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Image JPEG image Scented Mayweed
Scented Mayweed (Matricaria chamomilla) is also known as Chamomile. It is an annual or biennial scented plant with daisy like flowers that is locally found on sandy or loamy arable soils and on waste ground. It is not harmful but is not worth picking because the leaves are small and feathery and do not provide much in the way of forage. Although it is edible, it is better to leave the plant unpicked
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Image JPEG image Silverweed
Silverweed (Argentia anserina or Potentilla anserina) is a low growing perennial plant that grows in places that are good for foraging like verges and waste ground. It likes sandy soil. Yellow flowers appear between June and August among the leaves which remain all year-round. It is not poisonous for rabbits but is not particularly palatable. It is a plant that might be picked with others but is not worth looking for.
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Image JPEG image Pineapple weed
Pineapple weed (Matricaria discoidea) is also known as Mayweed or Wild Chamomile. It grows in poor soil around footpaths, field entrances, waste ground, and roadsides. The flowers exude a pineapple smell when crushed. It is a favourite with rabbits but seldom grows in large enough numbers to be picked regularly.
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Image JPEG image Nipplewort
Nipplewort (Lapsana communis) is a common garden weed and grows on wasteland. It can be picked for rabbits.
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Image JPEG image Knapweed
Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) is a thistle-like plant (without thorns) that can be found on verges, meadows, cliff tops, lawns, and other places. It is in bloom from June to September. It is edible for rabbits.
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Image JPEG image Germander speedwell
Germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) is only one of a family of speedwells (Veronica spp.) that may be found in gardens and grassland. It is a low growing plant with a creeping habit and is sometimes considered a weed. The plant is not harmful for rabbits although it is not particularly palatable either.
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Image JPEG image Deadnettle flowers
The flowers of deadnettle may be white (Lamium album) as in this picture or red/purple (Lamium purpureum).
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Image JPEG image Deadnettle and stinging nettle leaves
Deadnettle (Lamium spp) is similar in height and appearance to stinging nettles. It is advantagous to recognise the difference in the leaves, especially if you are not wearing gloves and you are foraging before the flowers appear. Unfortunately, deadnettles and stinging nettles often grow together. Deadnettles have smoother leaves and a green stem (white arrow). Stinging nettles leaves (red arrow) have a slightly furry appearance due to the stings.
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Image JPEG image Crab apple
There are wild and garden varieties of Crab apple (Malus sylvestris). The wild varieties host a variety of wildlife. All parts of the tree are enjoyed by rabbits, but it is the fruit and the leaves that are most useful. The leaves can be harvested in the autumn when they are about to fall and fed fresh or dried for later in the winter.
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Image JPEG image Coltsfoot
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) is a perennial plant that may be seen on verges or hard bare ground that has been disturbed. It can be a problem on arable land and in gardens. The flowers appear in the spring and die back before the leaves appear. The leaves can be fed to rabbits in moderation.
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