Browse is plant material used by the apes for eating, nest building, tool use, and playing.  

In the wild, apes encounter a wide variety of plants and flowers.

On our property, we have many different type of edible plants to give the apes. 

Along with daily browse, we provide many types of enrichment on a daily basis for our residents.  

Please contact us if you would like to donate browse or live plants for us to grow on our property or in our greenhouse.  Our apes also need food, both standard foods and treats, and items which they can use as toys and educational materials for enrichmentFor a list of items you can donate to the apes, please visit our Wish List.

Browse List

Toxic Plants on Grounds-

DO NOT FEED:

  • Elderberry leaves
  • Tomato leaves
  • Mondo grass
  • Poke Weed
  • Night Shade
  • Virginia Creeper
  • Lantana
  • Dog Fennel
  • Poison Ivy
  • Rosary Pea Vine & Seeds
  • Pine
  • Laripe
  • Johnson’s grass
  • Lucena
  • Tababuia
  • Ferns
  • Oak
  • Elephant Ear
  • Smilax
  • Caesar Weed

 

Safe Browse-

Approved native browse found on sanctuary property:

  • Hibiscus (both plant and flower)
  • Willow
  • Mulberry
  • Muscadine grape vines
  • Queen palm
  • Bamboo
  • Banana leaves & stalk
  • Ficus leaves
  • Sweet gum
  • Most grasses

Limited amount due to heavy fiber:

  • Palmetto leaves
  • Ginger leaves

Domestically grown browse:

  • Basil
  • Dill
  • Parsley
  • Mint
  • Tropical Corn stalks
  • Sunflowers
  • Elephant grass (pennisetum)
  • Giant grass (arundo donax)
  • Nasturtium Blossoms  

Fruits & Flowers:

  • Elderberries
  • Blackberries
  • Mulberries
  • Ginger blossoms
  • Persimmons

 

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