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Toxic Plants
  • Plants known to be toxic to Tortoises
    Aconite ( monks hood )
    Autumn crocus
    Baneberry
    Betal nut palm
    Belladonna
    Boxwood
    Crocus
    Daffodil
    Death camus
    Deadly nightshade
    Destroying angel ( death cap )
    Fly agaric ( aminata, deathcap )
    Foxglove
    Hemlock
    Henbane
    Hydrangea
    Jimson weed ( thorn apple )
    Lambkill ( sheep laurel )
    Lily of the valley
    Locoweed
    Lupin
    Mescal
    Mistletoe
    Monkshood
    Nicotine, tree, bush, flowering
    Nightshades
    Oleander
    Peony
    Poison hemlock
    Poison ivy
    Poison oak
    Poison sumac
    Potato ( leaves )
    Rhubarb ( leaves )
    Rhododendron
    Water hemlock
    Yew

    There are many other poisonous plants but these are the ones known to be toxic to tortoises.

    Taken from A. C. Highfield’s The Tortoise & Turtle Feeding Manual

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