Hardy Edibles

Families

48 botanical families, 493 species.

Actinidiaceae

• arctic kiwi Actinidia kolomikta
• callosa kiwi Actinidia callosa
• commercial hybrid kiwis Actinidia deliciosa × chinensis
• glandular kiwi Actinidia glandulosa
• golden kiwi Actinidia chinensis
• golden-flowered kiwi Actinidia chrysantha
• green kiwi Actinidia deliciosa
• hardy kiwi / kiwiberry Actinidia arguta
• Hemsley's kiwi Actinidia hemsleyana
• large-seeded kiwi Actinidia macrosperma
• purple kiwi Actinidia purpurea
• red kiwi Actinidia melanandra
• rufa kiwi / shima-sarunashi Actinidia rufa
• setose kiwi Actinidia setosa
• silver vine / cat kiwi Actinidia polygama
• valvata kiwi Actinidia valvata
• woolly kiwi Actinidia eriantha

Adoxaceae

• American elder Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
• American highbush cranberry Viburnum opulus var. americanum
• blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium
• blue elder Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea
• blue elderberry Sambucus caerulea
• European black elder Sambucus nigra
• guelder rose Viburnum opulus
• nannyberry Viburnum lentago
• squashberry / mooseberry Viburnum edule
• witherod / wild raisin Viburnum nudum / V. cassinoides

Amaryllidaceae

• perennial onions Allium spp.

Anacardiaceae

• culinary sumac Rhus coriaria
• fragrant sumac Rhus aromatica
• pistachio Pistacia vera
• smooth sumac Rhus glabra
• staghorn sumac Rhus typhina

Annonaceae

• bigflower pawpaw Asimina obovata
• dwarf pawpaw Asimina pygmaea
• four-petal pawpaw Asimina tetramera
• netted pawpaw Asimina reticulata
• pawpaw Asimina triloba
• smallflower pawpaw Asimina parviflora

Araliaceae

• American spikenard Aralia racemosa

Araucariaceae

• monkey puzzle Araucaria araucana

Asparagaceae

• asparagus Asparagus officinalis
• false Solomon's seal Maianthemum racemosum

Asteraceae

• chicory Cichorium intybus
• dandelion Taraxacum officinale
• sunchoke / Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus

Berberidaceae

• Cascade Oregon grape Mahonia nervosa
• common barberry Berberis vulgaris
• creeping Oregon grape Mahonia repens
• tall Oregon grape Mahonia aquifolium

Betulaceae

• American hazelnut Corylus americana
• Asian / Siberian hazel Corylus heterophylla
• beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta
• Chinese tree hazel Corylus chinensis
• downy birch Betula pubescens
• European hazelnut / cobnut Corylus avellana
• filbert Corylus maxima
• Himalayan spiny hazel Corylus ferox
• Indian tree hazel Corylus jacquemontii
• Japanese hazel Corylus sieboldiana
• paper birch Betula papyrifera
• river birch Betula nigra
• silver birch Betula pendula
• sweet / black birch Betula lenta
• Turkish tree hazel Corylus colurna
• yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis

Brassicaceae

• sea kale Crambe maritima

Cactaceae

• beavertail cactus Opuntia basilaris
• beehive cactus Escobaria vivipara
• brittle prickly pear Opuntia fragilis
• claret-cup hedgehog cactus Echinocereus triglochidiatus
• eastern prickly pear Opuntia humifusa
• Engelmann's prickly pear Opuntia engelmannii
• golden prickly pear Opuntia aurea
• hairspine prickly pear Opuntia polyacantha
• Indian fig cactus Opuntia ficus-indica
• Opuntia cespitosa Opuntia cespitosa
• plains prickly pear Opuntia macrorhiza
• tulip prickly pear Opuntia phaeacantha
• twisted-spine prickly pear Opuntia tortispina

Cannabaceae

• common hackberry Celtis occidentalis
• European nettle tree Celtis australis
• sugarberry Celtis laevigata

Caprifoliaceae

• black twinberry Lonicera involucrata
• blue honeysuckle / honeyberry / haskap Lonicera caerulea
• mountain fly honeysuckle Lonicera villosa
• pink honeysuckle Lonicera hispida

Cornaceae

• Asiatic cornelian cherry Cornus officinalis
• bunchberry Cornus canadensis
• cornelian cherry Cornus mas
• kousa dogwood Cornus kousa

