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Acorns

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Acorns

The young leaves and fruits (acorns) of all species of oak are poisonous to stock, especially sheep and cattle.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Poisonous plants and fungi – Animals and poisonous plants, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9788/acorns (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.