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  • Mordant: Used for making a dye more permanent, it also affects the colour of the dye. (49)
Latin NameCommon NameUseEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Begonia pictaMordant22
Heuchera americanaRock GeraniumMordant03
Heuchera cylindricaAlum RootMordant12
Heuchera diversifoliaAlum RootMordant11
Heuchera glabraAlpine HeucheraMordant11
Heuchera micranthaAlum RootMordant12
Heuchera sanguineaAlum RootMordant00
Heuchera versicolorMordant01
Juniperus monospermaOne-Seed JuniperMordant32
Lycopodium campanulatumMordant01
Lycopodium clavatumCommon Club MossMordant03
Lycopodium complanatumGround PineMordant03
Lycopodium lucidulumShining Club MossMordant10
Lycopodium obscurumGround PineMordant02
Lycopodium selagoFir ClubmossMordant12
Lycopodium serratumClub MossMordant02
Opuntia imbricataTree CholaMordant20
Opuntia polyacanthaPlains Prickly PearMordant31
Prunus nigraCanadian PlumMordant41
Quercus macrocarpaBurr OakMordant32
Rhus ambiguaMordant00
Rhus aromaticaLemon SumachMordant42
Rhus chinensisChinese GallMordant23
Rhus copallinaDwarf SumachMordant42
Rhus coriariaElm-Leaved SumachMordant21
Rhus diversilobaWestern Poison OakMordant02
Rhus glabraSmooth SumachMordant43
Rhus integrifoliaLemonade BerryMordant20
Rhus microphyllaDesert SumachMordant20
Rhus ovataSugar BushMordant21
Rhus potaniniiMordant02
Rhus punjabensis Mordant32
Rhus punjabensis sinicaMordant32
Rhus radicansPoison IvyMordant01
Rhus sempervirensMordant21
Rhus succedaneaWax TreeMordant12
Rhus sylvestrisMordant00
Rhus toxicodendronEastern Poison OakMordant02
Rhus trichocarpaMordant00
Rhus trilobataSkunk BushMordant42
Rhus typhinaStag's Horn SumachMordant42
Rhus vernicifluaLacquer TreeMordant01
Rhus vernixPoison SumachMordant01
Rhus wallichiiMordant01
Rhus x pulvinataMordant42
Symplocos microcalyxMordant10
Symplocos paniculataAsiatic SweetleafMordant12
Symplocos sumuntiiaMordant21
Symplocos tinctoriaSweet LeafMordant21

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