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Latin Name

Common Name

Edibility Rating

Medicinal Rating

Abies alba

Silver Fir, Christmas Tree Fir, European Silver Fir, Silver

2

3

Abies amabilis

Red Fir,Pacific silver fir

1

2

Abies balsamea

Balsam Fir

3

5

Abies fraseri

She Balsam, Fraser fir, Southern Balsam Fir

1

3

Abies grandis

Grand Fir, Giant Fir, Lowland White Fir

2

Abies lasiocarpa

Subalpine Fir, Alpine Fir

2

Acer glabrum

Rock Maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Douglas maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple

2

1

Acer macrophyllum

Oregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple

3

1

Acer negundo

Box Elder

3

1

Acer rubrum

Red Maple, Drummond's maple, Swamp Maple

3

1

Acer saccharinum

Silver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple

3

1

Acer saccharum

Sugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple

4

2

Acer saccharum grandidentatum

Big-Tooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Rocky Mountain Sugar Maple

4

0

Acer saccharum nigrum

Black Maple

4

1

Alnus rhombifolia

White Alder

1

2

Alnus rubra

Red Alder, Oregon Alder

2

Betula alleghaniensis

Yellow Birch, Swamp Birch

3

2

Betula alnoides

2

1

Betula kenaica

Kenai Birch

3

1

Betula lenta

Cherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch

3

Betula occidentalis

Water Birch

3

2

Betula papyrifera

Paper Birch, Mountain paper birch, Kenai birch

3

2

Betula pendula

Silver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch

3

Betula platyphylla

White Birch, Asian white birch,

2

Betula populifolia

Grey Birch

2

1

Betula pubescens

White Birch, Downy birch

3

Ceanothus fendleri

Fendler's Ceanothus

2

1

Dalbergia hupeana

1

Fagus grandifolia

American Beech

2

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Red Ash, Green ash, Water Ash

1

Hoheria sexstylosa

Ribbonwood

1

0

Larix decidua

Larch, European Larch, Common Larch

2

3

Morus alba

White Mulberry, Common Mulberry,

4

3

Morus alba multicaulis

White Mulberry

4

3

Nothofagus pumilio

Lenga

1

0

Picea abies

Norway Spruce

2

1

Picea asperata

Chinese Spruce

2

0

Picea brachytyla

Sargent Spruce

2

0

Picea breweriana

Weeping Spruce, Brewer spruce

2

0

Picea engelmannii

Mountain Spruce, Engelmann spruce

2

Picea glauca

White Spruce, Black Hills Spruce, Canadian Spruce

2

Picea glehnii

Sakhalin Spruce

2

0

Picea jezoensis

Yezo Spruce

2

1

Picea mariana

Black Spruce, Swamp Spruce

2

Picea omorika

Serbian Spruce

2

0

Picea orientalis

Caucasian Spruce

2

0

Picea pungens

Blue Spruce, Colorado Spruce

2

0

Picea purpurea

Purple-Coned Spruce

2

0

Picea rubens

Red Spruce

2

1

Picea sitchensis

Sitka Spruce

2

Picea smithiana

Morinda Spruce

2

0

Pinus albicaulis

White-Bark Pine

4

2

Pinus banksiana

Jack Pine

2

Pinus cembroides

Mexican Pine Nut, Pinyon Pine

4

2

Pinus cembroides orizabensis

Mexican Pine Nut

4

2

Pinus contorta

Beach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor

3

2

Pinus densiflora

Japanese Red Pine

2

Pinus edulis

Rocky Mountain Piñon, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon Pine, Rocky Mountain Pinyon Pine, Singlelea

4

2

Pinus flexilis

Limber Pine, Rocky Mountain White Pine

3

2

Pinus monticola

Western White Pine

2

Pinus ponderosa

Ponderosa Pine, Washoe pine

3

2

Pinus sabiniana

Digger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine

4

2

Pinus strobiformis

Southwestern White Pine

2

Pinus strobus

White Pine, Eastern white pine

2

3

Pinus sylvestris

Scot's Pine, Scotch Pine

2

3

Pinus thunbergii

Japanese Black Pine

2

Pinus veitchii

3

2

Populus alba

White Poplar

1

2

Populus angustifolia

Narrowleaf Cottonwood

1

2

Populus balsamifera

Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood

1

3

Populus deltoides

Eastern Cottonwood, Plains cottonwood, Rio Grande cottonwood, Necklace Poplar

2

Populus deltoides monilifera

Plains Cottonwood

1

2

Populus deltoides wislizenii

Rio Grande Cottonwood

2

1

Populus fremontii

Cottonwood, Fremont cottonwood, Fremont Poplar, Western Cottonwood

1

2

Populus grandidentata

Canadian Aspen, Bigtooth aspen

1

Populus nigra

Black Poplar, Lombardy poplar

1

3

Populus tremula

Aspen Poplar, European aspen, Aspen

1

2

Populus tremuloides

American Aspen - Poplar, Quaking aspen

1

3

Populus trichocarpa

Western Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood

1

3

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Douglas Fir, Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

2

Salix acutifolia

Sharp-Leaf Willow

1

2

Salix aegyptiaca

1

2

Salix alaxensis

Feltleaf Wiillow

1

2

Salix alba

White Willow

1

3

Salix alba caerulea

Cricket Bat Willow

1

3

Salix alba vitellina

Golden Willow

1

3

Salix appendiculata

1

2

Salix arenaria

1

2

Salix babylonica

Weeping Willow, Babylon Weeping Willow

1

3

Salix bakko

1

2

Salix 'Bowles hybrid'

