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NEWSLETTER
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Unsafe Plants
This list of poisonous plants has been compiled from several different sources. This list is by no means meant to be a complete and definitive list. If you are unsure about a plant's toxicity, please verify with your vetenarian and local poison control before introducing it to your home and your animals.
- Alacia
- Amaryllis (bulbs)
- American Yew
- Autumn Crocus/Meadow Saffron
- Avocado
- Azalea (leaves)
- Balsam Pear (seeds, outer rind of fruit)
- Baneberry (berries, root)
- Beans (all types if uncooked)
- Bird of Paradise (seeds)
- Birch
- Bittersweet Nightshade
- Black Locust (bark, sprouts, foliage)
- Bleeding Heart/Dutchman's Breeches
- Bloodroot
- Blue-green Algae (some forms toxic)
- Boxwood (leaves, stems)
- Bracken Fern
- Broomcorn Grass
- Buckthorn (fruit, bark)
- Buttercup (sap, bulbs)
- Caladium (leaves)
- Calla Lily (leaves)
- Candelabra Tree
- Cardinal Flower
- Castor Bean (also castor oil, leaves)
- Chalice Vine/Trumpet vine
- Cherry Tree (bark, twigs, leaves, pits)
- Chinaberry Tree
- Christmas Candle (sap)
- Clematis/Virginia Bower
- Coral Plant (seeds)
- Cowslip/Marsh Marigold
- Crown of Thorns
- Croton
- Daffodil (bulbs)
- Daphne (berries)
- Datura (berries)
- Deadly Amanita
- Death Camas
- Delphinium
- Deffenbachia/Dumb Cane (leaves)
- Eggplant (fruit okay)
- Elderberry
- Elephants Ear/Taro (leaves, stem)
- English Ivy (berries, leaves)
- English Yew
- Euonymus/Spindle Tree
- False Hellebore
- False Henbane
- Firethorn/Pyracantha
- Fly Agaric Mushroom/Deadly Amanita
- Four O'Clock
- Foxglove (leaves, seeds)
- Glory Bean
- Golden Chain/Laburnum
- Ground Cherry
- Hemlock (including water the plant is in)
- Henbane (seeds)
- Holly (berries)
- Honey Locust
- Honeysuckle
- Horse Chestnut/Buckeye (nuts, twigs)
- Horsetail
- Hyacinth (bulbs)
- Hydrangea (flower bud)
- Ind. Licorice Bean
- Indian Turnip/Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Iris/Blue Flag (bulbs)
- Ivy
- Jack-in-th-Pulpit
- Japanese Yew (needles, seeds)
- Jasmine
- Java Bean (lima bean - uncooked)
- Jerusalem Cherry (berries)
- Jimsonweed/Thornapple
- Johnson Grass
- Juniper (needles, stems, berries)
- Jerusalem Cherry (berries)
- Kentucky Coffee Tree
- Lantana (immature berries)
- Larkspur
- Laurel
- Lily of the Valley (including water the plant is in)
- Lobelia
- Locoweed
- Lords and Ladies/Cuckoopint
- Lupines/Bluebonnet
- Mandrake
- Mango Tree (wood, leaves, rind - fruit is safe)
- Marijuana/Hemp (leaves)
- Mayapple (fruit is safe)
- Mescal Beans (seeds)
- Mistletoe (berries)
- Mock Orange (fruit)
- Monkshood/Aconite (leaves, root)
- Moonseed
- Morning Glory
- Mountain Laurel
- Mushrooms (several varieties)
- Narcissus (bulbs)
- Nettles
- Nightshade - all varieties
- Nutmeg
- Oak (acrons, foliage)
- Oleander (leaves, branches, nectar of blossoms)
- Peanuts (if raw)
- Pencil Tree
- Periwinkle
- Philodendron (leaves and stem)
- Pigweed
- Pikeweed
- Pine needles (berries)
- Pointsetta (leaves, roots, immature)
- Poison Ivy (sap)
- Poison Oak (sap)
- Pokeweed/Inkberry (leaves, roots, and immature berries)
- Potato (eyes, new shoots)
- Privet
- Rain Tree
- Ranunculus/Buttercup
- Red Maple
- Rhododendron
- Rhubarb (leaves)
- Rosary Peas/Indian Licorice (seeds)
- Sandbox Tree
- Scarlet Runner Beans
- Skunk Cabbage
- Snowdrop
- Snowflake
- Snow on the Mountain/Ghostweed
- Sorghum Grass
- Sorrel
- Sudan Grass
- Sweet Pea (seeds, fruit)
- Tansy Ragwort
- Tobacco (leaves)
- Vetch
- Virginia Creeper (sap)
- Water Hemlock
- Western Yew
- Wisteria
- Yam bean (roots, immature roots)
- Yello Jasmine
- Yew (American, English, and Japanese)(needles, thistles)
Sources: spector@xxxxx, Gallerstein, Gary A., DVM, The Complete Bird Owner's Handbook, New York, NY, Howell Book House, 1994
Contributed by Rusty Keller
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