Here's something else I found that might come in useful...
toxic PLANTS
by Fredric L. Frye, DVM.
There is a mistaken belief that all animals know what is and is not good
to eat. This is a mistake--a potentially lethal mistake--when you are
talking about an animal who has been removed from its native habitat.
An animal in its native environment does know what it can and cannot eat.
If it makes a mistake, and becomes merely ill, it will not eat that plant
again. If it eats a plant that kills it, well, it clearly won't be eating
that again! The fact that the leading causes of death in the wild is not
from eating
toxic foods indicates that animals either learn their lessons
well by observing older conspecifics, or through a sort of genetic field
guide to edible plants.
Once you remove an animal from its environment, however, that field guide
becomes useless. Instead, the animal will pretty much try to eat anything
that resembles what it is programmed (learned or instinctual behavior) to
eat. Hence,
toxic plants such as poinsettias, with their wide deep green
leaves and attractive red flowers (actually, leaves, the flowers themselves
being the small yellow structures in the middle of the red leaves) look
like a terrific snack for a hungry or curious animal.
The
toxic chemicals of plants are passed to an animal in one of two ways -
by ingestion of plant material, or by dermal contact with a plant. If
anyone has ever had poison oak or ivy, you are quite familiar with this
latter method of transmission. Some plants are completely
toxic; others
have only certain parts that are
toxic, such as the leaves, or flowers.
Keep this list somewhere handy so that you may refer to it as needed when
considering plants for your animals.
Note: If you are in doubt as to whether a plant, or part of a plant, is
toxic either do not use the plant, or discuss it with other
herpetoculturists and horticulturists to see if they have ever had
experience with that plant.
ACOCANTHERA fruit and flowers
ACONITE (Monkshood) roots, flowers and leaves
AMARYLLIS (A. belladonna) bulbs contain alkaloids
AMSINCKIA (Tarweed) foliage, seeds
ANENOME (Wildflower) whole plant
ANGEL TRUMPET TREE (Datura arborra) flowers and leaves
APPLE seeds
APRICOT PITS inner seed dangerous
ATROPA BELLADONNA all parts, especially black berries
AUTUMN CROCUS bulbs
AVOCADO foliage
AZALEAS all parts are fatal!
BALSAM PEAR seeds, outer rind of fruit
BANEBERRY (Doll's Eyes) red or white berries, roots andfoliage
BEACH PEA all
BETEL NUT PALM all
BELLADONNA all
BIRD OF PARADISE seeds
BITTERSWEET berries
BLACK LOCUST bark, sprouts and foliage
BLEEDING HEART foliage and roots
BLUEBONNETS all
BLUE FLAG (Iris) bulbs
BLUE-GREEN ALGAE some forms are
toxicBLOODROOT all
BOTTLEBRUSH flowers
BOXWOOD all
BUCKEYE HORSE CHESTNUT sprouts and nuts
BUCKTHORN fruit, bard
BUTTERCUP all
CALADIUM all
CALLA LILY all
CARDINAL FLOWER all
CAROLINA JESSAMINE foliage, flowers and sap
CASSAVA roots
CASTOR BEAN (castor oil) uncooked beans
CHALICE VINE (Trumpet vine) all
CHERRY bark, twig, leaves, seed pits
CHERRY LAUREL foliage and flowers
CHINA BERRY TREE berries
CHRISTMAS BERRY berries
CHRISTMAS CACTUS (_Euphorbia_) entire plant
CHRISTMAS CANDLE sap
CHRISTMAS ROSE foliage and flowers
COLUMBINE foliage, flowers and seeds
COMMON PRIVET foliage and berries
CORAL PLANT all parts
CROCUS bulbs
CROTON foliage, shoots
CYCLAMEN foliage, stems and flowers
DAFFODIL bulbs, foliage, flowers and pods
DAPHNE berries
DATURA (Jimson weed) leaves, seeds
DEADLY AMANITA allDEADLY NIGHTSHADE foliage, unripe fruit, sprouts
DEATH CAMAS all
DEATH CAP MUSHROOM all
DELPHINIUM all
DEIFFENBACHIA (Dumbcane) all
DESTROYING ANGEL (Death cap) all
