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Last updated January 1, 2014

Plants Causing Mechanical Injury

Susan M. Barnard. Reptile Keeper's Handbook. pp. 167-184. 1996. Reprinted by permission of author and Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, FL.

Anemone patens (ANEMONE)

Aplopappus spp. (GOLDENRODS, JIMMY WEED, RAYLESS).

Arctium lappa (BURDOCK).

Aristida spp. (POVERTY GRASS, TRIPPLE AWN, WIRE GRASS).

Avena fatua (WILD OATS)

BARLEY, WILD BARLEY (Hordeum spp.).

Bidens spp. (SPANISH NEEDLES, STICK-TIGHTS).

Bromus tectorum (DOWNY BROME-GRASS).

BURDOCK (Arctium lappa).

CACTI (many genera).

CALTROP (Tribulus sp.).

Cenchrus spp. (SANDBURS).

Centaurea spp. (KNAPWEED, STARTHISTLE).

COCKLEBURS (Xanthium spp.).

CRIMSON CLOVER (Trifolium sp.).

DOWNY BROME-GRASS (Bromus tectorum).

Eremocarpus setegerus (TURKEY MULLEIN).

Equisetum spp. (FOXTAILS, HORSETAILS, SCOURING RUSH).

FOXTAIL GRASS (Setaria lutescens).

FOXTAILS (Equisetum spp.).

GOATHEAD (Tribulus sp.).

GOLDENRODS (Aplopappus spp.).

Hordeum spp. (BARLEY, WILD BARLEY, SQUIRREL-TAIL GRASS).

HORSETAILS (Equisetum spp.).

JIMMY WEED (Aplopappus sp.).

KNAPWEED (Centaurea sp.).

MESQUITE (Prosopis chilensis).

MULLEIN (Verbascum thapsus).

NEEDLE GRASS (Stipa sp.).

NIGHSHADES (Solanum spp.).

PEA STRAW HAY (Pisum sativum).

Pisum sativum (PEA STRAW HAY).

Platanus occidentalis (SYCAMORE).

PORCUPINE GRASS (Stipa sp.).

POVERTY GRASS (Aristida sp.).

Prosopis chilensis (MESQUITE).

PUNCTURE VINE (Tribulus sp.).

Pyracantha sp. (PYRACANTHA).

RABBIT-FOOT CLOVER (Trifolium sp.).

RASPBERRIES (Rubus spp.).

RAYLESS (Aplopappus sp.)-

Rubus spp. (RASBERRIES).

SANDBURS (Cenchrus spp.).

SCOURING RUSH (Equisetum sp.).

Setaria lutescens (FOXTAIL GRASS, YELLOW BRISTLE GRASS).

SPANISH NEEDLES (Bidens sp.).

SQUIRREL-TAIL GRASS (Hordeum spp.).

STARTHISTLE (Centaurea spp.).

STICK-TIGHTS (Bidens sp.).

Stipa spp. (NEEDLE GRASS, PORCUPINE GRASS).

SYCAMORE (Platanus occidentalis).

Tribulus spp. (CALTROP, GOATHEAD, PUNCTURE VINE).

Trifolium spp. (CRIMSON CLOVER, RABBIT-FOOT CLOVER).

TRIPLE AWN (Aristida sp.).

TURKEY MULLEIN (Eremocarpus setegerus).

Verbascum thapsus (MULLEIN).

WILD OATS (Avena fatua).

WIRE GRASS (Aristida sp.).

Xanthium spp. (COCKLEBURS).

YELLOW BRISTLE GRASS (Setaria lutescens).

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Ruhr, L. P. 1986. Ornamental toxic plants. In: Current Veterinary Therapy IX: Small Animal Practice. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 216-220.