Ebenaceae

• American persimmon Diospyros virginiana
• Chinese date-plum Diospyros rhombifolia
• date-plum Diospyros lotus
• ironwood ebony Diospyros ferrea
• Japanese persimmon / kaki Diospyros kaki
• monkey plum Diospyros lycioides
• persimmon hybrids Diospyros kaki × virginiana
• Texas persimmon Diospyros texana

Elaeagnaceae

• American silverberry Elaeagnus commutata
• autumn olive Elaeagnus umbellata
• evergreen silverberry Elaeagnus × ebbingei / E. pungens
• goumi Elaeagnus multiflora
• russet buffaloberry Shepherdia canadensis
• Russian olive Elaeagnus angustifolia
• sea buckthorn / seaberry Hippophae rhamnoides
• silver buffaloberry Shepherdia argentea
• Tibetan sea buckthorn Hippophae tibetana
• willow-leaved sea buckthorn Hippophae salicifolia

Elaeocarpaceae

• maqui Aristotelia chilensis

Ericaceae

• American cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon
• Azorean blueberry Vaccinium cylindraceum
• bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
• black huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata
• bog bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum
• Cascade blueberry Vaccinium deliciosum
• crowberry Empetrum nigrum
• dangleberry Gaylussacia frondosa
• dwarf huckleberry Gaylussacia dumosa
• European bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
• European cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos
• evergreen huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum
• hybrid bilberry Vaccinium × intermedium
• ʻōhelo berry Vaccinium reticulatum
• ʻōhelo kau laʻau Vaccinium calycinum
• Kamchatka cranberry Vaccinium praestans
• lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea
• lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium
• Madeira blueberry Vaccinium padifolium
• mountain huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum
• northern highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
• oval-leaf blueberry Vaccinium ovalifolium
• rabbiteye blueberry Vaccinium virgatum
• red huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium
• salal Gaultheria shallon
• southern mountain cranberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum
• strawberry tree Arbutus unedo
• wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens

Fabaceae

• groundnut Apios americana
• honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos
• Siberian pea shrub Caragana arborescens

Fagaceae

• Allegheny chinquapin Castanea pumila
• American beech Fagus grandifolia
• American chestnut Castanea dentata
• bur oak Quercus macrocarpa
• Chinese chestnut Castanea mollissima
• English oak Quercus robur
• European beech Fagus sylvatica
• Henry's chestnut Castanea henryi
• Japanese beech Fagus crenata
• Japanese chestnut Castanea crenata
• Ozark chinquapin Castanea ozarkensis
• Seguin's chestnut Castanea seguinii
• swamp white oak Quercus bicolor
• sweet / European chestnut Castanea sativa
• white oak Quercus alba

Grossulariaceae

• alpine currant Ribes alpinum
• American blackcurrant Ribes americanum
• American gooseberry Ribes hirtellum
• blackcurrant Ribes nigrum
• buffalo / clove currant Ribes odoratum
• Canada gooseberry Ribes oxyacanthoides
• canyon gooseberry Ribes menziesii
• chaparral currant Ribes malvaceum
• coastal black gooseberry Ribes divaricatum
• evergreen currant Ribes viburnifolium
• flowering currant Ribes sanguineum
• fuchsia-flowered gooseberry Ribes speciosum
• golden currant Ribes aureum
• gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa
• gummy gooseberry Ribes lobbii
• Himalayan currant Ribes glaciale
• Hudson Bay currant Ribes hudsonianum
• jostaberry Ribes × nidigrolaria
• Korean currant Ribes maximowiczianum
• laurel-leaved currant Ribes laurifolium
• northern redcurrant Ribes triste
• prickly currant Ribes lacustre
• redcurrant Ribes rubrum
• Sierra gooseberry Ribes roezlii
• stink currant Ribes bracteosum
• wax currant Ribes cereum
• winter currant Ribes fasciculatum

Juglandaceae

• bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis
• black hickory Carya texana
• black walnut Juglans nigra
• butternut Juglans cinerea
• Hebei walnut Juglans hopeiensis
• iron walnut Juglans sigillata
• Japanese walnut Juglans ailantifolia
• Manchurian walnut Juglans mandshurica
• mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa
• northern California black walnut Juglans hindsii
• nutmeg hickory Carya myristiciformis
• pecan Carya illinoinensis
• Persian / English walnut Juglans regia
• pignut hickory Carya glabra
• shagbark hickory Carya ovata
• shellbark hickory Carya laciniosa
• southern California black walnut Juglans californica
• Texas black walnut Juglans microcarpa

