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I noticed my Sully going nuts over a weed that recently took over half my lawn. I had it identified by a local weed biologist as Mexican Clover(Richardia grandiflora and Richardia brasilensis, not related to "normal" clover). While searching the net for info on this weed, I stumbled across a website detailing native Gopher tortoise diet. A group of local scietists have followed gopher torts around all day for years and kept a log of what they eat. It turns out many of thier preferred weeds are also my sully's favorites, including the mexican clover. Here's the link, page 5 has an overall plant list and page 7 has a list of some of the preferred plants. http://www.ashtonbiodiversity.org/pdf/GopherTortoiseMngtInYard.pdf