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Posionous Plants


  • Acokanthera, fruit and flowers
  • Aconite/Monkshood, all parts
  • Anemone, flowers
  • Amaryllis A. Belladonna, bulbs
  • Angel Trumpet Tree Datura arboreta, flowers and seeds
  • Apple Seeds Prunus varieties
  • Apricot Seeds Prunus varieties
  • Atropa Belladonna, all parts especially black berries
  • Autum Crocus, bulbs
  • Azaleas, Rhododendron, all parts
  • Baneberry, Doll's eye, red or white berries, roots and foliage
  • Beach Pea Lathyrus maritimus
  • Betel Nut Palm, all parts
  • Bittersweet Solanum celastrus, dulcamera, berries
  • Black Locust, bark, sprouts, and foliage
  • Bleeding Heart Dutchmam's Breeches Foliage and roots
  • Bluebonnets Lupinus, all parts
  • Bottlebrush, flowers
  • Boxwood Buxus sempervirens, all parts
  • Buckeye Horsechestnuts, sprouts and nuts
  • Buttercup, all parts
  • Caladium, all parts
  • Cala Lilly, all parts
  • Carolina Jasmine, flowers, leaves, and sap
  • Casava Euphorbicacea roots
  • Castor Bean Ricinus communis, seeds are fatal
  • Cherries, (wild and cultivated), twigs, and foliage are fatal
  • Cherry Laurel Prunus varieties
  • China Berry Tree, berries are poisonous
  • Christmas Berry Toyo, berries are poisonous
  • Christmas Rose Hellaborous niger, all parts esp leaves
  • Columbine Aguilega, all parts
  • Common Privet, black or blue wax coated berries and leaves
  • Crocus, all parts
  • Croton Euphorbiaceaoutdoor plants are dangerous

  • Daphne, the berries are fatal
  • Daffodil Narcissus, bulbs may be fatal
  • Death-Camas Sygadenus veneous, all parts
  • Deadly Nightshade Solanum nigrum, all parts
  • Delphinium, Larkspur annual, all parts
  • Destroying Angel Amanita phalloides,Death Cap, all parts
  • Dieffenbachia, all parts
  • Dogwood, fruit slightly poisonous
  • Elderberry, leaves shoots and bark
  • Elephant Ears, all parts
  • English Ivy Hedera helix, berries
  • Euphorbia, Crown of thorns, leaves and flowers
  • False-Heliebore Veratrum viride, all parts
  • Foxglove Digitalis purpurea, all parts
  • Fly Agaric, fly amanita mushroom, all parts
  • Four O'Clock, all parts
  • Gelsemium Croolina jessamine, all parts
  • Golden Chain, seeds and pods
  • Heliebore Ranunculaccea, all parts
  • Hemlock Roots, all parts
  • Henbane, all parts
  • Holly llex aquifolium, all parts
  • Horse Chestnuts, all parts
  • Horsetail Reed, all parts
  • Hyacinth Bulb
  • Hydrangea, all parts
  • Impatients, all parts
  • Iris, underground stems
  • Ivy, all parts
  • Jack-In-The-Pulpit Arisaema triphylla, roots
  • Jasmine- Yellow, all parts
  • Jatropha, seeds and oil
  • Jerusalem Cherry Solanum pseudocapiscum fruits and leaves
  • Jasmine Gelsemium semprevirens, berries

  • Jimsom Weed Datura stramomium, all parts
  • Lambkill Kalmia angustifolia, leaves
  • Lantana Camara, green berries
  • Larkspur
  • Laurels Primus varieties, all parts
  • Lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, all parts
  • Lobelia, all parts
  • Locoweed, all parts
  • Lupine, seeds
  • Machineel, all parts
  • May Apple, all parts
  • Mescal Peyote, all parts
  • Milkweed, all parts
  • Mistletoe, berries are fatal
  • Moccasin Flower Cypripedium spectabiles, all parts
  • Mock Orange Primus carolinian, all parts
  • Monkshood Aconitum ranunculacea, Foliage and fleshy roots
  • Moonseed, berries
  • Morning Glories, all parts
  • Mushrooms and Toadstools, wild types
  • Nicotiana, wild and cultivated leaves
  • Oaks, foliage and acorns
  • Oleander Nerium oleander, all parts
  • Pear Seeds
  • Peony Paeonia, all parts
  • Periwinkle, all parts

  • Philodendron, leaves, sap
  • Pinks (Sweet William), all parts
  • Pokeweed Phytolacca, roots
  • Poinsetta, Leaves
  • Poison Hemlock, all parts
  • Poison Ivy Rhus radicans, all parts
  • Posion Oak Rhus diversiloba, all parts
  • Poppy, all except California Poppy
  • Potato, sprouts and foliage
  • Ranunculus, all parts
  • Redwood, all parts
  • Rhododendron, all parts
  • Rhubarb Rheum rhaponticum, all parts
  • Rosary Pea, seeds
  • Rosemary,leaves of certain varieties
  • Sage, leaves of certain varietiese
  • Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparious, seeds
  • Senecio, all parts
  • Skunk Cabbage, roots
  • Snapdragon, all parts
  • Squirrel Corn Dicentra canaensis,all parts
  • Star of Bethlehem, all parts
  • Stranomium, all parts
  • Sweet Peas, stems
  • Tansy, all parts
  • Taro, stems and leaves
  • Tiger Lily Lilium tigrinum, all parts
  • Toadstools
  • Tobacco Plants, all parts
  • Tulip Bulbs
  • Trumpet VIne, all parts
  • Venus Flytrap, all parts
  • Water Hemlock Cicuta maculata, all parts
  • Wild Black Cherry, withered leaves
  • Wisteria, seeds and pods
  • Yews, foliage and berries

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