Lamiaceae

• Chinese artichoke / crosne Stachys affinis

Lardizabalaceae

• blue sausage fruit Decaisnea fargesii
• broadleaf holboellia Holboellia latifolia
• chocolate vine Akebia quinata
• large-flowered holboellia Holboellia grandiflora
• leatherleaf holboellia Holboellia coriacea
• long-racemed akebia Akebia longeracemosa
• Sinofranchetia chinensis Sinofranchetia chinensis
• Stauntonia chinensis Stauntonia chinensis
• Stauntonia hexaphylla Stauntonia hexaphylla
• Stauntonia obovatifoliola Stauntonia obovatifoliola
• three-leaf akebia Akebia trifoliata

Lauraceae

• sassafras Sassafras albidum
• spicebush Lindera benzoin

Lythraceae

• pomegranate Punica granatum

Moraceae

• Afghan fig Ficus afghanistanica
• black mulberry Morus nigra
• che / Chinese mulberry Maclura tricuspidata
• Chinese mulberry Morus cathayana
• common fig Ficus carica
• creeping fig Ficus tikoua
• Himalayan fig Ficus palmata
• Himalayan mulberry Morus serrata
• Indian mulberry Morus indica
• Japanese fig Ficus erecta
• Korean / Asian mulberry Morus australis
• Mojo Berry dwarf mulberry Morus rotundiloba
• paper mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera
• red mulberry Morus rubra
• Roxburgh fig Ficus auriculata
• shahtoot mulberry Morus macroura
• white mulberry Morus alba

Myricaceae

• sweetfern Comptonia peregrina
• yangmei / Chinese bayberry Myrica rubra

Myrtaceae

• boxleaf myrtle Ugni candollei
• Chilean guava Ugni molinae
• Chilean myrtle Luma apiculata
• common myrtle Myrtus communis
• cranberry-myrtle Myrteola nummularia
• feijoa / pineapple guava Acca sellowiana
• gabiroba Campomanesia adamantium
• gabiroba Campomanesia pubescens
• grey myrtle / cinnamon myrtle Backhousia myrtifolia
• guabiroba Campomanesia xanthocarpa
• luma Amomyrtus luma
• muntries / emu apple Kunzea pomifera
• pear Eugenia / pêra-do-cerrado Eugenia klotzschiana
• ubajay Eugenia myrcianthes

Oleaceae

• olive Olea europaea

Onagraceae

• climbing fuchsia Fuchsia regia
• hardy fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica

Passifloraceae

• banana passionfruit Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima
• blue passionflower Passiflora caerulea
• curuba Passiflora tarminiana
• maypop Passiflora incarnata
• yellow passionflower Passiflora lutea

Pinaceae

• chilgoza pine Pinus gerardiana
• Chinese white pine Pinus armandii
• Colorado pinyon Pinus edulis
• Italian stone pine Pinus pinea
• Korean pine Pinus koraiensis
• Mexican pinyon Pinus cembroides
• Siberian dwarf pine Pinus pumila
• Siberian pine Pinus sibirica
• single-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla
• Swiss stone pine Pinus cembra

Polygonaceae

• perennial sorrel Rumex acetosa
• rhubarb Rheum rhabarbarum

Proteaceae

• Chilean hazelnut Gevuina avellana

Rhamnaceae

• Chinese jujube / red date Ziziphus jujuba
• Japanese raisin tree Hovenia dulcis
• mock buckthorn Sageretia thea

