Coltsfoot, Butterbur

2

1

Picea glauca

White Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce

2

Pinus contorta

Beach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor

3

2

Pinus echinata

Short-Leaf Pine

2

Pinus monticola

Western White Pine

2

Polygala japonica

1

2

Prunus emarginata

Bitter Cherry

2

Quercus garryana

Oregon White Oak, Garry Oak

2

Rhodiola rosea

Rose Root

2

3

Rhus glabra

Smooth Sumach

4

3

Ribes divaricatum

Coastal Black Gooseberry, Spreading gooseberry, Parish's gooseberry, Straggly gooseberry

4

1

Ribes laxiflorum

White-Flowered Currant, Trailing black currant

2

1

Rubus allegheniensis

Alleghany Blackberry, Graves' blackberry

3

2

Rubus chamaemorus

Cloudberry

4

1

Rubus occidentalis

Black Raspberry

4

2

Sambucus melanocarpa

Black Elder, Rocky Mountain elder

2

Scutellaria baicalensis

Baikal Skullcap - Huang-Qin

1

3

Shepherdia canadensis

Buffalo Berry, Russet buffaloberry, Canada Buffaloberry

3

2

Symphoricarpos albus laevigatus

Snowberry

1

2

Teucrium scordium

Water Germander

0

1

Thelesperma trifidum

Stiff greenthread

1

Thuja plicata

Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar

1

2

Torreya californica

California Nutmeg

3

1

Picea engelmannii

Mountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce

2

Picea mariana

Black Spruce, Swamp Spruce

2

Picea sitchensis

Sitka Spruce

2

Berberis vulgaris

European Barberry, Common barberry

3

Stellaria media

Chickweed, Common chickweed

3

Bergenia crassifolia

Siberian Tea

2

0

Solidago virgaurea

Goldenrod

1

3

Carex arenaria

Sand Sedge

2

Marrubium vulgare

White Horehound, Horehound

1

3

Equisetum arvense

Field Horsetail

2

3

Polygonum aviculare

Knotweed, Prostrate knotweed

2

3

Myrtus communis

Myrtle, Foxtail Myrtle

3

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