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the health information shown on this page...and I'm always looking for more!
A lot of the information has been gathered from various poison control
websites in order to present as complete a list as possible and links to
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The following is a list of plants and other toxins known to be poisonous to
dogs (and cats too!). In the case of plants
some poisonous parts may only be the seeds or leaves or roots. In all cases,
use extreme caution and keep your pets away from these plants. If you cannot
supervise your pets in your garden, replant with safe non-toxic plants. As
with most things there are a lot of other factors that contribute to the
toxicity of the plants, age & size of the animal, how much of the plant they
ingest, where the plant is in it's "growing" stage. Also
please read "Algae Toxicity Killing
Dogs"...click on the link for a "word" download, or
here for a pdf document (you must
have Adobe Reader to open a pdf document).
Puppies, at least most of them, chew just about anything especially when
they are teething and therefore are at far greater risk of poisoning. Also
some dogs love to chew plants as well as the grasses they will chew for
medicinal purposes, you must watch carefully to determine the habits of your
particular pet!
Some of the toxic plants listed below will cause nothing more than a rash or
itchiness but some will cause much more severe reactions (eg. swelling of
the face and throat) just by your dog coming in contact with them. This can
quickly become fatal depending on the amount of swelling…a quick trip to
your vet is still the best idea if you see any swelling or know that your
pet has ingested any of these plants.
Ascertaining the cause of poisoning is always very difficult so make sure
that you take along stool &/or vomit samples for your vet and, if possible,
the plant or pieces of it that the dog has ingested…try and find the leaves,
twigs or berries that have been chewed. This could make a difference between
life and death for your furfriend! Dogs usually will not chew on a toxic
plant because they are not generally appealing but if you ever do have a dog
poisoned by plants remove the plant from your property to prevent a repeat
of the problem.
Ask your local veterinarian and/or nursery for more information. For plants
with a number (ex. *3) beside them, please see the legend below for the most
commonly known toxic effect. If you have anything, plants or otherwise, that
you can add to this list, please send me an e-mail.
Plants & other growing things:
|
Aconite |
Alder Buckthorn |
Alfalfa |
|
Almond *4 |
Alocasia / Caladium |
Aloe - A.
Barbadensis |
|
Alsike Clover |
Amaryllis *4 |
American Elder |
|
American Holly |
American Mistletoe
/
Phoradendron |
American Yew *4 |
|
Andromeda |
Anemone |
Angel's Trumpet |
|
Apple seeds |
Apricot *4 |
Arrowgrass |
|
Arrowhead Vine *3 |
Asian Lily (Liliaceae) |
Asparagus |
|
Asparagus Fern *4 |
Astragalus |
Australian Nut |
|
Australian Umbrella
Tree |
Autumn Crocus
/ Colchicum autumnale |
Avocado |
|
Azalea
*4 |
Balsam |
Balsam Pear *4 |
|
Baneberry |
Baptisia |
Bayonet |
|
Beargrass |
Belladonna |
Be-Still-Tree |
|
Bird Of Paradise *4 |
Bird Rape |
Birdsfoot |
|
Bittersweet /
Celastrus
|
Bittersweet Woody
*1 |
Black Cherry |
|
Black Henbane |
Black Locust *4 |
Black Nightshade |
|
Black Oak |
Black Walnut |
Black-Eyed Susan |
|
Bladder Pod |
Bleeding Heart |
Bloodroot |
|
Blue Cardinalflower |
Blue Cohosh |
Blue Flag Iris |
|
Bluebonnet |
Blueweed |
Bog-Laurel |
|
Boston Ivy *3 |
Bouncing Bet |
Boxwood |
|
Bracken |
Bracken Fern |
Branching Ivy |
|
Broad Beans |
Brocolli (in large
amounts) |
Broom Snakeweed |
|
Buckeyes (Horse
Chestnuts) *4 |
Buckthorn |
Buckwheat |
|
Buddist Pine |
Buffalo Bur |
Bulbous Buttercup |
|
Bur Buttercup |
Burke's Lupine |
Burning Bush |
|
Buttercup *7 |
Cactus |
Caladium/
Alocasia *3 |
|
Caley Pea |
California Bluebell |
California Rose-Bay |
|
Calla Lily |
Canada Nettle |
