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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acer circinatumVine Maple21
Acer macrophyllumOregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple31
Acer rubrumRed Maple, Drummond's maple, Swamp Maple31
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Adenostoma fasciculatumGreasewood01
Adiantum pedatumNorthern Maidenhair,American Maidenhair Fern02
Akebia quinataAkebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine42
Akebia trifoliataAkebia, Threeleaf Akebia42
Akebia x pentaphyllaFive Leaved Akebia40
Alnus rhombifoliaWhite Alder12
Ammophila arenariaMarram Grass, European beachgrass10
Anthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal Grass22
Artemisia tridentataSage Brush, Big sagebrush, Bonneville big sagebrush32
Arundinaria giganteaCanebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane31
Arundo donaxGiant Reed, Giant Reed Grass32
Berberidopsis corallinaCoral Plant00
Bobartia indicaRush Iris00
Borinda grossa 00
Bouteloua gracilisBlue Grama11
Calluna vulgarisHeather, Scotch Heather22
Calocedrus decurrensIncense Cedar, California Incense Cedar11
Calycanthus occidentalisCalifornian Allspice, Western sweetshrub31
Castanea sativaSweet Chestnut, European chestnut52
Ceanothus integerrimusDeer Brush21
Cercis canadensisRedbud, Eastern redbud, Mexican redbud,Texas redbud32
Chilopsis linearisDesert Willow11
Chrysothamnus graveolensRubber Rabbitbrush00
Cladium mariscusSaw Grass, Swamp sawgrass, Jamaica swamp sawgrass10
Clematis vitalbaTraveller's Joy, Evergreen clematis12
Cocculus orbiculatusQueen coralbead12
Cordyline indivisaCabbage Tree30
Coriaria napalensisMasuri Berry21
Cornus australis 10
Cornus iberica 20
Cornus nuttalliiMountain Dogwood, Pacific dogwood, Western Dogwood12
Cornus sanguineaDogwood, Bloodtwig dogwood21
Cornus sericeaRed Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood22
Corylus avellanaCommon Hazel, Common filbert, European Filbert, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corkscrew Hazel, Hazel52
Corylus avellana pontica 40
Corylus cornutaBeaked Hazel, California hazelnut, Turkish Filbert, Turkish Hazel31
Corylus maximaFilbert, Giant filbert50
Cotinus coggygriaSmoke Tree, European smoketree, Venetian Sumac, Wig Tree, Smoke Tree11
Cotoneaster acuminatusAcuminate cotoneaster00
Cotoneaster frigidus 01
Cotoneaster microphyllus 21
Cotoneaster racemiflorusBlack-Wood, Cotoneaster21
Cyperus longusGalingale21
Cytisus scopariusBroom, Scotch broom, Common Broom13
Dasylirion simplex 20
Dasylirion texanumTexas sotol20
Dasylirion wheeleriSotol, Common sotol, Bear Grass, Common Sotol, Desert Spoon20
Dianella caeruleaBlue Flax Lily, Cerulean flaxlily20
Dianella congestaBeach Flax Lily20
Dianella laevisFlax Lily00
Dianella revolutaFlax Lily20
Dianella tasmanicaFlax Lily00
Dirca occidentalisLeather Wood, Western leatherwood00
Dirca palustrisLeather Wood, Eastern leatherwood02
Drepanostachyum falcatumRingal20
Eleusine indicaWire Grass, Indian goosegrass, Yard Grass, Goose Grass31
Equisetum telmateiaGiant Horsetail11
Eragrostis curvulaWeeping Love Grass10
Fargesia nitidaFountain Bamboo00
Fraxinus nigraBlack Ash01
Fraxinus pennsylvanicaRed Ash, Green ash, Water Ash11
Hierochloe odorataHoly Grass22
Hilaria jamesiiGalleta, James' galleta00
Himalayacalamus falconeri 30
Himalayacalamus hookerianusPadang20
Indigofera heteranthaIndigo Bush10
Iris ensataJapanese Water Iris11
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm30
Juncus acutusSharp Rush, Spiny rush, Leopold's rush00
Juncus conglomeratusCommon rush00
Juncus effususSoft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rush12
Juncus inflexusHard Rush, European meadow rush00
Juncus procerus 00
Juniperus occidentalisWestern Juniper32
Lespedeza bicolorLespedeza, Shrub lespedeza30
Lespedeza cyrtobotryaLeafy lespedeza10
Leymus triticoidesSquaw Grass, Beardless wildrye30
Ligustrum vulgarePrivet, European privet , Common Privet01
Livistona australisCabbage Palm, Australian Palm, Gippsland Palm20
Lomandra longifoliaLongleaf Mat-Rush20
Lonicera japonicaJapanese Honeysuckle23
Marsippospermum grandiflorum 00
Parrotiopsis jacquemontiana 00
