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Does anyone have the link to the list of edible plants for tortoises - I had it one time, but just can't seem to locate it. I am considering planting grape fines in a close proximity to my tortoise enclosures, and want to double check that the leaves are ok for the tortoises to eat.

Thanks for the help.

I don't have the link but i do know that grape leaves are okay for torts to eat.....As long as they don't have any pestisides and stuff like that on them.

I thought so also - just wanted to be safe rather than really sorry.

Thanks,

Bill Griffin

Yeah i know what you mean. I live right across from a vinyard and hadent even thought of the pestisides they use untill somone advised me agenst harvesting some leaves for my tort. Thank god for helpfull people!!

CULTIVATED PLANTS:

Alyssum Sweet- Lobularia maritima L/F
Aster- Aster sp.
Baby's Tears - Soleirolia soleirolii - Helxine soleirolii
Birds Nests Fern - Asplenium nidus
Bottle Brush - Callistemom
Bouganvillea - Bouganvillea
Bridal Veil - Tripogandra multiflora
Bromeliads - Bromeliaceae spp
Carnation - Dianthus caryophyllus
Chamomile- flowers
Chinese Lantern, Abutilon hybridum- flowers
Coleus- Coleus
Chrysanthemum- spp- flowers
*Coreopsis- Leaves; Flowers- Giganta/ tinctoria/atkinsoniana
Cornflower- Plagiobothrys ssp. - leaves, flowers
Corn Plant - Dracaena fragrans
Dahlia - pinnata / rosea
Day Lillies- Hemerocallis L/F/ - Not Easter or Tiger
Daisy- English Bellis perennis - flowers
*Dichondra - repens- Leaves; Flowers-
Dracaena -Dracaena
Forsythia - Forsythia suspensa
Fuschia - Fuschia
Gazania-Leaves; Flowers- Spp
Geranium-(Pelargonium species) Leaves; Flowers - (wild and domestic)
*Grape Vine- Leaves; Fruit - vitaceae & berberidaceae
Heather- (Ericaceae sp) L/F
Hibiscus (leaves & Flowers)
Hollyhock- Alcea rosea- Blosoms
Hosta - Leaves; Flowers-
Ice plant - Sedum spectabilis
Jasmine - Jasminum officinale: J. grandifloum
Lavender-Lavandula angustifolia - labiatae- L/F
Lilac - Syringa vulgaris
Lillies-Whole plant-hemerocallis (Easter & Tiger Lilies are poisonous)
Mallow- Common Malva sylrestris
Marigold -Leaves; Flowers- (Domestic and wild)
Mimulus - aurantica - flowers
Monkey Plant - Ruellia makoyana - L/F
Moon Flower- Ipomoea alba, Ipomoea leptophylla- L/R
Mother of Pearl - Graptopetalum paraguayen
Pansy - Pansy Viola X - L/F
Petunias
Phlox- Phlox paniculata)
Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana)
*Californian Poppy - escholzia
Poppy Welsh- Meconopsis cambrica
Purslane- Portulaca oleracea
Spider Plant - Chlorophytum comosum - L/ F
Strawberries (all) Wild and domestic
Sweedish Ivy - Plectranthus australis - L/F
Umbrella Plant - Darmera peltata / Petasites hyrbridus
Violets (not African - English)
Whispering Bells (Emmenanthe penduliflora)
Wisteria spp. (wisteria) flowers
Yucca - Leaves; Flowers- (all)
Zinnia- sp. Leaves; Flowers- -
Lavender-Leaves; Flowers- labiatae

TREES AND BUSHES:

*Banana leaves- L & Fruit-aurea (golden bamboo or fishpole bamboo).
Fig Tree leaves-Leaves; Fruit - Moraceae
Forsythia - Oleaceae
Guava Tree - Leaves - Psidium guajava
Heather - Ericaceae
*Hibiscus - rosa-sinensis Leaves; Flowers-Hibiscus syriacus
Maple - Acer saccharum
Mimosa - Desmanthus illinoensis
*Mulberry Tree-(all) L/ FR
Muhly - Sporobolus asperifolius
Black variety "Morus nigra"
White variety "Morus alba"
Paper mulberry - Moraceae - L/F/FR
Sage-
Sea Grape-
Tea Tree- Lepta Spermum Scoperium L/F
Tumbleweed - Salsola kali aka Russian Thistle
Loquat bush - Eriobotrya japonica
Willow - Salicaccae family - Ssp.