Rosaceae

• Allegheny blackberry Rubus allegheniensis
• Allegheny serviceberry Amelanchier laevis
• almond Prunus dulcis
• Amelanchier × Sorbus hybrid Amelasorbus jackii
• Amelanchier × Sorbus hybrid Amelasorbus raciborskiana
• American mountain ash Sorbus americana
• American red raspberry Rubus strigosus
• Amur chokecherry Prunus maackii
• apple Malus domestica
• apple rose Rosa villosa
• apricot Prunus armeniaca
• arctic raspberry / nagoonberry Rubus arcticus
• arctic rose Rosa acicularis
• Asian pear / nashi Pyrus pyrifolia
• Assam apple Docynia indica
• azarole Crataegus azarolus
• beach / Chilean strawberry Fragaria chiloensis
• bird cherry Prunus padus
• bitter cherry Prunus emarginata
• black cherry Prunus serotina
• black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa
• black hawthorn Crataegus douglasii
• black raspberry Rubus occidentalis
• blackthorn / sloe Prunus spinosa
• boulder raspberry Rubus deliciosus
• California blackberry Rubus ursinus
• Canadian serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis
• central Asian pear Pyrus korshinskyi
• cherry plum Prunus cerasifera
• cherry prinsepia Prinsepia sinensis
• Chinese bramble Rubus cockburnianus
• Chinese bush cherry Prunus humilis
• Chinese flowering quince Chaenomeles cathayensis
• Chinese hawthorn Crataegus pinnatifida
• Chinese quince Pseudocydonia sinensis
• Chinese raspberry Rubus ichangensis
• Chinese rowan Sorbus scalaris
• Chinese sweet tea / sweet leaf raspberry Rubus chingii var. suavissimus
• Chinese white pear Pyrus bretschneideri
• chokecherry Prunus virginiana
• cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus
• common hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
• common medlar Mespilus germanica
• common quince Cydonia oblonga
• creamy / green strawberry Fragaria viridis
• creeping bramble Rubus buergeri
• creeping bramble Rubus tricolor
• creeping raspberry Rubus rolfei
• cutleaf / evergreen blackberry Rubus laciniatus
• cutleaf crabapple Malus transitoria
• dog rose Rosa canina
• downy serviceberry Amelanchier arborea
• eastern Asian strawberry Fragaria orientalis
• eastern mayhaw Crataegus aestivalis
• elmleaf blackberry / Mediterranean blackberry Rubus ulmifolius
• European blackberry (aggregate) Rubus fruticosus agg.
• European crabapple Malus sylvestris
• European dewberry Rubus caesius
• European dwarf / steppe cherry Prunus fruticosa
• European pear Pyrus communis
• European plum Prunus domestica
• European serviceberry Amelanchier ovalis
• evergreen Chinese bramble Rubus irenaeus
• fireberry hawthorn Crataegus chrysocarpa
• five-leaf strawberry Fragaria pentaphylla
• flowering almond Prunus triloba
• flowering quince Chaenomeles speciosa
• flowering raspberry Rubus odoratus
• Formosan raspberry Rubus formosensis
• fu pen zi / Chinese raspberry Rubus chingii
• garden strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
• ghost bramble Rubus thibetanus
• hedge prinsepia Prinsepia uniflora
• higan cherry Prunus subhirtella
• Himalayan bramble Rubus lineatus
• Himalayan cherry Prunus cerasoides
• Himalayan giant blackberry Rubus armeniacus
• Himalayan pear Pyrus pashia
• Himalayan strawberry Fragaria nubicola
• Hubei rowan Sorbus hupehensis
• Hupeh crabapple Malus hupehensis
• ʻūlei Osteomeles anthyllidifolia
• Iturup strawberry Fragaria iturupensis
• Japanese / small-leaf raspberry Rubus parvifolius
• Japanese / three-lobed raspberry Rubus trifidus
• Japanese apricot (ume) Prunus mume
• Japanese bramble Rubus hirsutus
• Japanese bush cherry Prunus japonica
• Japanese flowering cherry Prunus serrulata
• Japanese flowering crabapple Malus floribunda
• Japanese plum Prunus salicina
• Japanese quince Chaenomeles japonica
• Japanese raspberry Rubus palmatus
• Japanese strawberry Fragaria iinumae
• Japanese wineberry Rubus phoenicolasius
• Korean black raspberry Rubus coreanus
• Korean cherry Prunus maximowiczii
• Korean raspberry Rubus crataegifolius
• leafless bramble Rubus squarrosus
• loquat Eriobotrya japonica
• mahaleb cherry Prunus mahaleb
• Manchurian apricot Prunus mandshurica
• Mauritius raspberry / roseleaf bramble Rubus rosifolius
• Mexican hawthorn (tejocote) Crataegus mexicana
• midland hawthorn Crataegus laevigata
• musk strawberry Fragaria moschata
• Mysore raspberry Rubus niveus
• Nanking cherry Prunus tomentosa
• Nepalese creeping bramble Rubus nepalensis
• New Zealand bush lawyer Rubus cissoides
• New Zealand bush lawyer / tātarāmoa Rubus australis
• northern dewberry Rubus flagellaris
• osoberry / Indian plum Oemleria cerasiformis
• peach Prunus persica
• Pennsylvania blackberry Rubus pensilvanicus
• pin cherry Prunus pensylvanica
• plum-leaf crabapple Malus prunifolia
• prairie crabapple Malus ioensis
• prairie rose Rosa arkansana
• purple chokeberry Aronia × prunifolia
• Pyrus × Cydonia hybrid ('Veitchii') Pyronia veitchii
• Pyrus × Cydonia quince-pear ('Daniellii') Pyrocydonia danielii
• red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia
• red raspberry Rubus idaeus
• rock cherry Prunus prostrata
• rowan / mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia
• Rubus calophyllus Rubus calophyllus
• rugosa rose Rosa rugosa
• running serviceberry Amelanchier stolonifera
• salmonberry Rubus spectabilis
• saskatoon berry Amelanchier alnifolia
• sawtooth blackberry Rubus argutus
• service tree Sorbus domestica
• Shipova / Bollwiller pear (Sorbus × Pyrus) Sorbopyrus auricularis
• Siberian apricot Prunus sibirica
• Siberian crabapple Malus baccata
• Sichuan blackberry Rubus setchuenensis
• Sikkim strawberry Fragaria daltoniana
• Sitka mountain ash Sorbus sitchensis
• snowy mespilus / juneberry Amelanchier lamarckii
• Sorbus × Aronia hybrid (cvs 'Fallax', 'Saule') Sorbaronia
• sour / tart cherry Prunus cerasus
• southern dewberry Rubus trivialis
• stone bramble Rubus saxatilis
• strawberry-raspberry Rubus illecebrosus
• Sumatran raspberry Rubus sumatranus
• sweet briar Rosa rubiginosa
• sweet cherry Prunus avium
• sweet crabapple Malus coronaria
• Taiwan cherry Prunus campanulata
• Taiwan strawberry Fragaria hayatae
• thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus
• Tibetan strawberry Fragaria tibetica
• toringo crabapple Malus toringo
• Ussurian pear Pyrus ussuriensis
• Utah serviceberry Amelanchier utahensis
• vesca × ananassa hybrid Fragaria × vescana
• Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana
• western mayhaw Crataegus opaca
• whitebark raspberry Rubus leucodermis
• whitebeam Sorbus aria
• wild apple (crop ancestor) Malus sieversii
• wild crab apple Peraphyllum ramosissimum
• wild service tree Sorbus torminalis
• woodland / wild strawberry Fragaria vesca
• Xinjiang pear Pyrus sinkiangensis
• yellow Himalayan raspberry Rubus ellipticus
• yellow-fruited creeping raspberry Rubus xanthocarpus
• yellow/white-fruited strawberry Fragaria nilgerrensis
• Yoshino cherry Prunus × yedoensis

