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Goose grass
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Goosegrass (Gallium aparine) is also known as 'cleavers' or 'stickyweed'. It is a common plant that can be found climbing over hedges and at the edge of woodland. The stems, leaves, and seeds of this plant have numerous down-turned prickles that stick to clothing and animal fur. Although the plant is edible, it is not suitable for fluffy rabbits, such as Angoras because the leaves, stems, and seeds get caught in the fur causing mats. It is not an easy plant to handle. It often grows among nettles so there is a risk of being stung as well as have your clothes covered in sticky seeds.
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Wild garlic
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Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) is a common woodland plant with abundant leaves that smell strongly of garlic. It grows from bulbs and, like all other bulbous plants, it is not suitable as a forage plant for rabbits.
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Daffodils (and other plants from bulbs)
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The leaves, stems and bulbs of daffodils (Narcissus spp.) contain a toxic alkaloid, lycorine. The concentrations of the alkaloid are highest in the outer layers of the bulbs. There are no reports of toxicity in rabbits but the bulbs are known to be poisonous in other species, especially humans who may mistake them for onions. Many plants from bulbs are potentially toxic so it is inadvisable to pick the leaves or flowers when foraging for rabbits. However, they are unlikely to eat them.
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Hemlock plants
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Hemlock may grow in clumps on roadsides, waste ground, field edges, path edges, meadows, and poorly drained soil near streams or ditches. This photograph was taken in a field next to a river near York in July.
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HEMLOCK
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Hemlock stems
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Hemlock (Conium maculatum) is easy to differentiate from other umbelliferae plants by the red blotches on the smooth, hairless shiny stems.
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Giant Hogweed leaves
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The leaves of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) are large. They can grow to over 1 meter in width.
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Giant Hogweed stems
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The stems of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) are hollow bright green and hairy. They often have purple/red spots or blotches like some other poisonous plants i.e. Hemlock (Conium maculatum) and Cuckoo Pint (Arum maculatum).
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Giant Hogweed leaf edges
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The leaf edges of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) are very different from the smoth edges of Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium). Giant Hogweed leaf edge are jagged and sharp.
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Cuckoo Pint leaves
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The bright green leaves of Cuckoo PInt (Arum maculatum) can look enticing among the sparse vegetation in March but it is better to leave them alone.
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Cuckoo pint leaves with speckles
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The latin name for Cuckoo pint is Arum maculatum. Maculatum means spotted and plants called ‘maculatum’ are said to have grown under the cross and been speckled with Christ’s blood.
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