1

2

Salix brachycarpa

shortfruit willow

1

2

Salix caprea

Goat Willow, Kilmarnock Willow, Pink Pussy Willow, Pussy Willow

1

2

Salix chaenomeloides

Japanese Pussy Willow

1

2

Salix commutata

undergreen willow

1

2

Salix daphnoides

Violet Willow, Daphne willow

1

2

Salix decipiens

1

2

Salix 'Forbiana'

1

2

Salix fragilis

Crack Willow

1

3

Salix gilgiana

Willow

1

2

Salix gooddingii

Goodding's Willow

1

2

Salix gracilistyla

Rosegold Pussy Willow

1

2

Salix hastata

Halberd-Leaved Willow, Halberd willow

1

2

Salix hookeriana

Dune Willow

1

2

Salix japonica

1

2

Salix lanata

Woolly Willow

1

2

Salix matsudana

Corkscrew willow, Hankow Willow, Peking Willow, Corkscrew Willow

1

2

Salix nigra

Black Willow

1

3

Salix nipponica

1

2

Salix pentandra

Bay Willow, Laurel willow

1

3

Salix piperi

Dune Willow

1

2

Salix pulchra

Tealeaf Willow

1

2

Salix purpurea

Purple Osier. purpleosier willow

1

3

Salix purpurea lambertiana

Purple Osier

1

3

Salix repens

Creeping Willow

1

2

Salix sitchensis

Sitka Willow

1

2

Salix taxifolia

Yew-Leaf Willow

1

2

Salix triandra

Almond-Leaved Willow, Almond willow

1

2

Salix viminalis

Osier. Basket Willow

1

2

Salix wallichiana

1

2

Salix x mollisima hippophaeifolia

1

2

Salix x mollisima undulata

Salix × mollisima var. undulata

1

2

Salix x rubra

Green-leaved willow, Red osier

1

2

Salix x smithiana

Silky-leaved Osier, Smith Willow

1

2

Santalum murrayanum

1

0

Thuja plicata

Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar

1

2

Tsuga canadensis

Canadian Hemlock, Eastern hemlock

1

3

Tsuga caroliniana

Carolina Hemlock

1

2

Tsuga chinensis

Chinese Hemlock

1

2

Tsuga heterophylla

Western Hemlock

1

2

Tsuga mertensiana

Mountain Hemlock

1

2

Ulmus davidiana

Japanese Elm

2

0

Ulmus glabra

Wych Elm, Table-top Scotch Elm, Scotch Elm

3

2

Ulmus japonica

Japanese Elm

2

1

Ulmus laciniata

2

0

Ulmus parvifolia

Chinese Elm, Lacebark Elm

2

1

Ulmus procera

English Elm

3

2

Ulmus pumila

Siberian Elm, Hybrid elm

2

Ulmus rubra

Slippery Elm

2

5

Adansonia digitata

Baobab, Judas Fruit, Monkey Bread Tree

3

Albizia procera

White Siris, Tall Albizia, Forest Siris

1

2

Anogeissus leiocarpa

African Birch

2

4

Aquilaria malaccensis

Agar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood

1

3

Bombax ceiba

Red Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree

2

Brucea antidysenterica

Waginos

1

4

Cassia fistula

Golden Shower, Purging Cassia, Golden Chain Tree, Indian Laburnum

1

4

Cedrelopsis grevei

Katrafay, Kathrafay

2

4

Cinchona calisaya

Peruvian Bark, Quinine

2

5

Cinchona micrantha

Huannco

2

4

Cinchona officinalis

Lojabark

2

5

Cinchona pubescens

Quinine tree, Red Bark, Cinchona, Quina, Quinquina, Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Jesuit's Bark

2

5

Cinnamomum loureiroi

Saigon Cinnamon

4

3

Cinnamomum verum

Cinnamon, Ceylon Cinnamon Tree

4

3

Commiphora myrrha

Myrrh, Myrrh Gum

2

4

Commiphora wightii

Guggul, Indian bdellium-tree

2

3

Cordia alliodora

Ecuador laurel, Cypre, Onion Cordia, Laurel Blanco

2

Erythrophleum ivorense

Ordealtree, sasswoodtree

1

3

Euclea divinorum

Magic Guarri

2

Handroanthus impetiginosus

Pau D'Arco, Pink Trumpet Tree

2

4

Hymenaea courbaril

West Indian Locust

3

Moringa oleifera

Horseradish Tree, Moringa,

4

Musanga cecropioides

Corkwood

3

4

Ocotea cymosa

Varongy

2

0

Paullinia yoco

Yoco

4

2

Picrasma excelsa

Jamaican Quassia

2

4

Prosopis juliflora

Mesquite, Honey Mesquite

3

2

Quassia amara

Bitterwood, Amargo Bark

2

4

Schinus molle

California Peppertree, Peruvian peppertree

2

1

Talipariti tiliaceum

Beach Hibiscus, Sea Hibiscus, Cottontree, Mahoe

3

2

Vachellia nilotica

Gum Arabic Tree

2

Vachellia seyal

Shittim Wood

2

Vateria indica

White Dammar

3

2

Vitellaria paradoxa

Shea Butter Tree

4

5

Warburgia salutaris

Pepperbark Tree

2

4

Acacia angustissima

Prairie acacia. Timbre. Fernleaf Acacia

2

3

Acacia catechu

Cutch tree, Catechu acacia

1

2

Acrocomia aculeata

Coyoli Palm. Gru-Gru Palm, Macaw palm

3

1

Populus hybrids

Hybrid poplar

3

Prosopis cineraria

Jandi, Ghaf

3

2

Salix hybrids

Hybrid willows

3

Banisteriopsis caapi

Yage, Ayahuasca, Caapi

0

4

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