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