Latin Name | Common Name | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Abies balsamea | Balsam Fir | 3 | 5 |
Abies fraseri | She Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir | 1 | 3 |
Achyranthes japonica | Japanese Chaff Flower | 0 | 3 |
Aconitum balfourii | | 0 | 1 |
Aconitum carmichaelii | Japanese Aconite, Carmichael's monkshood | 0 | 2 |
Aconitum chasmanthum | | 0 | 1 |
Aconitum chinense | | 0 | 1 |
Aconitum heterophyllum | | 1 | 2 |
Aconitum japonicum | | 0 | 2 |
Aconitum koreanum | Korean Monk's Hood | 1 | 0 |
Aconitum lycoctonum vulparia | Wolfbane | 1 | 1 |
Aconitum napellus | Aconite, Venus' chariot, Wolfsbane Garden, Monk's Hood Garden | 1 | 2 |
Actaea rubra | Red Baneberry | 0 | 2 |
Aesculus hippocastanum | Horse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut | 3 | 4 |
Agastache urticifolia | Giant Hyssop, Nettleleaf giant hyssop | 3 | 1 |
Agrimonia pilosa | Hairy Agrimony | 2 | 3 |
Ajuga decumbens | | 0 | 2 |
Akebia trifoliata | Akebia, Threeleaf Akebia | 4 | 2 |
Albizia julibrissin | Mimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree, | 2 | 2 |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem | 0 | 1 |
Anemone rivularis | Cao Yu Mei | 1 | 2 |
Anemopsis californica | Yerba Mansa | 2 | 2 |
Angelica anomala | | 0 | 2 |
Angelica dahurica | Bai Zhi | 2 | 3 |
Angelica decursiva | | 2 | 2 |
Angelica laxiflora | | 0 | 1 |
Angelica sinensis | Dang Gui - Dong Quai - Chinese Angelica | 0 | 5 |
Aplectrum hyemale | Putty Root, Adam and eve | 0 | 1 |
Aralia cordata | Udo | 4 | 2 |
Aralia spinosa | Hercule's Club, Aralia spinosa, American Angelica Tree, Hercules' Club, Devil's Walking Stick | 2 | 2 |
Argemone mexicana | Prickly Poppy, Mexican pricklypoppy | 1 | 3 |
Artemisia tilesii | Wormwood, Tilesius' wormwood | 1 | 2 |
Asarum blumei | | 0 | 1 |
Asarum caudatum | Wild Ginger, British Columbia wildginger | 3 | 2 |
Asarum heterotropoides | | 0 | 2 |
Asarum maximum | | 0 | 1 |
Asarum sieboldii | Wild Ginger | 0 | 2 |
Astragalus canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch, Shorttooth Canadian milkvetch, Morton's Canadian milkvetch | 3 | 2 |
Atriplex argentea | Silvery Orach, Silverscale saltbush, Stalked saltbush | 2 | 2 |
Atropa bella-donna | Deadly Nightshade, Belladonna | 0 | 3 |
Balsamorhiza incana | Hoary Balsamroot | 3 | 1 |
Belamcanda chinensis | Leopard Lily, Blackberry lily, Leopard Flower | 1 | 3 |
Betula lenta | Cherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch | 3 | 3 |
Bupleurum chinense | Bei Chai Hu | 2 | 3 |
Bupleurum falcatum | Thorow-Wax | 2 | 2 |
Callicarpa pedunculata | | 0 | 2 |
Cannabis sativa | Hemp, Marijuana | 4 | 4 |
Capparis spinosa | Caper,Common Caper, Caper Bush | 2 | 3 |
Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory | 3 | 1 |
Ceanothus velutinus | Sticky Laurel, Snowbrush ceanothus, Hooker's ceanothus | 2 | 2 |
Celastrus dependens | | 1 | 2 |
Celastrus scandens | Climbing Bittersweet, American bittersweet | 2 | 2 |
Chaenomeles speciosa | Japanese Quince, Flowering quince | 3 | 2 |
Chenopodium ambrosioides | Mexican Tea | 2 | 3 |
