Saturday, April 9, 2011

Planting season is here! More complete list of Hazardous plants

Toxic or Unsafe Indoor/Outdoor Plants

Aconite
Agapanthus
Alacia
Amaryllis (bulbs)
Arrowhead Vines
Autumn Crocus/Meadow Saffron
Avocado
Azalea (leaves)
Balsam Pear (seeds; outer rind)
Baneberry (berries; root)
Beans (all types if uncooked)
Belladonna
Bird of Paradise (seeds)
Bittersweet Nightshade
Black Locust (bark; sprouts; foliage)
Bleeding Heart/Dutchman's Breeches
Bloodroot
Blue-green algae (some forms are toxic)
Bonsai Tree
Boxwood (leaves; stems)
Bracken Fern
Broadbean
Broomcorn Grass
Buckthorn (fruit; bark)
Buttercup (sap; bulbs)
Caladium (leaves)
Calla Lily (leaves)
Candelabra Tree/Cactus
Cardinal Flower
Castor Bean (castor oil; leaves)
Chalice Vine/Trumpet Vine
Christmas Cactus
Christmas Candle (sap)
Chrysanthemum
Clematis/Virginia Bower
Coral Plant (seeds)
Coral Vine
Cowslip/Marsh Marigold
Creeping Charlie
Crown of Thorns
Croton
Daffodil (bulbs)
Daphne (berries)
Datura (berries)
Deadly Amanita
Death Camas
Delphinium
Deiffenbacchia/Dumb Cane (leaves)
Eggplant (fruit okay)
Elephant's Ear/Taro (leaves; stem)
Elephant's Foot
Elderberry
Emerald Duke
English Ivy (berries; leaves)
Euonymus/Spindle Tree
False Hellebore
False Henban
Fava Bean
Firethorn/Pyracantha
Fly Agaric Mushroom/Deadly Amanita
Four O'Clock
Foxglove (leaves; seeds)
Geranium
Glacier Ivy
Gold Toothed Aloe
Golden Chair/Laburnum
Ground Cherry
Heart Ivy
Heartleaf
Heavenly Bamboo
Hellebore
Hemlock (including water the plant is in)
Henbane (seeds)
Holly (berries)
Honey Locust
Honeysuckle
Horse Bean
Horse Chestnut/Buckeye (nuts; twigs)
Horsetail
Hyacinth (bulbs)
Hydrangea (flower bud)
Indian Laurel
Indian Licorice Bean
Indian Turnip/Jack-In-The-Pulpit
Indigo Plant
Iris/Blue Flag(bulbs)
Ivy
Jasmine
Java Bean (lima bean-uncooked)
Jimsonweed/Thornapple
Johnson Grass
Juniper (needles; stems; berries)
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Lantana (immature berries)
Larkspur
Laurel
Licorice Plant
Lily of the Valley
Lobelia
Locoweed
Lords & Ladies/Cuckoopint
Lupines/Bluebonnet
Mandrake
Mango Tree (wood; leaves; rind--fruit is safe)
Marijuana/Hemp (leaves)
Majesty
Marble Queen
May Apple (fruit is safe)
Mescal Beans (seeds)
Mistletoe (berries)
Mock Orange (fruit)
Monkshood/Aconite (leaves; root)
Morning Glory
Mountain Laurel
Mushrooms (several varieties)
Needlepoint Ivy
Narcissus (bulbs)
Nephthytis
Nettles
Nightshades (all varieties)
Nux Vomica
Nutmeg
Oleander (leaves; branches; nectar of blossoms)
Pansy
Parlor Ivy
Pencil Tree/Cactus
Periwinkle

Peyote/Mescaline
Pigweed
Pikeweed
Pine Needles (berries)
Poinsetta (leaves; roots; immature)
Poison Elder
Poison Ivy (sap)
Poison Oak (sap)
Poison Sumac
Pokeweed /Inkberry (leaves; roots; immature berries)
PotMum
Potato (eyes; new shoots)
Privet
Pyracantha
Rain Tree
Ranunculus/Buttercup
Red Maple
Red Princess
Rhodendendron
Rhubarb (leaves)
Ripple Ivy
Rosary Peas/Indian Licorice (seeds)
Saddle Leaf
Sago Plant
Sandbox Tree
Scarlet Runner Beans
Skunk Cabbage
Snowdrop
Snowflake
Snow on the Mountain/Ghostweed
Sorghum Grass
Sorrel
Split Leaf Philodendron
Spider Mum
Sprengeri Fern
String of Pearls
Sudan Grass
Sweet Pea (seeds; fruit)
Tansy Ragwort
Thorn Apple
Tobacco (leaves)
Vetch
Virginia Creeper (sap)
Water Hemlock
Wisteria
Wolfbane
Yam bean (roots; immature roots)
Yellow Jasmine
Yew (American; English; Japanese; Western) (needles; thistles)

Indoor & Outdoor plants/trees Hazardous to BIRDS

http://www.birdsnways.com/articles/plntstox.htm
Following is a list of indoor and outdoor plants and trees which are hazardous to birds. It has been gathered from various sources and is by no means complete.

