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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acer argutum 20
Acer carpinifoliumHornbeam Maple20
Acer circinatumVine Maple21
Acer distylum 20
Acer interiusBox Elder20
Acer macrophyllumOregon Maple, Bigleaf maple, Oregon Maple31
Acer monoMaple21
Acer negundoBox Elder31
Acer palmatumJapanese Maple20
Acer platanoidesNorway Maple, Harlequin Maple20
Acer pseudoplatanusSycamore, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Planetree Maple21
Acer rubrumRed Maple, Drummond's maple, Swamp Maple31
Acer saccharinumSilver Maple, River Maple, Soft Maple31
Acer saccharumSugar Maple, Florida Maple, Hard Maple, Rock Maple42
Acer saccharum grandidentatumBig-Tooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Rocky Mountain Sugar Maple40
Acer saccharum nigrumBlack Maple41
Acer spicatumMountain Maple22
Acer tataricumTatarian Maple20
Actinidia argutaTara Vine50
Agave americanaAgave, American century plant33
Agave parryiCentury Plant, Parry's agave, Mescal31
Agave utahensis discretaCentury Plant31
Agave utahensis eborispinaCentury Plant31
Alnus rubraRed Alder, Oregon Alder22
Betula alleghaniensisYellow Birch, Swamp Birch32
Betula kenaicaKenai Birch31
Betula lentaCherry Birch, Sweet birch, Black Birch, Cherry Birch33
Betula nigraRiver Birch, Black Birch, Red Birch, Water Birch, River Birch32
Betula occidentalisWater Birch32
Betula papyriferaPaper Birch, Mountain paper birch, Kenai birch32
Betula pendulaSilver Birch, European white birch, Common Birch, Warty Birch, European White Birch33
Betula platyphyllaWhite Birch, Asian white birch,22
Betula populifoliaGrey Birch21
Betula pubescensWhite Birch, Downy birch33
Carya glabraSweet Pignut, Pignut hickory, Broom Hickory, Pignut Hickory30
Carya laciniosaShellbark Hickory31
Carya ovalisSweet Pignut30
Carya ovataShagbark Hickory31
Carya tomentosaMockernut,White Heart Hickory, Mockernut Hickory31
Eleocharis palustrisCommon Spike-Rush, Common spikerush10
Eucalyptus gunniiCider Gum33
Fuchsia colensoi 20
Fuchsia excorticataKonini20
Hydrangea anomalaHydrangea31
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm30
Juglans cinereaButternut - White Walnut, Butternut33
Juglans nigraBlack Walnut33
Juglans regiaWalnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,43
Larix occidentalisWestern Larch22
Nothofagus pumilioLenga10
Paederia scandens 12
Parthenocissus tricuspidataBoston Ivy, Japanese Ivy, Japanese Creeper10
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Pinus jeffreyiJeffrey Pine32
Platanus occidentalisButtonwood, American sycamore, American Planetree, Sycamore, American Sycamore12
Populus tremuloidesAmerican Aspen - Poplar, Quaking aspen13
Populus trichocarpaWestern Balsam Poplar, Black cottonwood13
Prumnopitys taxifoliaMatai20
Ripogonum scandensSupple Jack21
Rubus australis 20
Rubus cissoidesBush Lawyer20
Rubus parvus 30
Rubus schmidelioides 20
Rubus squarrosus 20
Sabal minorBush Palmetto, Dwarf palmetto21
Sabal palmettoCabbage Palmetto, Blue Palmetto, Common Palmetto21
Tilia americanaAmerican Basswood, Carolina basswood, Basswood, AmericanBasswood, American Linden33
Tilia cordataSmall Leaved Lime, Littleleaf linden53
Tilia platyphyllosLarge Leaved Lime, Largeleaf linden, Bigleaf Linden53
Tilia x europaeaLinden, Common Lime53
Vitis aestivalisSummer Grape, Long grape31
Vitis aestivalis argentifoliaSummer Grape30
Vitis cinereaSweet Winter Grape, Graybark grape, Florida grape, Heller's grape30
Vitis cinerea floridanaCurrant Grape30
Vitis flexuosa 21
Vitis labruscaNorthern Fox Grape, Fox grape31
Vitis lanataGrape31
Vitis munsonianaBird Grape, Munson's grape30
Vitis ripariaRiverbank Grape30
Vitis sacchariferaGrape20
Azadirachta indicaNeem24
Agave sisalanaSisal22
Arenga pinnataSolitary Sugar Palm41
Attalea butyraceaWine Palm40
Attalea speciosaBabassu, American Oil Palm, Motacu, Motacuchi42
Bambusa bambosGiant Thorny Bamboo33
Borassus aethiopumAfrican Fan Palm, Palmyra Palm42
Borassus akeassiiAfrican Fan Palm42
Borassus flabelliferPalmyra Palm42
Calotropis proceraAuricula Tree, Dead Sea Apple, Sodom Apple13
Caryota urensJaggary Palm, Toddy Palm, Fishtail Wine Palm42
Cocos nuciferaCoconut Palm, Coconut52
Couma macrocarpaBarca, Milk Tree, Couba, Sorva, Sorva grande42
Couma utilisSorva, Milk Tree42
Elaeis guineensisAfrican Oil Palm52
Entada phaseoloidesSt. Thomas Bean32
Ficus caricaFig, Edible fig, Fig Common42
Gnetum africanumEru, African Jointfir42
Gnetum buchholzianumJointfir42
Griffonia simplicifoliaGriffonia24
Manilkara bidentataBalata, bulletwood, bully tree22
Manilkara zapotaSapodilla, Nispero52
Mauritia flexuosaBuriti Palm, Aguaje Palm42
Musanga cecropioidesCorkwood34
Nypa fruticansNipa Palm, Mangrove Palm32
Paullinia yocoYoco42
Phoenix dactyliferaDate Palm52
Raphia fariniferaRaffia Palm30
Raphia hookeriIvory Coast Raffia Palm32
Saccharum officinarumSugarcane, Purple Sugar Cane42
Spondias mombinYellow Mombin, Hog Plum, Caja Fruit, Taperebá42
Uncaria guianensisCat's Claw24
Uncaria tomentosaCat's Claw24
Vitellaria paradoxaShea Butter Tree45
Agave tequilanaBlue Agave, Mescal, Tequila.40
Agave viviparaMescal Casero30
Araucaria angustifoliaParana Pine. Brazilian-pine, Candelabra-tree.31
Astrocaryum vulgareTucuma. Awarra palm, Tucum palm.42
Brosimum parinarioidesLeite de amapa, Brosimum32
Brosimum utileCow Tree, Palo De Vaca32
Gnetum gnemonJointfir, Melinjo, Meninjau31
Manilkara huberiCow Tree, Massaranduba. Black balata30
Oxytenanthera abyssynicaSavanah Bamboo22
Raphia viniferaWine Raffia Palm. Wine Palm30
Saccharum hybridsEnergy Cane42
Mammea americanaMammee Apple, Mammey42
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