Chenopodium ambrosioides anthelminticum | Wormseed | 2 | 3 |
Chenopodium hybridum | | 2 | 1 |
Chimaphila maculata | Spotted Wintergreen, Striped prince's pine, Pipsissewa | 1 | 3 |
Cicuta virosa | Cowbane, Mackenzie's water hemlock | 1 | 1 |
Cimicifuga dahurica | Xing An Sheng Ma | 1 | 3 |
Cimicifuga foetida | Foetid Bugbane | 1 | 3 |
Cimicifuga heracleifolia | Komarov's Bugbane | 0 | 2 |
Cinnamomum camphora | Camphor, Camphortree | 2 | 3 |
Citrus reticulata | Mandarin, Tangerine, Unshu orange, Satsuma Orange,Temple Orange, Tangerine | 3 | 3 |
Clematis barbellata | | 0 | 2 |
Clematis buchananiana | | 1 | 2 |
Clematis ligusticifolia | White Clematis, Western white clematis, California clematis, | 0 | 2 |
Clematis mandschurica | | 0 | 2 |
Clematis vitalba | Traveller's Joy, Evergreen clematis | 1 | 2 |
Clerodendrum trichotomum | Chou Wu Tong, Harlequin glorybower, Ferruginous clerodendrum, Harlequin Glory Bower | 1 | 3 |
Cnidium officinale | | 1 | 2 |
Codonopsis nervosa | | 0 | 2 |
Colchicum autumnale | Autumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron, | 0 | 3 |
Conium maculatum | Hemlock, Poison hemlock | 1 | 2 |
Coptis chinensis | Huang Lian | 0 | 3 |
Coptis deltoidea | | 0 | 2 |
Coptis teeta | Yun Lian | 1 | 2 |
Cornus canadensis | Creeping Dogwood, Bunchberry dogwood, Bunchberry | 4 | 2 |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood | 2 | 2 |
Corydalis ambigua | | 1 | 3 |
Corydalis cava | | 0 | 3 |
Corydalis yanhusuo | Yan Hu Suo | 0 | 3 |
Cynoglossum officinale | Hound's Tongue, Gypsyflower | 1 | 2 |
Cyperus rotundus | Nut Grass | 3 | 3 |
Cyrtomium fortunei | Asian netvein hollyfern | 0 | 2 |
Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover | 3 | 1 |
Desmodium caudatum | | 0 | 1 |
Dryopteris crassirhizoma | Crown Wood-Fern | 1 | 4 |
Ecballium elaterium | Squirting Cucumber | 0 | 2 |
Echinocystis lobata | Wild Cucumber | 0 | 1 |
Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus | | 2 | 3 |
Encelia farinosa | Brittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso | 2 | 1 |
Epilobium latifolium | River Beauty | 3 | 2 |
Eriobotrya japonica | Loquat, Japanese Loquat | 4 | 3 |
Eriogonum jamesii | Antelope Sage, James' buckwheat | 0 | 2 |
Eriogonum latifolium | Seaside Buckwheat | 2 | 1 |
Eucommia ulmoides | Gutta-Percha | 1 | 3 |
Euodia officinalis | | 0 | 2 |
Euodia ruticarpa | Wu Zhu Yu | 0 | 3 |
Euryale ferox | Foxnut, Euryale | 3 | 2 |
Filipendula rubra | Queen Of The Prairie, Meadowsweet | 0 | 1 |
Foeniculum vulgare | Fennel, Sweet fennel | 5 | 3 |
Foeniculum vulgare azoricum | Florence Fennel | 3 | 3 |
Foeniculum vulgare dulce | Sweet Fennel | 4 | 3 |
Fraxinus bungeana | Xiao Ye Qin | 0 | 2 |
Fraxinus chinensis rhynchophylla | Hua Qu Liu | 0 | 2 |
Gastrodia elata | Tien Ma | 2 | 3 |
Gaultheria procumbens | Checkerberry, Eastern teaberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen | 4 | 3 |
Gelsemium sempervirens | False Jasmine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Carolina Jasmine | 0 | 4 |
Gentiana crassicaulis | | 0 | 3 |
Gentiana dahurica | | 0 | 3 |
Gentiana macrophylla | Qin Jiao | 1 | 3 |
