Toxic Plant List

Below is a partial list of plants that are potentially harmful to birds. It is wise to identify all the plants in and around your home and make sure that your bird does not have access to any that may be considered dangerous.

 

Common Name Scientific Name

Parts known to be poisonous


A
   

Acokanthera
Amaryllis
Angel's Trumpet
Apricot
Apple
Avocado
Azalea
 

Acokanthera
spp.
Amaryllidaceae

Datura spp.
Prunus aremeniaca
MalusI spp.
Persea americana
Rhododendron occidentale

All parts toxic except fruit.
Seeds and bulbs.
All parts.
Pits, leaves, and bark.
Pits, leaves, and bark.
Pits, leaves, bark and unripe fruit.
Leaves
B

Balsam Pear
Baneberry
Belladonna
Bird of Paradise
Bittersweet
Black Locust
Blue-green Algae
Bracken Fern
Bucktohorn
Burdock
Buttercup

Momordica charantia
spp.
Actaea spp.
Atropa belladonna
Caesalpina gilliesii
Celastrus
spp.
Robinian pseudoacacia
Schizophyceae
spp.
Pteridium aquilinum
Rhamnus
spp.
Arctium spp.
Ranunculus spp.

Seeds and outer rind of fruit.
Berries and roots
All parts
Seeds

Bark, sprouts, and foliage.
Some forms are toxic.

Fruit and bark

Sap and bulbs.
C    
Caladium
Calla Lilly
Castor Bean (Castor Oil Plant)
Chalice Vine
Cherry Tree
Chinaberry
Christmas Candle
Clematis
Coral Plant
Cowslip
Crocus (Autumn)
Crotons
Cycad or Sago Cycas
Caladium spp.
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Ricinus communis
Solandra
spp.
Prunus spp.
Melia azadarach
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Cleamatis spp.
Jatropha mulifida
Caltha polustris
Cholchicum autumnale
Cadaieum varagatum
Cycas revoluta
Leaves
Leaves
Beans and leaves.
All parts
Bark, twigs, leaves and pits.
Fruit
Sap
All parts
Sap and Seeds.
All parts.

Seeds, leaves, and stems.
 
D    
Daffodil
Daphne
Datura
Deadly Amenita
Death Camus
Delphinium
Devil's Ivy
Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane)
Narcissus spp.
Daphne spp.
Datura spp.
Amenita muscaria
Zygadenis elegans
Delphinium
spp.
Epipremnum aureum
Dieffenbachia
spp.
Bulbs
Berries
Berries
All parts.
All parts.
All prats.

All parts except ripe fruits
E    
Eggpant
Elderberry
Elephant's Ear
Euonymus
European Pennyroyal
Solanaceae spp.
Sambucus mexicana
Colocasis
spp.
Eunonymus spp.
Mentha pulegium
All parts except ripe fruit.
Roots, leaves, stems and bark.


All parts.
F    
False Henbane
Four o' Clock
Foxglove
Veratrum woodii
Mirabilis jalapa
Digitalis purpurea
All parts.

Leaves and seeds.
G    
Golden Chain Laburnum anagyroides All parts, especially seeds.
H    
Heliotrope
Hemlock
Henbane
Holly
Horse Chestnut
Horse Nettle
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Heliotropium spp.
Conium spp.
Niger
Ilex
spp.
Aesulus spp.
Solanum carolinenese
Hyacinthinus orientalis
Hydrangea
spp.
Leaves
All parts, especially seeds.
Seeds
Berries
Nuts and twigs.

Bulbs
Flower buds.
I    
Iris
Ivy (Boston, English and others)
Iris spp.
Hedera spp.
Bulbs and leaves.
 
J    
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Java Bean (Lima Bean)
Jerusalem Cherry
Jessamine, Yellow
Jimsonweed (Thornapple)
Jonquil
Juniper
Arisaema triphyllum
Phaseolus lunatus
Solanum pseudocapsicum
Gelsemium sempervirens
Datura
spp.
Narcissus jonquilla
Juniperus virginiana
All parts.
Uncooked beans.
Berries
Leaves and stems.
Leaves, seeds, and flowers.

Needles, stems, and berries.


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