| DANGEROUS PLANTS | ||
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This list was compiled from various Internet sites, books, and magazine articles. It is not known exactly how dangerous each plant on this list is to each species and in what quantity, but it is better not to take chances with your birds! |
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| Acokanthera | Elephant ear (taro) | Nightshades: (all types) deadly, black, woody,eggplant |
| Air plant | English holly (berries) | Jerusalem cherry |
| Amanita | English Ivy | Oak |
| Amaryllis | Ergot | Oleander |
| American bittersweet | Eucalyptus | Ornamental Asparagus |
| Andromeda | Euonymus (spindle tree) | Pachypodium |
| Angel's trumpet | European burning bush | Panda plant |
| Apricot pit | European pennyroyal | Parsley |
| Apple seed | False hellebore | Pasque flower |
| Arum lily | False henbane | Peach pit |
| Autumn crocus | Felt plant | Peires |
| Australian flame tree | Firethorn | Pencil tree |
| Avocado | Flame tree | Peony |
| Azalea | Flamingo flower | Periwinkle |
| Balsam pear | Flax | Peyote |
| Baneberry | Four o’clock | Philodendron |
| Beans (all) | Foxglove | Pigweed |
| Belladonna | German Ivy | Pikeweed |
| Bird of paradise | Ghostweed | Plum pit |
| Bishop's weed | Glottidium | Poinciana |
| Bittersweet | Golden chain | Poinsettia |
| Bitter nightshade | Grass | Poison hemlock |
| Black laurel | Ground cherry | Poison ivy |
| Black locust | Ground ivy | Poison oak: western, eastern |
| Bleeding heart | Heaths | Poison Sumac |
| Bloodroot | Heliotrope | Pokeweed |
| Bluebonnet | Hemlock: poison, water | Poppy |
| Blue-green algae | Henbane | Potato shoots & skin |
| Bonaberry (sap) | Holly | Pothos |
| Boxwood | Honeysuckle | Precatory (bean) |
| Bracken fern | Horse bean | Primrose |
| Broomcorn grass | Horse chestnut (buckeye) | Primula |
| Buckeye | Horse nettle | Privet |
| Buckthorn | Horsetail | Pyracantha |
| Bulb flowers | Hyacinth (bulb) | Ragwort |
| Burdock | Hydrangea | Rain tree |
| Buttercup | Impatiens | Ranunculus (buttercup) |
| Buttonbush (leaves) | Indian licorice | Rape |
| Cacao | Indian turnip (Jack-in-the-pulpit) | Rattlebox (crotalaria) |
| Camel bush | Iris (blue flag) | Rattlebush |
| Castor bean (castor oil) | Ivy: English, other varieties | Red maple |
| Caladium | Jack-in-the-pulpit (Ind. turnip) | Rhododendrons (azaleas, laurels) |
| Calla lily | Java bean (lima bean) | Rhubarb (and leaves) |
| Candelabra tree | Jasmine (jessamine) | Rosary peas |
| Catharanthus | Jerusalem cherry | Rubber plant (milky sap) |
| Cardinal flower | Jimsonweed (thornapple) | Sage |
| Castern bean | Johnson grass | Sago cycas |
| Castor bean | Jonquil | Sandbox tree |
| Chalice (trumpet vine) | Juniper (J. virginiana) | Scarlet runner |
| Cherry tree | Kalmia (heath) | Scheffera |
| Chinaberry tree | Kentucky coffee tree | Shamrock plant |
| Chinese evergreen | Laburnum | Skunk cabbage |
| Christmas candle | Lady slipper orchid | Snowdrop |
| Christmas rose | Lantana | Snow on the mountain (ghostweed) |
| Clematis (Virginia bower) | Larkspur | Sorghum grass |
| Cocklebur | Laurel | Sorrel (dock) |
| Coffee (senna) | Leucotho (heath) | Sour dock |
| Coffee bean | Lily of the valley | Spindle tree |
| Common Rhammus | Lily, arum | Spurge |
| Common tansy | Lima bean | Star of Bethlehem |
| Coral plant | Lobelia | St. Johnswort |
| Coriander | Locoweed (milk vetch) | Sudan grass |