Gentiana straminea | | 0 | 3 |
Geranium pratense | Meadow Crane's Bill, Meadow geranium, Geranium | 0 | 2 |
Glehnia littoralis | Bei Sha Shen, American silvertop | 2 | 2 |
Heracleum lallii | | 0 | 2 |
Hypericum perforatum | St. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort | 2 | 4 |
Inula racemosa | | 0 | 2 |
Iris kemaonensis | | 0 | 2 |
Iris missouriensis | Rocky Mountain Iris | 1 | 2 |
Juniperus californica | Californian Juniper, Chuperosa | 2 | 1 |
Juniperus occidentalis | Western Juniper | 3 | 2 |
Juniperus osteosperma | Desert Juniper, Utah juniper | 2 | 2 |
Juniperus silicicola | Southern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar | 2 | 2 |
Kalmia angustifolia | Sheep Laurel | 0 | 2 |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Ivy | 0 | 2 |
Lactuca canadensis | Canada Lettuce | 2 | 3 |
Laurelia novae-zealandiae | Pukatea | 0 | 1 |
Ledum groenlandicum | Labrador Tea, Bog Labrador tea | 2 | 3 |
Lepidium densiflorum | Common Pepperweed | 2 | 1 |
Ligusticum jeholense | | 0 | 2 |
Ligusticum sinense | Chuang Xiong | 0 | 3 |
Linum usitatissimum | Flax, Common flax | 4 | 3 |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | 0 | 3 |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia, Blue Cardinal Flower, Big Blue Lobelia, Great Lobelia | 0 | 2 |
Lomatium nudicaule | Pestle Parsnip, Barestem biscuitroot | 4 | 2 |
Lomatium utriculatum | Common Lomatium | 3 | 1 |
Lycopodium clavatum | Common Club Moss, Running clubmoss | 0 | 3 |
Lycopodium complanatum | Ground Pine, Groundcedar | 0 | 3 |
Lycopodium obscurum | Ground Pine, Rare clubmoss | 0 | 2 |
Lycopodium selago | Fir Clubmoss | 1 | 2 |
Magnolia liliiflora | Mu-Lan, Woody Orchid, Lily Magnolia | 0 | 3 |
Malva nicaeensis | Bull Mallow | 3 | 1 |
Meconopsis aculeata | | 1 | 2 |
Monardella lanceolata | Mustang Mountain Balm | 1 | 1 |
Morus alba | White Mulberry, Common Mulberry, | 4 | 3 |
Morus alba multicaulis | White Mulberry | 4 | 3 |
Narcissus tazetta | Bunchflower Daffodil, Cream narcissus | 0 | 2 |
Nicandra physaloides | Shoo Fly | 1 | 2 |
Nuphar polysepala | Spatterdock, Rocky Mountain pond-lily | 3 | 1 |
Oplopanax horridus | Devil's Club | 2 | 2 |
Oplopanax japonicus | | 2 | 1 |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | 2 | 1 |
Paeonia delavayi | Tree Peony, Dian mu dan | 1 | 3 |
Paeonia japonica | Yama-Shakuyaku | 1 | 1 |
Paeonia lactiflora | Chinese Peony, Peony | 1 | 3 |
Paeonia lutea | Tree Peony, Dian mu dan | 1 | 3 |
Paeonia obovata | | 0 | 3 |
Paeonia ostii | Tree Peony | 1 | 2 |
Paeonia potaninii | Tree Peony | 1 | 2 |
Paeonia suffruticosa | Moutan, Moutan peony, Tree Peony, Japanese Tree Peony | 1 | 2 |
Paeonia szechuanica | Tree Peony | 1 | 2 |
Paeonia veitchii | | 0 | 3 |
Panax pseudoginseng notoginseng | San Qi | 1 | 5 |
Paris polyphylla | Herb Paris | 1 | 2 |
Penstemon grandiflorus | Large Beard Tongue | 0 | 1 |
Persea borbonia | Red Bay, Sweetbay | 1 | 2 |
Petasites hybridus | Butterbur, Pestilence wort | 0 | 3 |
Peucedanum praeruptorum | Qian Hu | 0 | 2 |
Peumus boldus | Boldu, Boldo | 2 | 3 |
