SNAIL SAFE FOOD, PLANTS & TREES
EDIBLE PLANTSPlants that are safe and generally eaten by snails
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TANK PLANTSEdible plants proven to grown inside tank
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Safe Plants
Plants that are safe but generally not eaten by snails
Abelia (Abelia Grandiflora)
African Violet (Saintpaulia Ionantha) Asperagus Fern ( Setaceus Plumosus) Aster (Aster Sp.) Baby Tears (Helxine Soleirolii) Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium Nidus) Boston Fern (Nephrolepsis Exalta) Bottle Brush (Callistemom Sp.) Bouganvlllea (Bouganvillea Sp.) Brldal Vell (Tripogandra Multiflora) Bromeliads (Aechmea/ Bilbergia/ Vriesia) Cactus, Spineless (Astrophytum) Camellia (Camellia Japonica) Coleus (Coleus Sp.) Corn Plant (Dracaena Fragrans) Creeping Charlie (Pilea Nummulariifolia)* Croton (Codiaeum Sp.) Dracaena (Dracaena Sp.) |
Emerald Ripple (Peperomia Caperata)
Eugenia (Eugenia Sp.) Ficus Tree (Ficus benjamina) Fuschia (Fuschia) Geranium (Pelargonium Sp.) Hen And Chicks Succulent Hibiscus (Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis) Hoya (Hoya Exotica) Iceplant (Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum) Impatiens (Impatiens) Jade Plant (Crassula Argentea) Japanese Aralia (Fatsia Japonica) Jasmine (Jasrninum Officinale; J. Grandiflorum) Lavender (Lavandula Officinalis) Marigold (Calendula Offcinalis) Monkey Plant (Ruellia Makoyana) Mother Of Pearl Natal Plum (Carissa Grandiflora) |
Painted Nettle (Coleus)
Palms (Areca Sp.) Pampas Grass (Cortaderia Selloana) Parlor Palm (Chamaedorea Elegans) Petunia (Petunia) Phoenix (Phoenix Roebelenii) Piggyback Plant (Tolmiea Menziesii) Pilea (Pilea Sp.) Pink Polka-dot Plant Ponytail Plant (Beaucarnea Recurvata) Prayer Plant (Maranta Leuconeura) Purple Passion; Purple Velvet Spider Plant (Chlorophytum Comosum) Staghorn Fern (Platycerium Bifurcatum) Swedish Ivy (Plectranthus Australis) Sweet Alyssum (Allyssum Sp.) Tree Mallow (Lavatera Assurgentiflora) Umbrella Plant (Eriogonum Umbrellum) |
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TOXIC PLANTS
Plants not safe for snails. - * All Parts ** Interferes with Calcium Intake
Acocanthera Fruit & Flowers
Aconite *(Monkshood) Amaranth ** Amaryllis (A. Belladonna) * Amsinckia (Tarweed) Foliage & Seeds Anenome (Wildflower) * Angel Trumpet Tree Flowers & Leaves Apple Seeds * (Only If Crushed) Apricot Only pits, Inner seeds Atropa Belladonna * Aubergine (Eggplant) Plant Foliage, Vines Autumn Crocus Bulbs Avocado * Azaleas * Bacon High In Salt Balsam Pear Seeds, Outer Ring of fruit Baneberry * (Doll's Eyes) Beach Pea (All types) * Bean Sprouts * ** (Soy / Shoots) Belladonna * Betel Nut Palm * Bird Of Paradise * Bittersweet Berries Black Locust * (Robina Pseudoacacia) Bleeding Heart * Bloodroot* (Sanguinaria Canadensis) Blue Flag (Iris) - Bulbs Blue-green Algae Some forms are Toxic Bottlebrush Flowers Boxwood * Bread – Can Be Deadly Buckeye Horse Chestnut Sprouts & Nuts Buckthorn Fruit & Bard Buttercup / Caladium * Calla Lily (All Types) Cardinal Flower (All Types) Cardinal Flower (All Types) Carolina Jessamine Foliage, Flowers & Sap Cassava * (Manioc Roots) Castor - Bean & Oil Celery * Chalice Vine (Solandra Grandiflora) * Chard ** (can be fed as rare treat) Chayote * (Christophene, Christophine, Cho-Cho, Mirliton) Cherry Bark Twigs, Leaves & Seed Pits Cherry Laurel Foliage & Flowers Chicken Eggs Chilli Peppers – Can Harm Snails China Berry Tree - Berries Chive* – Can Be Deadly Christmas Berry Berries Christmas Cactus* (Euphorbia) Christmas Candle - Sap Christmas Rose Foliage & Flowers Columbine Foliage, Flowers & Seeds Common Privet Foliage & Berries Coral Plant * Crocus Bulbs Croton Foliage & Shoot Cyclamen Foliage, Stems & Flowers Daffodil Bulbs, Foliage, Flowers & Pods Daphne Berries Datura (Datura Stramonium) Leaves, Seeds Deadly Amanita * Deadly Nightshade* (Atropa Belladonna) Death Camas * Death Cap Mushroom * Delphinium * Destroying Angel * (Death Cap) Dieffenbachia (Dumbcane) * Dogwood Fruit - Mildly Toxic Dutchman's Breeches Foliage & Roots Eggplant - All but the Vegetable Elderberry* (Sambucus) Elephant Ears (Taro) Leaves, Stem English Ivy Leaves, Berries - Very Poisonous |
Equisetum (All Types)
