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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abies grandisGrand Fir, Giant Fir, Lowland White Fir22
Abies lasiocarpaSubalpine Fir, Alpine Fir22
Abies spectabilisHimalayan Fir02
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Anaphalis margaritaceaPearly Everlasting, Western pearly everlasting12
Artemisia abrotanumSouthernwood13
Artemisia indica 13
Artemisia japonica 12
Artemisia ludoviciana gnaphalodesWhite Sage02
Artemisia tilesiiWormwood, Tilesius' wormwood12
Asarum canadenseSnake Root, Canadian wildginger, Canada Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger33
Astragalus gummiferTragacanth, Gum tragacanth milkvetch23
Betula utilisIndian Paper Birch, Whitebarked Himilayan Birch, Jacquemontii Birch02
Comptonia peregrinaSweet Fern33
Comptonia peregrina asplenifoliaSweet Fern33
Cotoneaster microphyllus 21
Cryptomeria japonicaJapanese Cedar, Sugi01
Cupressus torulosaHimalayan Cypress00
Dendranthema nubigenum 00
Elsholtzia fruticosaJi Gu Chai11
Encelia farinosaBrittle Bush, Brittlebush, Incienso21
Glyceria fluitansFloating Manna Grass, Water mannagrass30
Hedychium spicatum 12
Hierochloe odorataHoly Grass22
Illicium verumBa Jiao Hui Xian, Staranise tree33
Inula conyzaPloughman's Spikenard01
Iris germanica florentinaOrris, Orris-root13
Juniperus communisJuniper, Common juniper33
Juniperus communis nanaJuniper33
Juniperus excelsaGrecian Juniper21
Juniperus horizontalisCreeping Juniper, Horizontal Juniper21
Juniperus occidentalisWestern Juniper32
Juniperus osteospermaDesert Juniper, Utah juniper22
Juniperus recurvaHimalayan Juniper11
Juniperus scopulorumRocky Mountain Juniper, Weeping Rocky Mountian Juniper, Colorado Red Cedar32
Juniperus silicicolaSouthern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar22
Juniperus squamataFlaky Juniper01
Juniperus virginianaPencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East22
Jurinea dolomiaea 01
Lavandula angustifoliaEnglish Lavender, True Lavender23
Lavandula dentata 01
Lavandula latifoliaSpike Lavender, Broadleaved lavender22
Lavandula stoechasFrench Lavender02
Lavandula x intermediaLavender, Lavandin22
Liquidambar orientalisOriental Sweet Gum23
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Lithospermum incisumNarrow-Leaf Gromwell, Narrowleaf stoneseed12
Lomatium dissectumFernleaf Biscuitroot, Carrotleaf biscuitroot42
Lomatium macrocarpumBigseed Biscuitroot42
Lomatium nudicaulePestle Parsnip, Barestem biscuitroot42
Lomatium triternatumNineleaf Biscuitroot, Broadnineleaf biscuitroot31
Lysimachia foenum-graecumLing Xiang Cao01
Madia glomerataMountain Tarweed21
Micromeria bifloraLemon Scented Thyme22
Monarda punctataHorse Mint, Spotted beebalm13
Morina coulteriana 00
Morina longifoliaWhorlflower02
Nardostachys grandifloraSpikenard13
Osmorhiza occidentalisWestern Sweet-Cicely, Western sweetroot32
Peganum harmalaSyrian Rue, Harmal peganum13
Pinus teocoteTwisted Leaf Pine12
Platycarya strobilacea 10
Polygonatum biflorumSmall Solomon's Seal21
Polygonatum commutatumKing Solomon's Seal, Smooth Solomon's seal21
Potentilla fruticosaShrubby Cinquefoil, Potentilla11
Rhododendron anthopogon 12
Rosmarinus officinalisRosemary33
Salvia apianaWhite Sage, Compact white sage31
Sapium sebiferumVegetable Tallow, Chinese tallow, Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree22
Saussurea costusCostus23
Skimmia laureola 11
Streptopus amplexifoliusWild Cucumber, Claspleaf twistedstalk, Tubercle twistedstalk42
Tagetes lucidaMexican Tarragon, Sweetscented marigold43
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Thymbra spicata 10
Toona sinensisChinese Cedar32
Torreya jackii 20
Triphasia trifoliaLime Berry21
Tsuga mertensianaMountain Hemlock12
Umbellularia californicaCalifornia Laurel, California Bay42
Valeriana capitataValerian, Captiate valerian11
Valeriana sitchensisAmerican Valerian, Sitka valerian13
Viola bifloraTwoflower Violet, Arctic yellow violet, Carlott's violet31
Viola sororiaWooly Blue Violet, Common blue violet31
Xanthorrhoea australisGrasstree21
Canarium indicumCanarium Nut, Ngali, Galip nut, kenari nut42
Canarium schweinfurtiiAfrican elemi33
Aquilaria crassnaAgar Wood, Agarwood03
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Aquilaria sinensisAgar Wood, Pak Muk Heung, White Wood Incense03
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Commiphora wightiiGuggul, Indian bdellium-tree23
Santalum austrocaledonicumPacific Sandalwood01
Santalum ellipticumCoast Sandalwood12
Santalum freycinetianumLanai Sandalwood, Hawaiian Sandalwood12
Santalum haleakalaeHaleakala Sandalwood, Lliahi12
Santalum paniculatumMountain Sandalwood, Hawaiian Sandalwood, 'Iliahi12
Santalum spicatumWest Australian Sandalwood22
Santalum yasiYasi, Fijian Sandalwood, Brown Sandalwood02
Tectona grandisTeak22
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