Physalis lanceolata | Ground Cherry, Sword groundcherry | 2 | 1 |
Picea sitchensis | Sitka Spruce | 2 | 2 |
Pinus koraiensis | Korean Nut Pine, Chinese pinenut | 4 | 2 |
Pinus massoniana | Chinese Red Pine | 2 | 2 |
Pistacia lentiscus | Mastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque | 2 | 2 |
Polygala sibirica | Yuan Zhi | 1 | 3 |
Polygonatum commutatum | King Solomon's Seal, Smooth Solomon's seal | 2 | 1 |
Populus angustifolia | Narrowleaf Cottonwood | 1 | 2 |
Potentilla anserina | Silverweed | 3 | 3 |
Prunus armeniaca | Apricot | 4 | 3 |
Prunus davidiana | Chinese Wild Peach | 2 | 3 |
Prunus sibirica | Siberian Apricot | 3 | 2 |
Psoralea canescens | Buckroot | 2 | 1 |
Pulsatilla cernua | | 1 | 2 |
Pulsatilla chinensis | Bai Tou Weng | 0 | 3 |
Pulsatilla dahurica | | 0 | 3 |
Pycnanthemum flexuosum | Mountain Mint, Appalachian mountainmint | 1 | 2 |
Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary Mountain Mint | 1 | 2 |
Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia Mountain Mint | 2 | 2 |
Pyrola elliptica | Waxflower Shinleaf | 0 | 2 |
Quercus gambelii | Shin Oak, Gambel oak, Rocky Mountain White Oak | 3 | 2 |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak | 2 | 2 |
Quercus undulata | Wavyleaf Oak | 2 | 2 |
Quercus virginiana | Live Oak | 3 | 2 |
Ranunculus repens | Creeping Buttercup, Prairie Double-flowered Buttercup, Water Buttercup, Creeping Buttercup | 1 | 1 |
Ratibida columnifera | Prairie Coneflower, Upright prairie coneflower, Woolly Cinquefoil, Praire Coneflower, Mexican Hat | 1 | 1 |
Rhododendron maximum | Rosebay Rhododendron, Great laurel | 0 | 1 |
Rhododendron molle | Chinese Azalea | 0 | 1 |
Rhus trilobata | Skunk Bush, Basketbush, Squawbush, Three Leaf Sumac | 4 | 2 |
Ribes lacustre | Prickly Blackcurrant, Prickly currant | 3 | 1 |
Rosa blanda | Labrador Rose, Smooth rose, Hispid rose | 2 | 2 |
Rosa californica | California Wild Rose | 2 | 2 |
Rosa nutkana | Nootka Rose, Bristly Nootka rose | 3 | 2 |
Rosa woodsii | Western Wild Rose, Woods' rose, Tehachapi rose | 2 | 2 |
Rubus spectabilis | Salmonberry | 3 | 2 |
Rumex occidentalis | Western Dock | 1 | 1 |
Sabal palmetto | Cabbage Palmetto, Blue Palmetto, Common Palmetto | 2 | 1 |
Sagittaria cuneata | Wapato, arumleaf arrowhead | 4 | 1 |
Salicornia virginica | Virginia Glasswort | 1 | 1 |
Salvia carnosa | Purple Sage | 1 | 2 |
Salvia mellifera | Californian Black Sage | 1 | 2 |
Sambucus caerulea | Blue Elder | 4 | 2 |
Sium suave | Water Parsnip, Hemlock waterparsnip | 3 | 1 |
Smilax herbacea | Carrion Flower, Smooth carrionflower | 4 | 1 |
Sophora tonkinensis | | 0 | 2 |
Sorbus decora | Showy Mountain Ash | 1 | 1 |
Streptopus amplexifolius | Wild Cucumber, Claspleaf twistedstalk, Tubercle twistedstalk | 4 | 2 |
Tamarix chinensis | Chinese Tamarisk, Five-stamen tamarisk | 0 | 2 |
Taxodium distichum | Swamp Cypress, Bald cypress, Common Bald Cypress | 0 | 1 |
Taxus canadensis | Canadian Yew | 3 | 4 |
Thalictrum polycarpum | Meadowrue | 0 | 1 |
Thuja plicata | Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar | 1 | 2 |
Torreya californica | California Nutmeg | 3 | 1 |
