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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Adiantum pedatumNorthern Maidenhair,American Maidenhair Fern02
Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut34
Agrimonia pilosaHairy Agrimony23
Ajuga decumbens 02
Alnus glutinosaAlder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder03
Alnus rhombifoliaWhite Alder12
Alnus sinuataSitka Alder11
Alnus tenuifoliaMountain Alder, Thinleaf alder12
Alnus viridis crispaAmerican Green Alder12
Anemone narcissifloraNarcissus-Flowered Anemone, Narcissus anemone10
Artemisia tilesiiWormwood, Tilesius' wormwood12
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Aster amellusIalian Aster22
Aster diplostephioides 02
Astragalus canadensisCanadian Milkvetch, Shorttooth Canadian milkvetch, Morton's Canadian milkvetch32
Astragalus crassicarpusGround Plum, Groundplum milkvetch41
Beta vulgaris cracaBeetroot42
Boehmeria niveaRamie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant22
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper Mulberry42
Callicarpa pedunculata 02
Camellia japonicaCamellia, Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia32
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse32
Carpinus betulusHornbeam, European hornbeam, Common Hornbeam, European Hornbeam02
Ceanothus americanusNew Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball33
Celosia argentea cristataLagos Spinach, Common Cockscomb43
Cercocarpus ledifoliusMountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain mahogany12
Cirsium japonicumNo-Azami, Japanese thistle22
Crataegus cuneataSanzashi, Chinese hawthorn33
Cyrtomium fortuneiAsian netvein hollyfern02
Dianthus chinensisChinese Pink, Rainbow pink, Annual Pink, China Pink03
Dianthus superbusFringed Pink23
Dipsacus japonicusXu Duan12
Dryopteris crassirhizomaCrown Wood-Fern14
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Equisetum sylvaticumWood Horsetail, Woodland horsetail12
Erodium cicutariumStork's Bill, Redstem stork's bill32
Euphorbia serpyllifoliaThymeleaf Sandmat22
Fritillaria roylei 02
Gentianella quinquefoliaAgue Weed02
Gleditsia japonica 31
Gleditsia sinensisLocust33
Gnaphalium luteoalbumJersey Cudweed11
Hamamelis virginianaWitch Hazel, American witchhazel, Common Witchhazel, Virginian Witchhazel, Witchhazel15
Juniperus chinensisChinese Juniper, Sargent juniper02
Juniperus scopulorumRocky Mountain Juniper, Weeping Rocky Mountian Juniper, Colorado Red Cedar32
Kickxia elatineFluellen, Sharpleaf cancerwort01
Lagochilus inebriansIntoxicating Mint12
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Ligusticum wallichiiChuan Xiong03
Liquidambar formosanaFormosan Gum, Chinese Sweet Gum, Formosa Sweet Gum03
Loropetalum chinenseFringe Flower, Chinese Fringe Bush02
Lupinus perennisSundial Lupine31
Lycium chinenseChinese Boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn43
Lycopodium clavatumCommon Club Moss, Running clubmoss03
Medicago sativaAlfalfa, Yellow alfalfa43
Metaplexis japonicaRough potato22
Myrtus communisMyrtle, Foxtail Myrtle33
Nuphar polysepalaSpatterdock, Rocky Mountain pond-lily31
Ostrya virginianaIronwood, Hophornbeam, Hop Hornbeam American, Hop Hornbeam Eastern01
Panax pseudoginsengGinseng, Japanese ginseng13
Panax pseudoginseng notoginsengSan Qi15
Patrinia scabiosifoliaEastern Valerian, Scabious Patrinia13
Phlomis umbrosa 02
Plantago asiaticaChe Qian Zi13
Plantago lanceolataRibwort Plantain, Narrowleaf plantain23
Plantago majorCommon Plantain, Cart Track Plant,White Man's Foot ,Plantain23