DOGWOOD fruit mildly
toxicDUMBCANE all
DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES foliage and roots
EGGPLANT all but the fruit
ELDERBERRY foliage
ELEPHANT EARS (Taro) leaves, stem
ENGLISH IVY leaves, berries
EQUISETUM all
EUPHORBIA (spurge(s)) foliage, flowers sap
FALSE HELLEBORE all parts
FALSE HENBANE all
FIDDLENECK (_Senecio_) all
FLY AGARIC (amanita, death cap) all
FOUR O'CLOCK all
FOXGLOVE leaves, seeds
GELSEMIUM all
GHOSTWEED all
GOLDEN CHAIN (Laburnum) all
HEMLOCK ROOTS (poison & water) all
HENBANE seeds
HOLLY, English and American berries
HORSE CHESTNUT nuts, twigs
HORSETAIL REED (_Equisetum_) all
HYACINTH bulbs
HYDRANGEA flower
INDIAN TURNIP (Jack-in-the-pulpit) all
IMPATIENS (Touch-me-not) all
IRIS (Blue flag) bulbs
IVY (all forms) foliage, fruit
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT all
JASMINE foliage, flowers, sap
JASMINE, STAR foliate, flowers
JATROPHA seeds, sap
JAVA BEAN uncooked beanJERUSALEM CHERRY berries
JESSAMINE berries
JIMSON WEED (Thorn apple) foliage, flowers, seed pods
JOHNSON GRASS all
JUNIPER needles, stems, berries
LABURNUM all
LAMBKILL (Sheep laurel) all
LANTANA CAMARA foliate, flowers, esp. berries
LARKSPUR all parts
LAUREL all parts
LILY OF THE VALLEY all parts, including water
LIMA BEAN (java bean) uncooked bean
LOBELIA all parts
LOCOWEED all
LOCUST(S) all
LORDS AND LADIES (cuckoopint) all
LUPINE esp. seeds, pods foliage
MACHINEEL all
MARIJUANA leaves
MAY APPLE all except fruit
MESCAL (BEAN) seed; all parts may be
toxicMILKWEED foliage
MISTLETOE berries
MOCCASIN FLOWER foliage, flowers
MOCK ORANGE fruit
MONKSHOOD leaves, roots
MOODSEED berries
MORNING GLORY all
MOUNTAIN LAUREL young leaves, shoots
MUSHROOMS (some wild forms) caps, stems
NARCISSUS (Paper-white) bulbs
NATAL CHERRY berries, foliage
NECTARINE SEED inner pit only
NICOTINE (tree, bush, flowering) foliage, flowers
NIGHTSHADES berries, leaves
OAK TREES acorn, foliage
OLEANDER leaves, branches, sap
PEACH PIT inner seed
PEAR seedsPENNYROYAL foliage, flowers
PEONY foliage, flowers
PERIWINKLE all
PHILODENDRON (some species) leaves, stem
PINKS all
PLUMS foliage, inner seed
POINSETTIA leaves, flowers
POISON HEMLOCK foliage, seeds
POISON IVY foliage, fruit, sap
POISON OAK foliage, fruit, sap
POISON SUMAC foliage, fruit, sap
POKEWOOD / POKECHERRY roots, fruits
POPPY (except California) all
POTATO eyes, shoots
PRIVET all
REDWOOD resinoids, leached wet wood
RHODODENDRON all parts are fatal!
RHUBARB foliage, uncooked stems
ROSARY PEAS foliage, flowers, pods
ROSEMARY foliage in some species
RUSSIAN THISTLE foliage, flowers
SAGE foliage in some species
SALMONBERRY foliage, fruit
SCARLET PIMPERNEL foliage, flowers, fruit
SCOTCH BROOM seeds
SENECIO ("fiddle neck") all
SKUNK CABBAGE all
SNAPDRAGON foliage, flowers
SNOWDROP all
SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN (Ghostweed) all
SPANISH BAYONET foliage, flowers
STAR JASMINE foliage, flowers
SQUIRREL CORN foliage, flowers, seeds
SUDAN GRASS all
STAR OF BETHLEHEM foliage, flowers
SUNDEW foliage
SWEET PEA seeds and fruit
TANSY foliage, flowers
TARO (Elephant ears) foliage
TARWEED foliage, seeds
THORN APPLE flowers, foliage, pods
TIGER LILY foliage, flowers, seed podsTOAD FLAX foliage
TOBACCO leaves
TOMATO PLANT foliage, vines
TOUCH-ME-NOT all
TOYON BERRY berries
TRILLIUM foliage
TRUMPET VINE all
TULIP all
VENUS FLYTRAP all
VERBENA foliage, flowers
VIRGINIA CREEPER sap
WATER HEMLOCK roots, foliage
WILDFLOWER leaves, flowers
WILD PARSNIP underground roots, foliage
WISTERIA all
YAM BEAN roots, immature pods
YELLOW STAR THISTLE foliage, flowers
YEW (all varieties) needles, seeds
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