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Latin Name

Common Name

Edibility Rating

Medicinal Rating

Acacia farnesiana

Sweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Huisache

2

Achyranthes aspera

Devil's Horsewhip

2

3

Achyranthes bidentata

Niu Xi

2

3

Alnus glutinosa

Alder, European alder , Common Alder, Black Alder

0

3

Alnus viridis crispa

American Green Alder

1

2

Althaea officinalis

Marsh Mallow, Common marshmallow

5

Ammi visnaga

Visnaga. Khella. Bishop's Weed, Toothpickweed

1

5

Cornus amomum

Silky Dogwood

1

2

Cornus florida

Flowering Dogwood

2

Cornus sericea

Red Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood

2

Erigeron affinis

0

1

Fagus sylvatica

Beech, European beech, Common Beech

4

2

Fragaria vesca

Wild Strawberry, Woodland strawberry, California strawberry

3

Fragaria vesca 'Semperflorens'

Alpine Strawberry

5

3

Fragaria virginiana

Scarlet Strawberry, Virginia strawberry

3

2

Juglans regia

Walnut, English walnut, Persian Walnut,

4

3

Liquidambar styraciflua

Sweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,

2

3

Lythrum salicaria

Purple Loosestrife

2

3

Malus domestica

Apple

5

2

Malva neglecta

Dwarf Mallow, Common mallow

4

2

Malva pusilla

Dwarf Mallow, Low mallow

4

2

Pimpinella anisum

Aniseed (Saunf - Hindi), Anise burnet saxifrage

4

3

Ranunculus ficaria

Lesser Celandine - Pilewort, Fig buttercup

1

2

Rumex aquaticus

Red Dock, Western dock

1

3

Rumex hydrolapathum

Great Water Dock

1

Salix exigua

Coyote Willow, Narrowleaf willow

1

2

Salix wallichiana

1

2

Salvia officinalis

Sage, Kitchen sage, Small Leaf Sage, Garden Sage

4

5

Zanthoxylum alatum

Winged Prickly Ash

3

2

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