Safe weeds for CA. Desert Tortoise?

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Laura

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#1 is mallow.. good to eat.
#7 looks like a mustard, but wrong color flowe.r ukn
#9 tpye of grass . looks like it might go to seed with a sticker type head..
12 might be Lupine.. ukn if good or bad.
3 is sour grass. i used to eat it as a kid. but good? I dont know!!
not much help huh?!
 

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#3 is Oxalis ("sourgrass"; wood sorrel)...HIGH in oxalic acid which binds to calcium preventing it's absorption; oxalic acid can be toxic in large amounts...also may contribute to bladder stones in torts.

Scary to think we use to chew on this stuff all the time as a kid!
 

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9- Foxtails
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6- Carrot tops
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3- Sourgrass and clover? (Is the clover part bad too?)
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1- mallow

Man I knew less of them than I thought. :p
You have some very different CA weeds than I do. Way prettier than my So Cal dandelions. :D I am looking forward to answers because I have some of them and DT.

Dawna
 

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#2 is Clematis...not a weed, but a vine-type ground cover.
#5 looks like some type of morning glory

I must say, your desert tortoise habitat must be very interesting-looking. I have weeds, but you put me to shame!

Yvonne
 

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These are all weeds that my family & i have collected while roaming the overgrown fields here in Ventura County. We do not know what they are so I figured I'd post here. We have not given any to him yet. . .We wanted to make sure they are safe before digging some up to put in his enclosure.
Thanks for all the help and I too look forward to knowing what the rest of them are.
 

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Oogie said:
Dawna...the clover-looking things are actually the leaves of the sourgrass...yes they are bad, too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis_pes-caprae

Sometimes California Burclover is mistaken for Oxalis...but Cali Burclover is actually safe to eat, as far as I know. This is the one that releases those prickly, spiral seedpods that get stuck in your clothes lol.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/M/W-LG-MPOL-MP.003.html

Wow you find some good stuff. Thanks. I actually don't have any sour grass in my yard but I do have the CA burclover. :D

Thanks,

Dawna
 

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well...to be honest...my knowledge is strictly limited to what grows in our neighborhood LOL i was required to know before being allowed to adopt my DT.

and i will agree with the others...stnb's weeds are way prettier than the one's that grow here!
 

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#9 isnt a true Foxtail.. those look like well.. Fox Tails.. BUT it is a nasty sticker when its dried and just as bad as one!
And someone said carrot tops.. I would bet those are California Poppys.. they looks like carrot tops. AND you can be fined$$ for picking the State flower! be careful! :)
 

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Oh Laura you are right about the carrot tops/poppies....I forgot they look similar until they flower. We'll go with carrot tops to keep stnb out of jail. :p

Dawna
 
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