can you feed showy tick trefoil?

[save the gopher tortoise]

i found some plants called showy tick trefoil.can i feed it as he REALLY likes it.

 

[Yvonne G]

From the 'net:

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/shw_trefoilx.htm

"...Like many other members of the Bean family, this plant is highly edible to various mammalian herbivores, including deer, rabbits, groundhogs, and livestock. Some upland game birds and small rodents eat the seeds, including the Bobwhite Quail, Wild Turkey, White-Footed Mouse, and Woodland Deer Mouse (Martin et al., 1951/1961; Hamilton, 1941). The seedpods can cling to the fur of mammals and clothing of humans, causing this plant to spread into new areas."

 

[Pearly]

From the 'net:

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/shw_trefoilx.htm

"...Like many other members of the Bean family, this plant is highly edible to various mammalian herbivores, including deer, rabbits, groundhogs, and livestock. Some upland game birds and small rodents eat the seeds, including the Bobwhite Quail, Wild Turkey, White-Footed Mouse, and Woodland Deer Mouse (Martin et al., 1951/1961; Hamilton, 1941). The seedpods can cling to the fur of mammals and clothing of humans, causing this plant to spread into new areas."

Great link! Thanks Yvonne