Umbellularia californica | California Laurel, California Bay | 4 | 2 |
Umbilicus rupestris | Pennywort | 3 | 1 |
Uvularia grandiflora | Fairybells, Merry Bells, Bellwort, Largeflower bellwort | 0 | 3 |
Vaccinium myrsinites | Florida Evergreen Blueberry, Shiny blueberry | 2 | 1 |
Valeriana uliginosa | Mountain Valerian | 0 | 2 |
Veratrum album | White Hellebore, White false hellebore | 0 | 2 |
Veratrum californicum | California False Hellebore | 0 | 2 |
Veratrum maackii parviflorum | | 1 | 1 |
Veratrum nigrum | Black Hellebore | 0 | 1 |
Veratrum viride | Indian Poke, American Hellebore | 1 | 2 |
Verbena officinalis | Vervain, Herb of the cross, Prostrate verbena | 1 | 3 |
Veronica undulata | Undulate speedwell | 1 | 1 |
Viburnum lantanoides | Hobbleberry | 3 | 1 |
Viola adunca | Western Dog Violet, Hookedspur violet, Kirk's violet | 3 | 1 |
Viola cucullata | Marsh Blue Violet | 3 | 1 |
Viola pedata | Bird's Foot Violet, Crowfoot Violet, Pansy Violet, Bird's Foot Violet | 2 | 1 |
Viola sororia | Wooly Blue Violet, Common blue violet | 3 | 1 |
Vitis vinifera | Grape, Wine grape, Purpleleaf Grape, Common Grape | 5 | 2 |
Acmella oleracea | Toothache plant, Paracress | 3 | 3 |
Aniba rosaeodora | Brazilian Rosewood, Rosewood-oil tree | 2 | 3 |
Brosimum utile | Cow Tree, Palo De Vaca | 3 | 2 |
Dipterocarpus alatus | Apitong, baume de gurjun, gurjun balsam | 0 | 2 |
Elaeis guineensis | African Oil Palm | 5 | 2 |
Hymenaea courbaril | West Indian Locust | 3 | 3 |
Linum hybrids | Perennial Flax | 4 | 4 |
Musanga cecropioides | Corkwood | 3 | 4 |
Parkia biglobosa | African Locust Bean | 4 | 2 |
Pentaclethra macrophylla | African Oil Bean. Oil Bean Tree, Owala Oil | 3 | 2 |
Prunus armeniaca mandschurica | Manchurian apricot | 4 | 3 |
Schleichera oleosa | Malay Lac Tree. Lac tree, Ceylon oak | 3 | 2 |
Senna singueana | Winter cassia, Sticky pod | 2 | 3 |
Theobroma cacao | Cacao, Cocoa Tree | 5 | 3 |
Triplochiton scleroxylon | Arere, Obeche, Samba | 2 | 2 |
Coffea arabica | Coffee Arabica | 3 | 3 |
Diplazium esculentum | Vegetable Fern | 4 | 3 |
Afzelia africana | African Mahogany | 2 | 2 |
Andrographis paniculata | Green Chireta, Creat, Nilavembu, Kirayat, Chuan Xin Lian, King of Bitters | 1 | 4 |
Baccharis genistelloides | Carqueja | 0 | 4 |
Baphia nitida | Camwood, Baphia | 2 | 2 |
Brosimum guianense | Bastard Breadnut | 1 | 2 |
Carapa guianensis | Andiroba | 0 | 4 |
Chamaecrista nigricans | Diola, Diala | 1 | 2 |
Cissus quadrangularis | Veldt Grape | 2 | 4 |
Dysphania anthelmintica | Wormseed | 2 | 4 |
Gossypium barbadense | Sea Island Cotton | 3 | 2 |
Himatanthus sucuuba | Plumeria sucuuba | 0 | 4 |
Pfaffia paniculata | Pfaffia | 0 | 4 |
Polyscias fruticosa | Ming Aralia, Chinese Ariala | 2 | 2 |
Ptychopetalum olacoides | Muira Puama, marapuama | 0 | 4 |
Ptychopetalum uncinatum | Muira Puama | 0 | 4 |
Scoparia dulcis | Sweet Broom, Licorice Weed, Vassourinha | 2 | 4 |
Senna alata | Ringworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant | 2 | 4 |
Solanum paniculatum | Jurubeba, Nightshade | 0 | 4 |
Tabernanthe iboga | Iboga | 0 | 4 |