Toxic Plants
Birds spend a great deal of time chewing, tasting and nibbling.
If a bird has access to a plant, the bird will probably sample it. It is, therefore, essential that bird owners know which plants are safe and which may injure or even kill a bird. Don’t take chances. To prevent accidental poisonings, keep only nontoxic plants in your home or aviary. “*WARNING: Pressure treated lumber contains arsenic! “One ounce of treated wood dust per 10 pounds of body weight ingested may cause acute arsenic intoxication.”
- ARUM LILY
- AMARYLLIS
- AUTUMN CROCUS
- AUSTRALIAN FLAMETREE
- AVOCADO
- AZALEA
- BANEBERRY
- BEANS: CASTOR, HORSE, FAVA, BROAD, GLORY, SCARLET RUNNER, MESCAL, NAVY, PREGATORY
- BIRD OF PARADISE
- BISHOP’S WEED
- BLACK LAUREL
- BLACK LOCUST
- BLEEDING HEART OR DUTCHMAN’S BREECHES
- BLOODROOT
- BLUEBONNET
- BLUEGREEN ALGAE
- BOXWOOD
- BRACKEN FERN
- BUCKTHORN
- BULB FLOWERS: AMARYLLIS, DAFFODIL, NARCISSUS, HYACINTH & IRIS BURDOCK
- BUTTERCUP
- CACAO
- CAMEL BUSH
- CASTOR BEAN
- CALADIUM
- CANA LILY
- CARDINAL FLOWER
- CHALICE (TRUMPETVINE)
- CHERRY TREE
- CHINA BERRY TREE
- CHRISTMAS CANDLE
- CLEMATIS (VIRGINIA BOWER)
- COCKLEBUR
- COFFEE (SENNA)
- COFFEE BEAN (RATTLEBUSH, RATTLE BOX & COFFEEWEED)
- CORIANDER
- CORNCOCKLE
- COYOTILLO
- COWSLIP
- CUTLEAF PHILODENDRON
- DAFFODIL
- DAPHNE
- DATURA STRAMONIUM (ANGEL’S TRUMPET)
- DEATH CAMUS
- DELPHINIUM
- DEVIL’S IVY
- DIEFFENBACHIA
- ELDERBERRY
- ELEPHANT EAR (TARO)
- ENGLISH IVY
- ERGOT
- EUCALYPTUS (DRIED, DYED OR TREATED IN FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS)
- EUONYMUS (SPINDLE TREE)
- EUPHORBIA CACTUS
- FALSE HELLEBORE
- FLAME TREE (MATERNITY, AIR & PANDA PLANTS)
- FIG (WEEPING)
- FIRE THORN
- FOUR O’CLOCK
- FOXGLOVE
- GLOTTIDIUM
- GOLDEN CHAIN
- GRASS: (JOHNSON, SORGHUM, SUDAN & BROOM CORN)
- GROUND CHERRY
- HEATHS: (KALMIA, LEUCOTHO, PEIRES, RHODODENDRON, MTN. LAUREL, BLACK LAUREL,
ANDROMEDA & AZALEA) - HELIOTROPE
- HEMLOCK: (POISON & WATER)
- HENBANE
- HOLLY
- HONEYSUCKLE
- HORSE CHESTNUT
- HORSE TAIL HOYA
- HYACINTH
- HYDRANGEA
- IRIS
- IVY: (ENGLISH & OTHERS)
- JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT
- JASMINE (JESSAMINE)
- JERUSALEM CHERRY
- JIMSONWEED
- JUNIPER
- KY. COFFEE TREE
- LANTANA
- LARKSPUR
- LILY OF THE VALLEY
- LILY, ARUM
- LOBELIA
- LOCOWEED (MILKVETCH)
- LOCUSTS, BLACK/HONEY
- LORDS & LADIES (CUCKOOPINT) LUPINE
- MALANGA
- MARIJUANA (HEMP)
- MAYAPPLE (MANDRAKE)
- MEXICAN BREADFRUIT
- MEXICAN POPPY
- MILKWEED, COTTON BUSH
- MISTLETOE
- MOCK ORANGE
- MONKSHOOD
- MOONSEED
- MORNING GLORY
- MTN. LAUREL
- MUSHROOMS, NARCISSUS NETTLES
- NIGHTSHADES: (DEADLY, BLACK, GARDEN, WOODY, BITTERSWEET, EGGPLANT, JERUSALEM CHERRY)
- OAK
- OLEANDER
- PARSLEY
- PERIWINKLE
- PHILODENDRONS: (SPLIT LEAF & SWISS CHEESE)
- PIGWEED
- POINCIANA
- POINSETTIA
- POISON IVY
- POISON OAK: (WESTERN & EASTERN)
- POKEWEED
- POTATO SHOOTS
- POTHOS
- PRIVET
- PYRACANTHA
- RAIN TREE
- RANUNCULUS, (BUTTERCUP)
- RAPE
- RATTLEBOX (CROTALARIA)
- RED MAPLE
- RHUBARB LEAVES
- RHODODENDRONS
- SAND BOX TREE
- SKUNK CABBAGE
- SORREL (DOCK)
- SNOW DROP
- SPURGES: (PENCIL TREE, SNOW-ON-MTN, CANDELABRA, CROWN OF THORNS)
- SWEET PEA
- TANSY RAGWORT
- TOBACCO
- VETCH: HAIRY/COMMON
- VIRGINIA CREEPER
- WATTLE
- WEEPING FIG
- WHITE CEDAR, CHINA BERRY
- WISTERIA
- YEWS
- YELLOW JASMINE