Our new book Edible Shrubs is now available.

Edible Shrubs provides detailed information, attractively presented, on over 70 shrub species. They have been selected to provide a mix of different plant sizes and growing conditions. Most provide delicious and nutritious fruit, but many also have edible leaves, seeds, flowers, stems or roots, or they yield edible or useful oil.

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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies pindrowWest Himalayan Fir00
Abies spectabilisHimalayan Fir02
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved Wattle, Orange wattle10
Acer campestreField Maple, Hedge maple21
Acer circinatumVine Maple21
Acer glabrumRock Maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Douglas maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple21
Acer macrophyllumOregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple31
Acer monoMaple21
Acer pseudoplatanusSycamore, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Planetree Maple21
Acer saccharumSugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple42
Acer saccharum grandidentatumBig-Tooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Rocky Mountain Sugar Maple40
Acer saccharum nigrumBlack Maple41
Adenostoma fasciculatumGreasewood01
Alnus nepalensisNepalese Alder01
Alnus rhombifoliaWhite Alder12
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Alnus sinuataSitka Alder11
Arbutus texanaTexas Madrone21
Arctostaphylos columbianaHairy Manzanita21
Arctostaphylos glaucaBigberry Manzanita22
Arctostaphylos manzanitaManzanita, Whiteleaf manzanita, Konocti manzanita, Contra Costa manzanita, Roof's manzanita, Wieslan31
Arctostaphylos pungensPointleaf Manzanita11
Artemisia tridentataSage Brush, Big sagebrush, Bonneville big sagebrush32
Azorella diapensioidesLlareta00
Baccharis halimifoliaBush Groundsel, Eastern baccharis, High Tide Bush, Sea Myrtle, Salt Bush01
Baccharis patagonica 00
Berberis aristataChitra, Indian Barberry or Tree Turmeric43
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Betula alleghaniensisYellow Birch, Swamp Birch32
Betula kenaicaKenai Birch31
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