 * Unsafe Plants

Harmful Plants (first source)
Amaryllis - bulbs
American Yew
Avocado
Azalea - leaves
Balsam Pear - seeds, outer rind of fruit
Baneberry - berries, root
Bird of Paradise - seeds
Black Locust - bark, sprouts, foliage
Blue-green Algae - some forms toxic
Boxwood - leaves, stems
Buckthorn - fruit, bark
Buttercup - sap, bulbs
Caladium - leaves
Calla Lily - leaves
Castor Bean - also castor oil, leaves
Chalice Vine/Trumpet vine
Christmas Candle - sap
Clematis/Virginia Bower
Coral Plant - seeds
Cowslip/Marsh Marigold
Daffodil - bulbs
Daphne - berries
Datura - berries
Deadly Amanita
Death Camas
Delphinium
Deffenbachia/Dumb Cane - leaves
Eggplant - fruit okay
Elephants Ear/Taro - leaves, stem
English Ivy berries, leaves
English Yew
False Henbane
Fly Agaric Mushroom - Deadly Amanita
Foxglove - leaves, seeds
Golden Chain/Laburnum
Hemlock - also water the plant is in
Henbane - seeds
Holly - berries
Horse Chestnut/Buckeye - nuts, twigs
Hyacinth - bulbs
Hydrangea - flower bud
Indian Turnip/Jack-in-Pulpit
Iris/Blue Flag - bulbs
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Japanese Yew - needles, seeds
Java Bean - lima bean - uncooked
Juniper - needles, stems, berries
Lantana - immature berries
Larkspur
Laurel
Lily of the Valley - also water the plant is in
Lobelia
Locoweed
Lords and Ladies/Cuckoopint
Marijuana/Hemp - leaves
Mayapple - fruit is safe
Mescal Beans - seeds
Mistletoe - berries
Mock Orange - fruit
Monkshood/Aconite - leaves, root
Morning Glory
Narcissus - bulbs
Nightshade - all varieties
Oleander - leaves, branches, nectar
Philodendron - leaves and stem
Pointsetta - leaves, roots, immature
Poison Ivy - sap
Poison Oak - sap
Pokeweed/Inkberry - leaf,root,young berries
Potato - eyes, new shoots
Privet
Rhododendron
Rhubarb - leaves
Rosary Peas/Indian Licorice - seeds
Skunk Cabbage
Snowdrop
Snow on the Mountain/Ghostweed
Sweet Pea - seeds, fruit
Tobacco - leaves
Virginia Creeper - sap
Water Hemlock
Western Yew
Wisteria
Yam bean - roots, immature roots

Harmful Plants (other sources)
Alacia
Apricot
Autumn Crocus/Meadow Saffron
Beans - all types if uncooked
Birch
Bittersweet Nightshade
Bleeding Heart/Dutchman's Breeches
Bloodroot
Bracken Fern
Broomcorn Grass
Candelabra Tree
Cardinal Flower
Cherry Tree - bark, twigs, leaves, pits
Chinaberry Tree
Crown of Thorns
Croton
Elderberry
Euonymus/Spindle Tree
False Hellebore
Ficus (weeping)
Firethorn/Pyracantha
Four O'Clock
Glory Bean
Ground Cherry
Honey Locust
Honeysuckle
Horsetail
Indian Licorice Bean
Ivy
Jasmine
Jimsonweed/Thornapple
Jerusalem Cherry - berries
Johnson Grass
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Lupines/Bluebonnet
Mandrake
Mango Tree - wood,leaves,rind-fruit safe
Moonseed
Mountain Laurel
Mushrooms - several varieties
Nectarine
Nettles
Nutmeg
Oak - acorns, foliage
Peach
Peanuts - raw
Pencil Tree
Periwinkle
Pigweed
Pikeweed
Pine needles - berries
Plum
Pothos
Prune
Rain Tree
Ranunculus/Buttercup
Red Maple
Sandbox Tree
Scarlet Runner Beans
Snowflake
Sorghum Grass
Sorrel
Sudan Grass
Tansy Ragwort
Vetch
Yello Jasmine
Yew (Amer,Engl,Japan) - needles, thistles

Sources: American Medical Association Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants ; R. Dean Axelson, Caring for Your Pet Bird; Gallerstein, Gary A., DVM, The Complete Bird Owner's Handbook; Garry Gallerstein, Bird Owner's Home Health and Care Handbook; Greg and Linda Harrison, eds, Clinical Avian Medicine and Surgery; Gillian Willis; Wade and Carol Olyer Parrot Pleasures, Safe Wood Products and more