Creeping Charlie

Cheryl Hills

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ok, so the tortoise table says not to feed creeping Charlie to tort but I have seen that some people do. Is it ok to feed to Russians? My yard is filled with it still.
 

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ok, so the tortoise table says not to feed creeping Charlie to tort but I have seen that some people do. Is it ok to feed to Russians? My yard is filled with it still.
I have tried to figure this out as well. The problem is the common name is applied to several different plants. I do use creeping jenny (which also will be called creeping Charlie!) around my aquatic turtles quite a bit. The cooters really do graze on it quite a bit. My spotted turtles seem to like it as their favorite spots to lay eggs.

Creeping Charlie can be:
Pilea nummulariifoliea - non toxic
Plectranthus australiis - non toxic
Glechoma hederacea - moderately toxic
Nepeta hederacea - moderately toxic

Creeping Jenny should be:
Lysimachia nummularia = non toxic
 
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