Rubiaceae

• partridgeberry Mitchella repens

Rutaceae

• broadleaf prickly-ash Zanthoxylum schinifolium
• common prickly-ash Zanthoxylum americanum
• Ichang papeda Citrus cavaleriei
• Japanese sansho Zanthoxylum piperitum
• kumquat Citrus japonica
• Meyer lemon Citrus × meyeri
• Sichuan pepper Zanthoxylum simulans
• trifoliate hybrid Citrus polytrifolia
• trifoliate orange Citrus trifoliata
• yuzu Citrus junos

Salicaceae

• iigiri tree Idesia polycarpa

Sapindaceae

• chal-chal Allophylus edulis
• Norway maple Acer platanoides
• red maple Acer rubrum
• sugar maple Acer saccharum
• sycamore maple Acer pseudoplatanus
• yellowhorn Xanthoceras sorbifolium

Schisandraceae

• crimson kadsura Kadsura coccinea
• five-flavor berry / wu wei zi Schisandra chinensis
• scarlet kadsura Kadsura longipedunculata
• southern schisandra Schisandra sphenanthera

Solanaceae

• cape gooseberry Physalis peruviana
• Chinese wolfberry Lycium chinense
• goji berry Lycium barbarum
• pepino melon Solanum muricatum

Staphyleaceae

• American bladdernut Staphylea trifolia
• European bladdernut Staphylea pinnata

Theaceae

• tea Camellia sinensis var. sinensis
• tea-oil camellia Camellia oleifera
• Yunnan / wild tea Camellia taliensis

Vitaceae

• Amur grape Vitis amurensis
• Asian wild grape Vitis flexuosa
• California wild grape Vitis californica
• catbird / red grape Vitis palmata
• Chinese wild grape Vitis heyneana
• crimson glory vine Vitis coignetiae
• David's grape Vitis davidii
• European grape Vitis vinifera
• fox grape Vitis labrusca
• frost grape Vitis vulpina
• graybark grape Vitis cinerea
• Japanese wild grape Vitis thunbergii
• muscadine grape Vitis rotundifolia
• mustang grape Vitis mustangensis
• riverbank grape Vitis riparia
• Romanet grape Vitis romanetii
• sand grape Vitis rupestris
• summer grape Vitis aestivalis
• Texas grape Vitis berlandieri