Anyone can recognize what are these weeds and whether tortoise can eat it?

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Respectfully, #3 is absolutely in the chicory family, you can tell by the arrow shaped leaves that are beginning to develop from a “round” base plant. Probably catsear. I don’t usually guess at an exact chicory until it’s a decent size but it’s one of them.

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Same for the fourth, it’s a sow thistle. A little purple and bristly yet, as it’s still young.

And same for the most recent picture above, which is likely hawksbit.

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It certainly is confusing to get them exact. For new owners, I think it’s easist to wait for them to flower to be sure they are chicories. All the common chicories will have yellow flowers that are arranged in a sunburst pattern, the leaves will have “saw” toothed edges like this dandelion:

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Sow thistle flower:

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Catsear flower:

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