Canada Yew |
|
Canadian Milk-Vetch |
Candelabra Aloe |
Candelabra-Cactus |
|
Caper Spurge |
Cardinal Flower |
Castor Bean *1 |
|
Celandine |
Celery-Leaved
Buttercup |
Ceriman |
|
Cherries (Most
Forms) *4 |
Chinaberry *6 |
Chinese Evergreen |
|
Chinese-Lantern |
Chives |
Chokecherry |
|
Christmas Rose /
Helleborus niger
|
Chrysanthemum *2 |
Clematis |
|
Climbing Nightshade |
Clover |
Cockle Burr |
|
Cockle Corn |
Colorado Rubberweed |
Comfrey |
|
Cordatum |
Coriaria *6 |
Corn |
|
Corn Cockle |
Corn Plant ~
Cornstalk Plant) |
Corn Poppy |
|
Cornflower |
Corydalis |
Cow Cockle |
|
Cowbane |
Cowslip |
Creeping Charlie *4 |
|
Creeping Fig *2 |
Crocus |
Crotalaria |
|
Croton |
Crowfoot |
Crown Of Thorns /
Euphorbia milii |
|
Crown Vetch |
Cycads |
Cyclamen |
|
Cypress Spurge |
Daffodil *1 |
Daphne |
|
Datura (Angel's
Trumpets) |
Deadly Nightshade |
Death Angel
Mushrooms |
|
Death Camas |
Death Cap Mushrooms |
Delphinium *1 |
|
Destroying Angels |
Devil's Ivy |
Devil's Trumpet |
|
Devil's-Backbone |
Dicentra (Bleeding
Heart) |
Dieffenbachia
/ Dumb Cane |
|
Dock |
Dogbane |
Doll's-Eyes |
|
Dologeton |
Downy Thornapple |
Dracaena (all
types) |
|
Drooping Leucothoe |
Drunk Cane *3 |
Dumb Cane |
|
Dutchman's Breeches
*7 |
Easter Lily |
Eggplant |
|
Elderberry |
Elephant Ear *4 |
Emerald Duke *3 |
|
Emerald Feather
|
Emerald Fern
|
English Bluebell |
|
English Holly *4 |
English Ivy |
English Yew *4 |
|
Ergot |
Euonymus
Japonicus / Japanese Euonymus |
European Buckthorn |
|
European Elder |
European
Spindletree |
Evergreen |
|
Everlasting Pea |
False Hellbore |
False Morels |
|
False Ragweed |
February Daphne |
Fern |
|
Fiddleheads |
Fiddleneck |
Field Horsetail |
|
Five-Hooked Bassia |
Flamingo Lily |
Flax |
|
Florida Beauty |
Fly Agaric |
Fly Honeysuckle |
|
Four O'clock |
Foxglove *1 |
Fritillaria |
|
Fruit Salad Plant |
Fruit seeds &/or
pits |
Garden-Sorrel |
|
Garland Daphne |
Garlic (in larger
doses) |
Gas Plant |
|
Geraniums |
Giant Dumbcane |
Giant Hogweed |
|
Gill-Over-The-Ground |
Glacier Ivy |
Gladiolas |
|
Glocal Ivy *4 |
Glory Lily |
Golden Chain Tree |
|
Golden Fowl |
Golden Glow |
Golden Pothos |
|
Golden-Bean |
Golden-Chain |
Golden-Trumpet |
|
Grapes & Raisins
(all kinds) (click here for
more info) |
Grass Pea |
Greasewood |
|
Great Lobelia |
Greater Celandine |
Green Gold
Nephthysis |
|
Green Tansy Mustard |
Ground Cherry *1 |
Ground Ivy |
|
Groundsel |
Guelder-Rose |
Hairy Vetch |
|
Halogeton |
Heart Ivy *4 |
Heart-Leaved
Philodendron |
|
Heavenly Bamboo |
Hellebo |
Hellebore |
|
Hemlock |
Hemp Dogbane |
Henbane |
|
Holly |
Honeysuckle |
Hops |
|
Horse Chestnut
(Buckeye) *4 |
Horse Nettle |
Horsebeans |
|
Horsebrush |
Horseradish |
Horsetail |
|
Hound's Tongue |
Hurricane Plant |
Hyacinth |
|
Hydrangea |
Iceland Poppy |
Indian Mustard |
|
Indian Poke |
Indian Tobacco |
Indian Turnip *1 |
|
Iris (All Kinds) |
Irises |
Ivy (All Kinds) /
Hedera helix
|
|
Jack-In-The-Pulpit |
Jack-O'lantern
Fungus |
Japanese Pieris |
|
Japanese Plum *4 |
Japanese Wisteria |
Japanese Yew |
|
Jasmine *7 |
Java Beans |
Jequirity Bean |
|
Jerusalem Cherry /
Solanum pseudocapsicum |
Jessamine |
Jimson Weed |
|
Johnson Grass |
Jonquil |
Jungle Trumpets |
|
Juniper |
Kaffir Lily |
Kalanchoe |
|
Kentucky Coffee
Tree |
Klamath Weed |
Kochia |
|
Laburnum |
Lace Fern |
Lacy Tree |
|
Lamb's Quarters |
Lantana |
Large-Leaved Lupine |
|
Larkspur *1 |
Laurel |
Leafy Spurge |
|
Leatherwood |
Ligustrum / Japonicum'texanum |
Lily (Most Forms) |
|
Lily-Of-The-Valley |
Lobelia |
Locoweed |
|
Low Larkspur |
Lucerne |
Lupine *7 |
|
Macadamia (plant &
nuts) |
Madagascar Dragon Tree |
Maidenhair Tree |
|
Mandrake (May
Apple) *7 |
Mango |
Marble Queen |
|
Marigold |
Marijuana *5 |
Marsh Arrow-Grass |
|
Marsh Horsetail |
Marsh Marigold
(Cowslip) |
Matrimony Vine *7 |
|
Mayapple (Mandrake)
*7 |
Menzies Larkspur |
Mescal Bean *7 |
|
Mexican Breadfruit |
Mexican Poppy |
Milkweed |
|
Milo |
Mistletoe &
Mistletoe Fig |
Mock Orange *4 |
|
Monkey Agaric
Mushrooms |
Monkey Pod |
Monkshood |
|
Monstera |
Moon Flower |
| |
