Cycads

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Oxalis
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Cycads

Post by Oxalis » 26 Feb 2020, 06:49

Hello all!

Recently I was browsing the potted plants at the gardening store in the hopes of bringing spring here sooner. I started thinking about the cycad plants, which I call "dinosaur plants," and how they've changed little since the Jurassic. There are quite a few species of cycads (including the sago palm), which all belong to the order Cycadales; those are: Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae, and Zamiaceae. The Wikipedia page mentions a neurotoxin in the seeds; but do you think the leaves OK for tortoises?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycad
I <3 Stevie, my Russian tortoise!

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