Plants Database

Mountain pepper

Tasmannia lanceolata

• Family: Winteraceae
• Growth: Slow
• Edible: true
• Layer: Shrubs
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2024-02-03

Osage orange

Maclura pomifera

• Family: Moraceae
• Growth: Medium
• Layer: Trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Description: Sometimes calles "Maclura pommifera" (with two M).

Azarole

Crataegus azarolus

• Family: Rosaceae
• Growth: Medium
• Edible: true
• Layer: Trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Chinese dogwood

Cornus kousa

• Family: Cornaceae
• Growth: Slow
• Edible: true
• Layer: Trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Description: Young leaves are edible.

Iigeri tree

Idesia polycarpa

• Family: Flacourtiaceae
• Edible: true
• Layer: Trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Gymnocladus dioicus

• Family: Fabaceae or leguminosae
• Growth: Slow
• Edible: true
• Layer: Tall trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2023-09-22

Description: Sometimes named Gymnocladus dioica.

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Pinyon pine

Pinus cembroides

• Family: Pinaceae
• Growth: Slow
• Edible: true
• Layer: Tall trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

American hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

• Family: Betulaceae
• Growth: Slow
• Edible: true
• Layer: Trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Bachelor's button

Kerria japonica

• Family: Rosaceae
• Growth: Medium
• Edible: true
• Layer: Shrubs
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Description: Young leaves are edible.

Summersweet

Clethra alnifolia

• Family: Clethraceae
• Edible: true
• Layer: Shrubs
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Bamboo

Bambusa textilis

• Family: Poaceae
• Growth: Fast
• Edible: true
• Layer: Shrubs
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28

Limber pine

Pinus flexilis

• Family: Pinaceae
• Growth: Medium
• Edible: true
• Layer: Tall trees
• Type: Plant
• Last Modified: 2025-05-28