Edible Sierra Nevada Plants
Alphabetical Listing by Latin Species Name

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Acer - Maple
Achillea - Yarrow
Adenostoma - Chamise, Greasewood
Aesculus - Buckeye, Horse Chestnut
Agastache - Horsemint/Hyssop
Agropyron - Wheatgrass
Alisma - Water Plantain
Allium - Wild Onion
Amelanchier - Service Berry
Anaphalis - Pearly Everlasting
Angelica
Antennaria - Pussytoes
Arbutus - Madrone
Arctostaphylos - Manzanita
Artemisia - Sagebrush
Asarum - Wild Ginger
Asclepias - Milkweed
Atriplex - Wedgescale
Balsamorhiza - Balsam Root
Barbarea - Wintercress
Berberis - Barberry
Betula - Birch
Brasenia - Water Shield
Brassica - Field Mustard
Brodiaea
Calandrinia - Red Maids
Calocedrus - Incense Cedar
Calochortus - Mariposa Lily
Caltha - Marsh Marigold
Camassia - Camas
Capsella - Shepherd's Purse
Cardamine - Bitter Cress
Castanopsis - Chinquapin
Castilleja - Indian Paintbrush
Caucalis - California Hedge Parsley
Ceanothus
Cercis - Redbud, Judas Tree
Chenopodium
Chimaphila
Chlorogalum - Soap Plant
Cirsium - Thistle
Clarkia
Claytonia - Spring Beauty
Comandra - Bastard Toad Flax
Cornus - Mountain Dogwood
Corylus - Hazelnut/Filbert
Cymopterus - Gray's Cymopterus
Dentaria - Toothwort
Disporum - Fairy Bells
Dodecatheon - Shooting Star
Dudleya - Lax Dudleya/Spreading Dudleya
Elymus - Wildrye
Epilobium - Willow Herb
Eriogonum - Wild Buckwheat
Erodium - Storksbill Filaree
Erythronium - Adder's Tongue/Fawn Lily
Floerkea - False Mermaid
Fragaria - Strawberry
Frasera - Green Gentain
Fraxinus - Oregon Ash
Galium - Bedstraw, Cleavers
Garrya - Silk Tassel Bush
Gaultheria - Alpine Wintergreen
Geum - Avens
Glyceria - Mannagrass
Glycyrrhiza - Wild Licorice
Hemicarpha
Heracleum - Cow Parsnip
Heuchera - Alum Root
Hieracium - Hawkweed
Hippuris - Mare's Tail
Holodiscus - Cream Bush
Hydrophyllum - California Waterleaf
Juniperus - Juniper
Lepidium - Pepper Grass
Lewisia
Lilium - Lily
Linum - Western Blue Flax
Lithocarpus - Tanbark Oak
Lomatium
Lonicera - Honeysuckle
Mentha - Mint
Mentzelia - Blazing Star
Menyanthes - Buckbean
Microseris - Nodding Scorzonella
Mimulus - Monkey Flower
Mondardella
Monolepis
Montia - Miner's Lettuce
Nicotiana - Coyote Tobacco
Nuphar - Cow Lily/Yellow Pond Lily
Oenothera - Evening Primrose
Orobanche - Broomrape
Orogenia - California Orogenia
Oryzopsis - Ricegrass
Osmorhiza - Sweet Cicely
Oxyria - Mountain Sorrel
Peltiphyllum - Indian Rhubarb/Umbrella Plant
Perideridia - Yampah
Phacelia
Pinus - Pine
Polygonum - Knotweed/Smartweed
Populus - Aspen - Cottonwood
Potamogeton - Pondweed
Potentilla - Cinquefoil/Five Finger
Primula - Sierra Primrose
Prunella - Selfheal
Pseudotsuga - Douglas Fir
Psoralea - Round Leaved Psoralea
Pycnanthemum - Mountain Mint
Quercus - Oak
Rhamnus - Buckthorn/Casara
Ribes - Currant/Gooseberry
Rosa - Rose
Rubus - Berry/Raspberry/Thimbleberry
Rumex - Dock Sorrel
Sagitarria - Arrowhead
Salix - Willow
Salvia - Creeping Sage
Sambucus - Elderberry
Sarcodes - Snow Plant
Scirpus - Bulrush/Clubrush
Sclerolinon - Northwest Yellow Flax
Sedum - Stonecrop
Sium - Hemlock Water Parsnip
Smilax - California Greenbrier
Sorbus - Mountain Ash
Sparganium - Burreed
Spiraea
Stellaria - Common Chickweed
Taxus - Yew
Thysanocarpus - Fringe Pod
Torreya - California Nutmeg
Trifolium - Clover
Triglochin - Arrow Grass
Trillium - Wake Robin/Trillium
Tsuga - Mountain Hemlock
Typha - Cat Tail/Soft Flag
Umbellularia - Bay Tree/California Laurel
Urtica - Nettle
Vaccinium - Huckleberry
Valeriana - California Valerian
Veronica - Speedwell
Viola - Violet
Vitis - California Wild Grape
Wyethia - Mules Ears
Xerophyllum - Bear Grass/Indian Basket Grass
Yucca - Yucca/Spanish Bayonet


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