Euphorbia (Spurge/s) Foliage, Flowers Sap False Hellebore * False Henbane (All Types) Fiddleneck (Senecio) * Fish (All Types) Fly Agaric * (Amanita, Death Cap) Four O'clock * Foxglove Leaves, Seeds & Flowers Garlic – Can Be Deadly Gelsemium * Ghostweed * Golden Chain * (Laburnum) Gooseberry Grapefruit – High In Citrus/acid Ham – High In Salt Henbane (All Types) Holly (English / American) Foliage & Berries Horse Chestnut * Horsetail Reed * (Equisetum) Hyacinth Bulbs, Foliage & Flowers Hydrangea * Impatiens * (Touch-me-not) Indian Turnip * (Jack-in-the-pulpit) Iris * (Blue Flag) Ivy (All Types) Foliage, Fruit Jack-in-the-pulpit * Jasmine Foliage, Flowers & Sap Jasmine Star Foliate & Flowers Jatropha Seeds & Sap Java Bean Jerusalem Cherry Berries & Foliage Jessamine Berries Jimson Weed * (Thorn Apple) Johnson Grass * Juniper Needles Stems & Berries Kohlrabi (Turnip / Turnip-rooted Cabbage) Laburnum * Lambkill * (Sheep Laurel) Lantana Camara Foliage, Flowers & Berries Larkspur * Laurel * Leek * – Can Be Deadly Lemon – High In Citrus/acid Lentils Lily Of The Valley * Including Water Lima Bean Lime – High In Citrus/acid Lobelia * Locoweed * Locust(S) * Lords And Ladies (Cuckoopint) * Lupine Seeds, Pods & Foliage Machineel * Mandarin – High In Citrus/acid Marijuana * May Apple * Meat that is canned, dried, cooked & processed Mescal (Bean) * May Be Toxic Milkweed Foliage Mistletoe Foliage & Berries Moccasin Flower Foliage & Flowers Mock Orange Fruit Monkshood * Moodseed Berries Morning Glory * Mountain Laurel Young Leaves & Shoots Mushrooms * (the human toxic ones) Narcissus Bulbs & Flowers Natal Cherry Berries & Foliage Nectarine Seed & Pit Nicotine * Nightshades * Oak Trees Acorn & Foliage Oleander * Onion * All Kinds – Can Be Deadly Orange – High In Citrus/acid |
Paper – Can Be Deadly
Parsley * ** (Petroselinum hortense / crispum) Pasta – Can Be Deadly Peach Pit & Inner Seed Pear Seeds Pennyroyal Foliage & Flowers Peony Foliage & Flowers Periwinkle * Philodendron * (Some Species) Pineapple – High In Citrus/acid Pinks * Plums Foliage & Inner Seed Poinsettia * Poison Hemlock Foliage & Seeds Poison Ivy Foliage, Fruit & Sap Poison Oak Foliage, Fruit & Sap Poison Sumac Foliage, Fruit & Sap Pokewood / Pokecherry Roots & Fruits Poppy * (Except California) Potato Eyes, Shoots & Foliage Radish Root Red Currant (Redcurrant) Red Leaf Lettuce * (Lollo Rosso) Redwood Resinoids Rhododendron* Fatal Rhubarb* – Can Be Deadly Rice – Can Be Deadly Rivet * Rosary Peas Foliage, Flowers & Pods Rosemary (Some Species) Foliage Russian Thistle Foliage & Flowers Sage - Foliage (Some Species) Salmonberry Foliage & Fruit Satsuma – High In Citrus/acid Scarlet Pimpernel Foliage, Flowers & Fruit Scotch Broom Seeds Senecio (Fiddle Neck) * Skunk Cabbage * Snapdragon Foliage & Flowers Snow-on-the-mountain * (Ghostweed) Snowdrop * Spanish Bayonet Foliage & Flowers Spinach ** (can be fed as rare treat) Squirrel Corn Foliage, Flowers & Seeds Star Jasmine Foliage & Flowers Star Of Bethlehem Foliage & Flowers Sudan Grass * Sundew - Foliage Swede (Rutabaga, Neep, Turnip, Swedish / Yellow) Sweet Pea Stemps, Seeds & Fruit Tansy Foliage & Flowers Taro (Elephant Ears) Foliage Tarweed Foliage & Seeds Thorn Apple Flowers, Foliag & Pods Tiger Lily Foliage, Flowers, Seed & Pods Toad Flax Foliage Tobacco Leaves Tomato Plant Foliage, Vines (fruit is safe) Touch-me-not * Toyon Berry Berries Tree Of Heaven Foliage & Flowering Parts Trillium Foliage Trumpet Vine * Tulip * Venus Flytrap * Verbena Foliage & Flowers Vetch (Several Forms) Seeds & Pods Virginia Creeper Sap, Foliage & Seed Pods Water Hemlock Roots & Foliage Wild Parsnip Underground Roots & Foliage Wildflower Leaves & Flowers Wisteria * Yam Bean Roots & Immature Pods Yello Star Thistle Foliage & Flowers Yew (All Types) Foliage, Needles & Seeds |
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Leaf-Litter. Branches and/or Bark
When using leaf litter, branches and/or bark that you've foraged please flow tehe following rules:
- Collect away from roads, foot-pats.
- Be sure that they have not come in contact with pesticides, fertilizer or pollutants.
- Make sure the wood is dead.
- Only use trees listed as safe, and avoid the ones marked as Toxic.
Safe TreesAspen
Birch Cork Dogwood Maple |
Toxic Trees
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