Plantago mediaHoary Plantain22
Polygonatum pubescensHairy Solomon's Seal21
Polygonum aviculareKnotweed, Prostrate knotweed23
Polypodium glycyrrhizaLicorice Fern12
Potentilla anserinaSilverweed33
Potentilla erectaTormentil, Erect cinquefoil13
Pulsatilla cernua 12
Pyrola asarifoliaBog Wintergreen, Liverleaf wintergreen, Pink wintergreen01
Quercus petraeaSessile Oak, Durmast oak23
Quercus roburPedunculate Oak, English oak43
Rehmannia glutinosaChinese Foxglove - Di Huang13
Rheum palmatum tanguticumDa Huang35
Rhododendron aureumRosebay02
Rhus chinensisChinese Gall, Chinese sumac23
Rhus glabraSmooth Sumach43
Rhus potaninii 02
Rhus punjabensis 32
Rhus punjabensis sinica 32
Rhus trilobataSkunk Bush, Basketbush, Squawbush, Three Leaf Sumac42
Rosa arkansanaLow Prairie Rose21
Rosa virginianaVirginia Rose21
Rubia akaneAsian Madder12
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Salix lucidaShining Willow, Greenleaf willow02
Salix scoulerianaScouler's Willow02
Sambucus caeruleaBlue Elder42
Sambucus nigraElderberry - European Elder, Black elderberry, American black elderberry, Blue elderberry, Europea43
Sanguisorba officinalisGreat Burnet23
Saussurea roylei 02
Scirpus acutusHard Stem Bulrush31
Scirpus validusRiver Club-Rush21
Scutellaria baicalensisBaikal Skullcap - Huang-Qin13
Sedum spathulifoliumBroadleaf Stonecrop, Purdy's stonecrop, Yosemite stonecrop, Stonecrop, Blood Leaf Sedum11
Selaginella tamariscina 12
Sempervivum arachnoideumCobweb Houseleek02
Shepherdia canadensisBuffalo Berry, Russet buffaloberry, Canada Buffaloberry32
Solidago canadensisCanadian Goldenrod, Shorthair goldenrod, Harger's goldenrod, Rough Canada goldenrod, Common Goldenro22
Solidago canadensis scabraCanadian Goldenrod22
Solidago radiata 11
Solidago spathulataCoast Goldenrod, Creeping Goldenrod11
Sorghum bicolorSorghum, Common wild sorghum, Grain sorghum, Sudangrass42
Stachys baicalensis 12
Stachys palustrisMarsh Woundwort, Marsh hedgenettle32
Streptopus amplexifoliusWild Cucumber, Claspleaf twistedstalk, Tubercle twistedstalk42
Symphytum asperumPrickly Comfrey32
Symphytum officinaleComfrey, Common comfrey35
Symphytum uplandicumComfrey35
Thuja orientalisBiota13
Trachycarpus fortuneiChusan Palm, Chinese windmill palm, Windmill Palm22
Trachycarpus martianus 22
Trillium pendulum 01
Typha angustifoliaSmall Reed Mace, Narrowleaf cattail53
Typha bungeana 43
Typha davidiana 43
Typha domingensisSouthern Cattail43
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Typha minima 23
Typha orientalisBroadleaf Cumbungi43
Ulmus americanaAmerican Elm, Gray Elm, Water Elm22
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Urtica piluliferaRoman Nettle33
Urtica proceraStinging Nettle, California nettle32
Urtica urensAnnual Nettle33
Veronica peregrinaNecklace Weed, Neckweed, Hairy purslane speedwell02
Diospyros mespiliformisWest African Ebony, Monkey guava, jackalberry43
Elaeis oleiferaAmerican Oil Palm30
Hymenaea courbarilWest Indian Locust33
Manihot esculentaCassava, Tapioca Plant, Yuca52
Musa x paradisiacaBanana52
Quercus brantiiBarro, Brant's oak32
Sonneratia caseolarisFirefly mangrove, mangrove apple22
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Astronium urundeuvaUrunday04
Baphia nitidaCamwood, Baphia22
Guarea guidoniaMuskwood , Carrapeta, Cedro Macho02
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Pterocarpus erinaceusAfrican Kino03
Terminalia chebulaBlack Myrobalan, Chebulic Myroblan,35
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