POISONOUS PLANTS

Some plants are only toxic in certain of their components or under certain circumstances. This list does not include all plants that have poisonous effects and you should contact your Veterinarian before allowing your exotic to come in contact with any plant. Contact with these plants may be indicated by a rash on the skin or mouth, drooling, sore lips or a swollen tongue:

 

Any Ivy

Drunk Cane

Parlor Ivy

Saddle Leaf

Arrowhead Vine

Emerald Duke

Pathos

Spider Mum

Boston Ivy

Heart Leaf

Philodendrum

Split Leaf

Chrysanthemum

Majesty

Poinsettia

Weeping Fig

Colodium

Marble Queen

Pot Mum

Creeping Fig

Nethysis

Red Princess

 

 

These toxic plants may cause vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, abdominal pain, tremors, convulsions, hallucinations, heart palpitations and breathing and kidney problems:

 

Alfalfa

Almond tree

Alocasia

Amaryllis

American Yew

Angel’s Trumpet

Apple Seeds

Apricot Pits

Arrowgrass

Asparagus

Avacado

Azalea

Balsam Pear

Baneberry

Bayonet

Beargrass

Beech

Belladonna

Bird Of Paradise

Bittersweet

Black Locust

BlackEyed Susan

Bleeding Heart

Bloodroot

Bluebonnet

Boxwood

Buckeyes

Burning Bush

Buttercup

Cactus, Candelabra

Caladium

Castor Bean

Cherry Laurel

Cherry Tree/ pits

China Berry

Christmas Rose

Clematis

Coriaria

Cornflower

Corydalis

Creeping Charlie

Crocus, Autumn

Crown of Thorns

Cyclamen

Daffodil Daphne

Daphne

Datura

Deadly Nightshade

Death Camas

Delphinium

Dicentrea

Dieffengagachia

Dologeton

Dumb Cane

Dutchman Breech

Easter Lily

Eggplant

Elderberry

Elephant Ears

English Holly

Euonymus

Evergreen

Ferns

Flax

Four O Clock

Foxglove

Glocal Ivy

Golden Chain

Golden Glow

Gopher Purge

Hemlock

Henbane

Hollebore

Holly

Honeysuckle

Horse Chestnut

Horsebeans

Horsebrush

Hyacinth

Hydrangea

Indian Tobacco

Iris

Ivy (all)

Jack In the Pulpit

Japanese Plum

Jasmine

Java Beans

Jerusalem Cherry

Jessamine

Jimson Weed

Jonquil

Jungle Trumpets

Lantana

Larkspur

Laurel

Lily

Lily of Valley

Lily Spider

Loco Weed

Lupine

Marigold

Marijuana

Matrimony Vine

May Apple

Mescal Bean

Mistletoe

Mock Orange

Monkey Pod

Monkshood

Moonseed

Morning Glory

Mountain Laurel

Mushrooms

Narcissus

Needlepoint Ivy

Nightshade

Nutmeg

Nux Vomica

Oleander

Peach pits

Peach tree

Peony

Periwinkle

Peyote

Pig Weed

Pimpernel

Poinciana

Poison Oak

Pokeweed

Poppy

Pot Mum

Potato

Precatory Bean

Privet

Privet, Common

Rain Tree

Rhododendren

Rhubarb

Ripple Ivy

Rosary Pea

Rubber Plant

Scotch Broom

Skunk Cabbage

Snow on Mountain

Snowdrops

Spider Mum

Spinach

Sprangeri Fern

Staggerweed

Star Of Bethlehem

Sweetpea

Tansy Mustard

Tobacco

Tomato

Tulip

Tung Tree

Umbrella Plant

Virginia Creeper

Water Hemlock

Western Yew

Wild Call

Wild Cherry

Wisteria

Yews (all)

 

 

 

 

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