Daisies?

[Beasty_Artemis]

So I couldn't remember if red foots like daisies flowers or if they are poisonous.....
They seem like they don't eat them at all.
I will start trying to harvest them for tortoise salads if other red footed torts like those at all. It's almost time for me to order some new vitamins.

 

[Michael Bird]

According to The Tortoise Table, some daisies are OK, some are definitely not OK...

https://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk...anywords&searchtxt=daisy&x=0&y=0#.ZDx_gc7MJ9M

 

[Maggie3fan]

But the dandelions that Oregon is loaded with is great food for our torts...

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

Yes I thought I heard they were bad .....

 

[Maggie3fan]

Regular dandelions are a great source of nutrition and plus....look what AB thinks of them...ever seen a tortoise smile???

 

[EricW]

Daisy is broad common name that spans several species of plants and also vary by location. Some plants may be called daisy in the east, but not in the west. Etc. Best to look up and go by scientific name.

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

Well id's hard to identify then. Is the Shasta Daisie a native species in Oregon.

 

[EricW]

Well id's hard to identify then. Is the Shasta Daisie a native species in Oregon.

The typical "Shasta' Daisy in the landscape trade is not a native to the U.S. (Leucanthemum spp.). So if this a wild growing, native plant is is going to be something else. It could be Aster ssp. or Fleabane (Erigeron). Both aster and fleabane have a tendency to be called daisy as well, I don't believe you want to feed fleabane. Both aster and fleabane have species native to Oregon and introduced to Oregon (naturalized).

Do you have a picture of the plant? I would see if you can reach out to a native plant society or the like to get a proper identification.

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

Dude!!! Well then I won't!

 

[Maggie3fan]

Dude!!! Well then I won't!

Won't what?