Plant Images

[weeble]

PLANT IMAGES: - HUGE THANKS TO THUMPS FOR ALL HER HELP WITH THIS

Common Safe Plants

Greater plantain image


Field Penny Cress (Field penny cress - seeds are broadly winged)


Herb Robert


Ladysbedstraw


Ribwort Plantain


Hoary plantain


White dead nettle


Common mallow


Musk mallow


Leaves of musk mallow


Yarrow


Smooth leaved Sow thistle
do not confuse with the wild lettuce family/cf prickly lettuce.


Shepherds Purse


Chamomile & the Mayweeds are all safe, & have distinctive leaves, as a family.

Wild chamomile


Pineapple mayweed


Meadow crane's bill. Usually found on chalk, but also cultivated in gardens.


Shrubby climbers & clamberers in hedges.

"Dog rose"
several species all safe - leaves & petals


Bramble


Hawthorn


Please note that the flower/seeds of plantain are best not fed to rabbits dry.

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POISONOUS PLANTS DO NOT FEED - IF IN DOUBT DO NOT FEED

Hemlock



Fumitory


Stinking Hellebore



Sunspurge


Tansy



White Bryony


Woodynightshade


Ragwort



Foxglove - flowers also come in pink and white


Elder - berries are purpleish in colour. If you have one of these beware the roots get everywhere!


Deadly nightshade


Monkshood




Black Bryony


Ivy Leaved Toad Flax



LINK TO DANGEROUS PLANTS AS PROVIDED BY GRAHAML
CLICK HERE

[Bunni_xx]

WOW! I love that, so helpful!

[helgalush]

Great post! Really helpful!

[Liquorice]

OMG my rabbit eat some elder leaves I hope she'll be ok

[Jaysmonkey]

Awesome.

This is a toxic weed list for tortoises, however tortoise dietary requirements with weeds is very similar to rabbits.
Hope it helps!
http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=25242


This one is edible weeds which are safe
http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...ead.php?t=6243
http://issuu.com/starsw/docs/edible_...owFlipBtn=true

xx

[kat031181]

Great post x very helpful x

[csklug00]

I'm a Master Gardener in America, Texas to be exact and grow most of my bunnies fresh food. I absolutely LOVED your post! It inspired me to add strawberries to one of my gardens! Thank you!

[thumps_]

Thank-you this is so much help, I am only confident with dandelions, which we have loads on our garden lol And I have been getting them blackberries.

My mate who is a Parks Manager is going to help me out identifying some plants for me

I think that this is by far the best way to learn what's out there.
It can open a door to a life long deeper appreciation, & love of wild life, enriching our lives.

My own background is an upbringing in the country when we were encouraged to identify the local wild plants & trees in primary school. It was also the norm for us to forage for our bunnies as children under supervision.
It led to a life long interest, but I'm not a botanist with the skills to identify all the UK plants to species level.

I try to recommend the plants which are easier to identify, as long as you check that the shape of the leaves & veins in the leaves are truely identical. Flowers and seed heads are helpful too but mot always present.

In spring, young plants can be more difficult to identify, especially those which mature into tall spikes & start as rosettes at ground level.

I commend Webble's choice of toxic plants. They include seriously toxic plants which we all need to be able to identify, & remove if buns could access them.
There are many other toxic plants which should not be fed to bunnies but a small nibble won't do any harm.
Those which are recommended as safe, can be fed regularly to bunnies.

I'm deeply moved & delighted by all your positive responses.

For those who rightly find wild plant identification too risky, may I suggest that you can also grow many kitchen herbs both for your bunnies as well as adding flavour & interest to human food.

[weeble]

Thumps the majority of the pictures and info on this thread are a tribute to your knowledge and expertise - thank you