The following plants can be toxic to you or your pets when ingested. Many of these plants are fairly common and it is highly likely that one or more of them are currently growing in or close to your home. It is important that all pet owners train themselves to recognize dangerous plants as well as the symptoms of poisoning. The following should only be regarded as a partial list as there are many other plant species that may be hazardous to you or your pet. Be sure to consult with a local plant specialist and your veterinarian regarding the potential threats in your area.

Acocanthera (Fruit and Flowers)

Airplane Plant

Aloe

Alsike Clover

Amanita Mushroom

Amaryllis (Bulbs)

Amsinckia / Tarweed (Folliage and Seeds)
Andromeda Japonica

Anemone

Angel Trumpet Tree (Flowers and Leaves)

Apple (Seeds)

Apricot (Pits and Seed Kernals)

Asian Lily

Asparagus Fern

Atropa Belladona

Australian Nut

Avocado (Leaves)

Azalea
Balsam Pear (Seeds and Outer Rind of Fruit)

Baneberry

Beach Pea

Betel Nut Palm

Belladonna

Bird of Paradise (Seeds)

Bittersweet (Berries)

Black-Eyed Susan

Black Locust
Black Walnut

Bladder Pod

Bloodroot

Bootlebrush (Flowers)

Bouncing Bet

Boxwood Bleeding Heart
Boxwood Tree

Bluebonnet

Brackenfern
Branching Ivy

Buckeye and Horsechestnut
Buckthorn (Fruit and Bark)

Buddist Pine

Bulbs
Common Burdock
Buttercup
Caladium

Calla Lily

Cardinal Flower

Carolina Jessamine

Cassava (Roots)

Castorbean
Catnip
Ceriman / Cutleaf Philodendron

Chalice Vine / Trumpet Vine

Charming Diffenbachia

Cherry Tree

Cherry Laruel

Chinaberry Tree (Berries)

Chinese Evergreen

Christmas Berry (Berries)

Christmas Cactus (Sap)

Christmas Candle

Christmas Rose

Christmas Tree (Needles, Tree Water)

Clematis

Cocklebur
Columbine

Coral Plant

Cordatum

Corn Cockle

Corn Plant

Crocus (Bulbs)

Croton

Cycads

Cyclamen

Daffodil

Daphne (Berries)

Datura / Jimsonweed

Day Lily

Deadly Amanita

Dealy Nightshade

Death Camas

Death Cap Mushroom

Deiffenbachia / Dumb Cane

Destroying Angel / Death Cap

Devil’s Ivy

Diffenbachia

Dragon Tree

Dogwood (Fruit)

Dumbcane (Aroids)
Dutchman's Breeches
Easter Lily

Eggplant (Foliage)

Elderberry (Foliage)

Elephant’s Ear / Taro (Foliage)

Emerald Feather

English Holly Berries

English Ivy

Equisetum

Ergot

Euphorbia / Spurges

Fescue
Fiddle-leaf Philodendron

Fiddleneck / Senecio

Flamingo Plant

Florida Beauty

Fly Agaric / Amanita

Four O’Clock

Foxglove

Foxtail Barley
Fruit Salad Plant

Gelsemium

Ghostweed / Snow on the Mountain

Glacier Ivy

Gladiolas

Gold Dieffenbachia

Gold Dust Dracaena

Golden Chain / Laburnum

Golden Pothos

Green False Hellebore

Green Gold Nephthysis

Heartleaf Philodendron

Heavenly Bamboo

Poison Hemlock
Water Hemlock
False Henbane

Holly

Horsechestnut
Horsehead Philodendron

Horsetail

Hurricane Plant

Hyacinth

Hydrangea (Flower Buds)

Iris
Jack-in-the-Pulpit / Indian Turnip
Japanese Show Lily

Jasmine

Jasmine Star

Jatropha (Seeds and Sap)

Java Been (Uncooked Bean)

Jerusalem Cherry (Berries)

 


Jessamine (Berries)

Jimsonweed
Johnsongrass
Juniper

Kalanchoe

Laburnum

Lace Fern

Lacy Tree

Lambkill / Sheep Laurel

Lantana

Larkspur
Lobelia

Locoweed

Lords and Ladies / Cuckoopint

Lily of the Valley (Including Vase Water)

Lupine
Macadamia Nut

Machineel

Madagascar Dragon Tree

Red Maple

Marble Queen

Marijuana
Mauna Loa Peace Lily

Mayapple (Except Fruit)

Mescal Bean

Mexican Breadfruit

Milk Vetch

Milkweed
Mistletoe (Berries)

Moccasin Flower

Mock Orange (Fruit)

Monkshood

Morning Glory

Mother-In-Law’s Tongue

Mountain Laurel

Mushrooms (Many Wild Forms)

Mustards
Narcissus (Bulbs)

Narcissus Jonquilla

Natal Cherry

Needlepoint Ivy

Nephthytis

Stinging Nettle

Nicotine Bush

Nightshades
Red Oak
Oats
Oleander
Onion

Orange Day Lily

Panda

Peach (Pit)

Pear Seeds

Pennyroyal (Foliage and Flowers)

Peony

Periwinkle

Philodendron Pertusum

Pigweed
Pikeweed

Pine Needles

Plumosa Fern

Poinsettia(Christmas Plant)
Poison Hemlock

Poison Ivy

Poison Oak

Poison Sumac

Pokeweed
Pokewood / Poke Cherry (Roots and Fruit)

Poppy

Potato Plant

Precatory Bean

Privet Shrub

Queensland Nut

Ragwort / Senecio
Rattlebox

Red Emerald

Red Lily

Red-Margined Dracena

Red Princess

Rhododendron
Rhubarb
Ribbon Plant

Rosary Pea
Rubrum Lily

Russian Thistle

Saddle Leaf Philodendron

Sago Palm

Salmonberry

Satin Pothos

Scarlet Pimpernel

Schefflera

Skunk Cabbage

White Snakeroot
Snapdragon

Snowdrop

Spanish Bayonet

Spider Plant

Spotted Dumb Cane

Spurges
St. Johnswort
Star of Bethlehem
Stargazer Lily

Striped Dracaena

Sudan Grass

Sundew

Yellow & White Sweetclover

Sweetheart Ivy

Swiss Cheese Plant

Tansy

Taro Vine

Tarweed

Thornapple

Tiger Lily

Toad Flax (Foliage)
Tobacco

Tomato Plant

Touch-Me-Not

Toyon Berry (Berries)

Tree Philodendron

Trillium (Folliage)

Tropic Show Dumbcane

Trumpet Vine

Tulips

Variable Dieffenbachia

Variegated Philodendron

Venus Flytrap

Verbena

Virginia Creeper (Sap)

Warneckei Dracaena

Wild Parsnip

Wisteria

Wood Lily

Yellow Jessamine

Yellow Star Thistle
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Yew (American, English, and Japanese)

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