GRASSES:

Barnyardgrass - Echinochloa crus-galli
Bentgrasses Agrostis spp.
Bermuda - Cynodon dactylon
Bluegrass, annual - Poa annua
Blue grama - Bouteloua gracilis
Big Bluestem - andropogon gerardi Brome
Buffalo grass (Stenotaphrum secondatum)
Buffelgrass, Cenchrus ciliaris L.
Canarygrass, littleseed Phalaris minor
Chufa, or Yellow Nut Grass Cyperus esculentus
Couchgrass - Agropyon repens
Crabgrass - Digitaria sanguinalis
Fescue, Tall - Festuca arundinacea
Fescue, Blue - festuca glauca
Goosegrass - Eleusine indica
Indian Ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)
Johnson grass, Sorghum halepense
Kikuyugrass - Pennisetum clandestinum
Kleingrass, Panicum coloratum L.
Napiergrass, Pennisetum purpureum
Oatgrass - Agropyron repens
Sesame grass - Tripsacum dactyloides
St. Agustine
Sweet vernal grass - Anthoxanthum odoratum
Timothy- Phleum pratense
Trefoil
Wild oats - Avena fatua
Witchgrass- Panicum capillare L.
Weeping lovegrass, Eragrostis curvula

COMMON WEEDS:

Bindweed - Convolvulus & calystegia spp
Bittercress - Cardamine hirsuta & flexuosa
Bugleweed-Leaves; Flowers- Ajuga reptans
Butterfly Bush - Buddleja ssp.
Cat's-ears - Hypochoeris & hypochoeris spp
Common greenbrier, Catbrier-- Silax roundfolia and ssp
Clover - Trifolium repens Trifolium pratense
Coneflower (purple), Echinacea sp. (Rudbeckia)
Cotyledon - umbilicus-veneris - AKA Pennywort,
Creeping Bell-flower Campanula rapunculoides
Navelwort, Cotylet
Daisy- Leaves; Flowers- Bellis perennis
Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale - Flowers; Leaves; Root.
*Dandelion- other; Leaves; Root. - Agoseris - aurantiaca
*Dayflower-Leaves; Flowers- Commelina diffusa
Echinacea-Leaves; Flowers- Angustifolia
Endives
Evening Primrose-Leaves; Flowers- Oenothera biensis
Cut-leaved evening primrose, Oenothera laciniata
Filaree -Erodium cicutarium
California Filago - Filago californica
Hawkbits - Leontodon ssp
Hawk's Beards - Crepis-biennis-&-capilallaris
Henbit - leaves and flowers Lamium amplexicaule
Honeysuckle- L/F - Lonicera interrupta / Lonicera japonica
Honesty - Condiment; Root; Seed - Lunaria annua
*Knotweed - Polygonum spp.
*Kudzu-L/F Root. - Puerar lobata
*Mallow -L/F Root Malva rotundifolia /sylvestris/ neglecta/ moschata
Marigold-Leaves, Flowers- calendula
*Miners Lettuce-Leaves- M. perfoliata
Nettle- Stinging (Urtica dioica)
Nipplewort - Lapsana communis
Opuntia Cacti -(all) L/F/FR- Opuntia - remove spines!
Persimmon - Diospyros texanum , Diospyros virginiana
Prickliy Lettuce- entire plant- Lactuca serriola
Primrose - Primula vulgaris
*Plantains - Plantago major, media & lanceotata
Purple deadnettle/ red deadnettle - Lamium purpurem
Poverty weed- Entire plant - Monolepis nuttallia / Iva axillaris
Red Maids - Calandrinia ciliata
Shepard's purse - Capsella bursa-pastorsis Capsella bursa-pastoris
Salad Burnet - Sanguisorba minor
Sainfoin - Onobrychis sativa
St. Johns Wort-Leaves; Flowers - Hypericum
*Sow Thistle - Sonchus oleraceus & arvensis
Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum)
Blessed Thistle (Cnicus benedictus)
*Mallows - Abutilon Malva sylvestris, neglecta & moschata
Common mallow -Malva neglecta - L/F
Bush vetch - Vicia sepium
Tufted vetch - Vicia cracca
Violet (ssp) - L/F (not African ) Viola ssp
Wild Strawberry - Fragaria Vesca
Wintercress- Entire plant- Barbarea vulgarsis
Yarrow-L/ Fl Achellea millefolium

VINES:

Grape vines - Concord Vitis spp.
Honeysuckle- L/F -
Creeping Charlie- Pilea nummulariifolia
Climbing Nasturtium
Creeping jenny -Lysimachia nummlaria
Ground ivy - Glechoma hederacea
Sweedish Ivy - Plectranthus australis - L/F
Wild muscadine - Vitis rotundifolia
Kudzu - Puerrrraria lobata

FRUIT BEARING PLANTS

Strawberry, Wild Fragaria spp
Raspberry, Black Rubus occidentalis
Raspberry, Red Rubus idaeus
Prickly Pear
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Fig Tree leaves-Leaves; Fruit - Moraceae
Grape vines - Concord Vitis spp.
Mulberry Tree- fruited
Persimmon - Diospyros texanum , Diospyros virginiana

FERNS:
Asperagus Fern - Asperagus setaceus plumosis
Boston Fern - Nephrolepsis exalta
Ostrich Fern- Matteuccia struthiopteris L/F
(NOT bracken ferns, (Pteridium aquilinum)
Staghorn Fern - Platycerium bifurcatum - L/ F
Tree Fern - Dicksonia antartica
Cinnamon fern - Osumunda cinnamomea
BAMBOO

Bamboo -Bambusa spp.
Bamboo - Pogonantherum panitum & Phyllostachys
L= Leaves F= Flowers FR= Fruit S= Stems R= Root