Phormium tenaxNew Zealand Flax, Coastal Flax, New Zealand Hemp20
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllospadix torreyiSea Grass, Torrey's surfgrass20
Phyllostachys bissetii 00
Phyllostachys flexuosaZig-Zag Bamboo, Drooping timber bamboo30
Phyllostachys nigraBlack Bamboo, Kuro-Chiku43
Phyllostachys nigra henonisHa-Chiku43
Phyllostachys nigra punctataKurodake43
Phyllostachys rubromarginataReddish bamboo30
Phyllostachys vivaxGiant Timber Bamboo, Running giant bamboo30
Picea engelmanniiMountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce22
Picea rubensRed Spruce21
Picea sitchensisSitka Spruce22
Pinus gerardianaChilghoza Pine32
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus quadrifoliaParry Piñon, Parry's Pinyon Pine, Four-leaved Pinyon42
Pinus sabinianaDigger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine42
Populus angustifoliaNarrowleaf Cottonwood12
Populus fremontiiCottonwood, Fremont cottonwood, Fremont Poplar, Western Cottonwood12
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Proboscidea fragransSweet Unicorn Plant, Ram's horn20
Proboscidea louisianicaUnicorn Plant, Ram's horn20
Prunus emarginataBitter Cherry22
Prunus pensylvanicaPin Cherry22
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir22
Psoralea argophyllaSilverleaf Scurf Pea, Silverleaf Indian breadroot21
Pteridium aquilinumBracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern22
Pteridium aquilinum esculentumBracken22
Quercus douglasiiBlue Oak32
Quercus petraeaSessile Oak, Durmast oak23
Quercus roburPedunculate Oak, English oak43
Rhus aromaticaLemon Sumach, Fragrant sumac42
Rhus diversilobaWestern Poison Oak, Pacific poison oak02
Rhus trilobataSkunk Bush, Basketbush, Squawbush, Three Leaf Sumac42
Ripogonum scandensSupple Jack21
Rosa californicaCalifornia Wild Rose22
Sabal mexicanaMexican Palmetto, Rio Grande palmetto, Texas Palmetto20
Salix acutifoliaSharp-Leaf Willow12
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba caeruleaCricket Bat Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix 'Americana' 02
Salix amygdaloidesPeach Leaved Willow02
Salix auritaEared Sallow02
Salix babylonicaWeeping Willow, Babylon Weeping Willow13
Salix bebbianaBeak Willow, Bebb Willow02
Salix 'Bowles hybrid' 12
Salix capreaGoat Willow, Kilmarnock Willow, Pink Pussy Willow, Pussy Willow12
Salix daphnoidesViolet Willow, Daphne willow12
Salix decipiens 12
Salix eriocephalaMissouri Willow, Missouri River willow02
Salix exiguaCoyote Willow, Narrowleaf willow12
Salix fluviatilisRiver Willow02
Salix 'Forbiana' 12
Salix fragilisCrack Willow13
Salix gilgianaWillow12
Salix gooddingiiGoodding's Willow12
Salix gracilistylaRosegold Pussy Willow12
Salix hookerianaDune Willow12
Salix koriyanagikori-yanagi02
Salix lasiolepisArroyo willow, Bigelow's willow02
Salix matsudanaCorkscrew willow, Hankow Willow, Peking Willow, Corkscrew Willow12
Salix miyabeana 02
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Salix nipponica 12
Salix pentandraBay Willow, Laurel willow13
Salix petiolarisSlender Willow. Meadow willow02
Salix piperiDune Willow12
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix purpurea lambertianaPurple Osier13
Salix schwerinii 02
Salix scoulerianaScouler's Willow02
Salix sitchensisSitka Willow12
Salix triandraAlmond-Leaved Willow, Almond willow12
Salix viminalisOsier. Basket Willow12
Salix wallichiana 12
Salix x mollisima hippophaeifolia 12
Salix x mollisima undulataSalix × mollisima var. undulata12
Salix x rubraGreen-leaved willow, Red osier12
Salix x smithianaSilky-leaved Osier, Smith Willow12
Scirpus acutusHard Stem Bulrush31
Scirpus americanusAmerican Bulrush20
Scirpus fluviatilisRiver Bulrush21
Scirpus maritimusSeaside Bulrush. Cosmopolitan Bulrush31
Scirpus microcarpusPanicled Bulrush31
Scirpus validusRiver Club-Rush21
Scirpus validus creberSoft-Stem Bulrush21
Sequoia sempervirensCoastal Redwood, Redwood, California Redwood, Coast Redwood01
Serenoa repensSaw Palmetto23
Solidago giganteaGiant Goldenrod02
Spartium junceumSpanish Broom, Weaver's Broom, Spanish Broom02
Telopea speciosissimaWaratah10
Thamnocalamus aristatus 20
Thamnocalamus spathiflorus 20
