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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies balsameaBalsam Fir35
Abies fraseriShe Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir13
Acacia farnesianaSweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache22
Adenostoma fasciculatumGreasewood01
Allium sativumGarlic, Cultivated garlic55
Allium sativum ophioscorodonSerpent Garlic55
Althaea officinalisMarsh Mallow, Common marshmallow55
Amaranthus blitoidesMat Amaranth20
Aplectrum hyemalePutty Root, Adam and eve01
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Asphodelus aestivus 31
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Chlorogalum pomeridianumSoap Lily, Wavyleaf soap plant32
Dichelostemma pulchellumWild Hyacinth40
Encelia farinosaBrittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso21
Eremurus anisopterus 00
Eremurus aucherianus 10
Eremurus olgae 00
Eremurus regelii 00
Eremurus robustus 10
Eremurus spectabilis 20
Eucalyptus viminalisManna Gum32
Grindelia camporumGumplant, Great Valley gumweed, Bract gumweed03
Hyacinthoides nonscriptaBluebell01
Ipomopsis aggregataSkyrocket, Scarlet gilia12
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos 30
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Myoporum platycarpumSugarwood11
Phormium cookianumWharariki20
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Picea abiesNorway Spruce21
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Pinus cembroidesMexican Pine Nut, Pinyon Pine42
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Pinus edulisRocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea42
Pinus lambertianaSugar Pine32
Pinus monophyllaSingle Leaf Piñon, Single Leaf PinyonPine, Stone Pine, Pine Pinyon42
Pinus muricataBishop's Pine22
Pinus quadrifoliaParry Piñon, Parry's Pinyon Pine, Four-leaved Pinyon42
Pinus sabinianaDigger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine42
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus cerasusSour Cherry12
Prunus cerasus austeraMorello Cherry31
Prunus cerasus capronianaKentish Red Cherry31
Prunus cerasus frutescensBush Sour Cherry31
Prunus cerasus marascaMaraschino Cherry31
Prunus domesticaPlum, European plum52
Prunus dulcisAlmond, Sweet almond43
Prunus persicaPeach, Flowering Peach, Ornamental Peach, Common Peach53
Prunus persica nucipersicaNectarine43
Prunus virginiana demissaWestern Chokecherry32
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Pteridium aquilinum esculentumBracken22
Quercus douglasiiBlue Oak32
Quercus kelloggiiCalifornian Black Oak, Black Oak32
Quercus lobataCalifornian White Oak, Valley oak22
Quercus wislizeniiLive Oak32
Xanthorrhoea australisGrasstree21
Zea maysSweet Corn, Corn53
Prunus domestica italicaGages, Greengage52
Adansonia digitataBaobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree33
Aegle marmelosBael Tree, Golden Apple, Bengal Quince33
Afzelia xylocarpaMakha Tree, Cambodia Beng Tree22
Anacardium occidentaleCashew, Caju53
Anogeissus leiocarpaAfrican Birch24
Areca catechuBetel Palm, Betel Nut Palm33
Artocarpus altilisBreadfruit54
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Artocarpus mariannensisSeeded breadfruit, Marianas bread43
Balanites aegyptiacaDesert Date. Desert date, Soapberry tree32
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Dacryodes edulisBush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou52
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Manihot esculentaCassava, Tapioca Plant, Yuca52
Maranta arundinaceaArrowroot43
Pinus caribaeaCaribbean Pine. Caribbean pitch pine22
Prosopis julifloraMesquite, Honey Mesquite32
Sesbania grandifloraVegetable Hummingbird, Agati,32
Tacca leontopetaloidesPolynesian Arrowroot, Pia42
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Diospyros malabaricaIndian Persimmon, Gaub, Timbiri, Mountain ebony13
Fagraea fragransIronwood, Tembusu02
Geodorum densiflorumNodding Swamp Orchid02
Milicia regiaOroko, Iroko22
Neobalanocarpus heimiiChengal00
Shorea balangeranRed Balau00
Shorea johorensisSeraya majau, Meranti majau00
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Tamarindus indicaTamarind43
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