| Corncockle | Lords and ladies (cuckoopint) | Sweet pea |
| Cotton bush | Lupine | Tansy ragwort |
| Coyotillo | Malanga | Thornapple |
| Cowslip | Mandrake | Tobacco |
| Crinum lily (bulb) | Marijuana (hemp) | Tree of heaven (leaves and flowers) |
| Crocus (bulb) | Maternity plant | Tulip (bulb) |
| Crown of thorns | Mayapple (mandrake) | Vetch: hairy and common |
| Culver’s root | Meadow saffron | Virginia bower |
| Cutleaf | Mescal bean | Virginia creeper |
| Cycad | Mexican breadfruit | Water hemlock |
| Daffodil (bulb) | Mexican poppy | Wattle |
| Daphne | Milk vetch | White cedar (China berry) |
| Daphra | Milkweed (cotton bush) | White snakeroot |
| Datura | Mistletoe | Wisteria |
| Deadly amanita | Mock orange | Yam bean |
| Death camus | Monkshood | Yews (American, English, Japanese) |
| Delphinium | Moonseed | Yellow jasmine |
| Devil's ivy | Morning glory | |
| Devil’s walking stick | Mountain laurel | |
| Dieffenbachia (dumb cane) | Mushrooms | |
| Dutchman's breeches | Narcissus | |
| Dwarf elder | Navy bean | |
| Eggplant | Nettles | |
| Elderberry | Night-blooming jasmine (shoots) | |
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SAFE PLANTS |
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| This list is a compilation of several different lists printed by various bird clubs, books, and magazines about plants that are non-toxic and safe for birds. Always use caution and common sense in your plant choices. Remember that birds have a delicate digestive system and that any quantity of any plant or fruit could cause them upset. | ||
| Acacia | Easter cactus | Raspberry |
| African violets | Edible fig | Red-margined dracaena |
| Aloe | Elephant foot tree | Rhapis |
| Areca, butterfly cane | European fan palm | Roebelin, lady palm |
| Asparagus fern | Fan palm | Rose |
| Australian umbrella tree | Fern palm | Rosemary |
| Autumn olive | Fiddleleaf fig | Sago palm |
| Baby's tears | Gardenia | Schefflera (umbrella) |
| Balsam fir | Gold dust | Sentry palm |
| Bamboo | Grape ivy | Snake plant |
| Bamboo palm | Hen and chickens | Snowberry |
| Barberry | Hibiscus | Spider or airplane plant |
| Bayberry | Howeia palm | Spruce tree |
| Bird nest fern | Huckleberry | Swedish ivy |
| Beech (American and European) | Jade plant | Thanksgiving cactus |
| Begonia | Kalanchoe | Thistle |
| Black spruce | Kentia palm | Thyme |
| Bladdernum | Lady palm | Viburnum |
| Blueberry | Laurel leaf fig | Virginia pine |
| Boston fern | Magnolia | Wandering Jew |
| Bougainvillea | Mango | Wax plant |
| Bromeliads | Marigold | Weeping fig |
| Chickweed | Monkey plant | White fir |
| Christmas cactus | Mother-in-law’s tongue | White pine |
| Cissus kangaroo vines | Nasturtium | White poplar |
| Coleus | Nerve plant | White spruce |
| Comfrey | Norfolk Island pine | Willow |
| Corn plant | Norway spruce | Wine palm |
| Cotoneaster firethorn | Oregano | Umbrella plant |
| Crabapple | Parlour palm | Velvet plant (purple passion) |
| Creeping fig | Passion flower vine | Yucca |
| Dandelion | Peperomia | Zebra plant |
| Date palm | Phoenix (date palm) | |
| Dogwood | Pittosporum | |
| Donkey tail (burro's tail) | Pony tail palm | |
| Douglas fir | Ponderosa pine | |
| Dracaena | Prayer plant | |
| Dragon tree | Purple passion (purple or velvet nettle) | |
| Pygmy date | ||
All the information
on this page courtesy of North
America Cockatiel Society. |