Thuja plicataWestern Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar12
Torreya californicaCalifornia Nutmeg31
Tsuga canadensisCanadian Hemlock, Eastern hemlock13
Viburnum eduleMooseberry, Squashberry31
Vinca majorGreater Periwinkle, Bigleaf periwinkle, Myrtle, Large Periwinkle, Big Periwinkle03
Vinca minorLesser Periwinkle, Flower of Death, English Holly, Creeping Myrtle, Creeping Vinca, Common Periwink03
Vitex agnus-castusAgnus Castus, Lilac chastetree, Vitex, Chastetree25
Vitex negundoHuang Ping, Chinese chastetree, Cut Leaf Vitex, Cut-leaf Chastetree23
Vitis californicaCalifornia Grape, California wild grape20
Woodwardia radicansChain Fern, Rooting chainfern01
Xerophyllum tenaxIndian Basket Grass, Common beargrass11
Yucca aloifoliaSpanish Bayonet, Aloe yucca, Dagger Plant, Yucca, Spanish Bayonet31
Yucca angustissimaNarrowleaf yucca, Kanab yucca, Toft's yucca, Yucca30
Yucca baccataSpanish Bayonet, Banana yucca, Blue Yucca, Spanish Yucca41
Yucca brevifoliaJoshua Tree, Jaeger's Joshua tree, Yucca, Joshua Tree30
Yucca elataSoap Tree, Soaptree yucca, Soapweed, Soapweed Yucca20
Yucca glaucaSoapweed, Soapweed yucca, Gurney's yucca, American Vetch, Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Soapweed22
Yushania ancepsRingal00
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Bactris gasipaesPeach Palm, Pupunha52
Bambusa atraClumping Bamboo. Long pipe bamboo.20
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Bambusa blumeanaSpiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo20
Bambusa heterostachyaMalay Dwarf Green00
Bambusa tuldaBengal Bamboo. Spineless Indian bamboo20
Bambusa vulgarisCommon Bamboo32
Bauhinia vahliiMalu Creeper, Adda Leaf, Pahur Camel's Foot Creeper23
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Cephalostachyum pergracileTinwa Bamboo30
Chrysopogon zizanioidesVetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus22
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Copernicia pruniferaBrazilian Wax Palm, Carnauba Palm, Carnauba Wax33
Corypha utanGebang Palm. Corypha palm, Sugar palm32
Dendrocalamus giganteusGiant Bamboo, Bhalu bans, Dhungre bans21
Dendrocalamus hamiltoniiTama Bamboo. Tufted bamboo30
Dendrocalamus latiflorusSweet Bamboo, Sweet bamboo shoot, Taiwan giant bamboo40
Dendrocalamus membranaceusWhite bamboo30
Dendrocalamus strictusMale Bamboo. Calcutta Stricta or Bamboo31
Dichrostachys cinereaMarabou Thorn, Sickle Bush22
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Gigantochloa hasskarlianaAwi Tela40
Gigantochloa verticillataWhorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo30
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Melocanna bacciferaBerry Bamboo. Mali bamboo32
Metroxylon amicarumCaroline Ivory Nut Palm31
Monstera deliciosaCeriman, Windowleaf40
Muntingia calaburaCalabura, Panama berry, Capulin32
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Oenocarpus batauaPataua Palm. Bataua32
Phoenix canariensisCanary Island Date Palm30
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Palm52
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Salix hybridsHybrid willows33
Sechium eduleChayote, Mirliton, Cho Ko, Cho-Cho, Vegetable Pear42
Thyrsostachys siamensisMonastery Bamboo40
Pandanus amaryllifoliusFragrant Pandan32
Calamus caesiusRotan Sega20
Calamus ovoideusEgg-shaped Rattan. Rotan Ovoid20
Calamus radiatusRotan Rays. Radial Leaf Rotan00
Calamus rotangRattan, Rotang, Rattan Cane22
Calathea allouiaSweetcorn Root, Guinea Arrowroot40
Copernicia albaCaranday Palm, Caranda Palm, Caranda Palm Wax20
Costus aferSpiral Ginger, Ginger lily, White spiral costus.24
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Griffonia simplicifoliaGriffonia24
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Lawsonia inermisHenna, Mignonette Tree03
Leopoldinia piassabaPiassaba24
Neobalanocarpus heimiiChengal00
Phytelephas macrocarpaVegetable Ivory, Tagua, Nut Palm, Ivory nut palm20
Pterocarpus angolensisAmbila03
Securidaca longipedunculataViolet Tree14
Shorea balangeranRed Balau00
Syzygium jambosJambos, Rose Apple, Plum Rose32
Touchardia latifoliaOlona00
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