Plants - Poisonous & Bird Safe
Poisonous Plants
American Yew (Taxus Canadensis)
Amaryllis
Autumn Crocus (Meadow Saffron)
Avocado
Azalea
Balsam Pear
Baneberry (Actaea Species)
Bean Plants
Bird of Paradise
Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara)
Black Elderberry (Note: not the berry)
Black Locust (Robinia Pseudoacacia)
Bleeding Heart
Bloodroot (Sanguinario)
Blue Green Algae
Boxwood
Bracken Fern
Broccoli (in large amounts)
Buckthorn (Rhamnus)
Bulb Flower (most)
Burdock
Buttercup (Ranunculus)
Caladium
Calla Lily (Zantedeschia Aethiopica)
Castor Bean (Castor Oil Plant)
Chalice Vine
Cherry Plants (not pulp of fruit)
Christmas Candle (Pedilanthus Tithymaloides)
Christmas Cherry (Berries)
Clematis (Clematis)
Coffee Plants (note: coffee trees are safe)
Comfrey
Coral Plants
Cowslip (Caltha)
Crotacaria Sp.
Crown Vetch
Cycads
Daffodil
Daphne (Daphne)
Datura (Berries)
Delphinium
Death Amanita
Dieffenbachia
Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia)
Egg Plants
Elderberry
Elephant's Ear (Taro)
English Holly (Ilex Aquifolium)
English Ivy
English Yew (Taxus Baccata)
Eucalyptus (Some Species of and the Chemicals to Treat Non-Live Plants)
Euonymus
Evergreen (most)
False Hellebore
Felt Plant
Firethorn
Flame tree
Fly Agaric Mushrooms
Foxglove
Golden Chain (Laburnum Anagyroides)
Heliotrope
Hemlock
Henbane (Hyoscyamun Niger)
Holly
Honey Locust
Honeysuckle
Horse Beans
Horse Chestnut (Aesculus)
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Indian Turnip (Arisaema Triphyllum
Iris (iris)
Ivy
Japanese Yew
Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema Triphyllum)
Jasmine
Java Bean (Glorybean)
Jerusalem Cherry
Jimson weed (Datura)
Juniper
Lantana
Lakespure (Delphinium)
Laurels
Lily of the Valley
Lobelia
Locoweed (Astragalus Mollissimus)
Locusts
Lords and Ladies (Arum)
Lupine
Marijuana (Canibus Rectus)
May Apple (Podophyllum)
Mescal Bean
Milkweed
Mistletoe Berries (Santalales)
Mock Orange
Monkshood (Aconitum)
Moonseed
Morning Glories (Ipomoea)
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia Latifolia
Narcissus
Nettles
Nightshades
Nutmeg (Myristica Fragrans)
Oak
Oleander
Periwinkle
Philodendron
Pigweed
Poinsettia
Poison Hemlock
Poison Ivy
Poison Oak
Pokeweed (Phytolacca Amaricana)
Potato (new shoots - Peelings - Green Looking Potatoes)
Privet
Purple Foxglove
Purple Sesbane
Rain Tree
Red Maple
Rhodedendron
Rhubarb (Rheum Rhaponticum) (leaves)
Rosary Peas (Abrus Precatorius)
Sandbox Tree
Skunk Cabbage
Snowdrop (Galanthus Nivalis)
Snowflake (Leucoium Vernum)
Snow On The Mountain
Sorrel Spurges
Spindle Tree (berries)
Spurges
Sweet Pea (Lathyrus Latifolius)
Tobacco (Nicotiana)
Tomato (Leaves & Stems Only)
Vetch
Virginia Creeper
Water Hemlock (Cicuta Maculata)
Wattle
Western Yew (Taxus Breviflora)
White Cedar
Wisteria
Yam Bean
Yew
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Bird Safe Plants
Acacia
African Violets
Aloe plants
Baby's tears
Bamboo
Begonia
Bougainvillea
Burro's Tail
Chickweed
Christmas Cactus
Coffee tree (note coffee plants are toxic)
Coleus
Corn plant
Crab Apple
Dandelion
Dogwood
Donkey tail
Dracaena
Edible Fig
Ferns
Figs
Gardenia
Grape Ivy
Hens and Chickens
Jade Plant
Kalanchoe
Magnolia
Marigolds
Monkey Plant
Nasturitum
Norfolk Island Pine
Palms
Petunia
Pittosporum
Prayer Plant
Rubber Tree Plant
Schefflera
Sensitive Plant
Spider Plant
Swedish Ivy
Thistle
Wandering Jew
White Clover
Zebra Plant
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Poisonous Trees
Black Locust
Cherry Tree (Prunus)
Hemlock (Conium Maculatum)Honey Locust (Gleditsia Triacathos)
Oleander
Sandbox Tree
Yellow be still Tree (Yellow Oleander)
Yew
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Bird Safe Trees
American Arbor Vitae (Thuja Occidentalis)
Australian Pine (Pinus Nigra)
Bamboo (Sinarundinaria)
Beech (Fagus Sylvatica)
Boxwood (Buxus Sempervirens)
Broom (Sarothamnus Scoperius)
Buddleia (Buddleia Davidii)
Climbing Rose (Rosa Multiflora)
Cotoneaster
English Hawthorn (Crataegus Monigyna)
English Holly (Ilex Aquifolium)
European Elderberry (Sambucus Nigra)
European Elderberry (Carpinus Betulus)
European Larch (Larix Decudua)
Ivy (Hedera Helix
Japanese Spirea (Spirea Japonica)
Juniper (Juniperus Communis)
Chinese Cedar (Thuja Orientalis)
Oriental Cedar (Thuja Orientalis)
Privet (Liguster Vulgare)
Red Ribes (Ribes Sanguinen)
Willow (Salix)
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Poisoning First Aid
Remove the poison, keep bird quite, keep bird warm, call your Veterinarian, collect samples of the plant, recent dropping, and vomit. If no Veterinary care is possible and the bird is still conscious, give the bird Activated Charcoal mixed with a little mineral oil and water (just enough to make a paste). Dosage as follows: Small birds such as Finches, Canaries, Budgies - 4 drops by a medicine dropper; Medium birds such as Cockatiels, Conures, Doves - 1/4 teaspoon by a medicine dropper; Large birds such as Amazons, Macaws, Cockatoos - 1 teaspoon by a medicine dropper. STOP IMMEDIATELY if you have any problems administrating the medicine. Remember your Veterinarian can accomplish much more by giving your bird an antidote (if any), oxygen therapy, crop flushing (to remove poison), Tube feeding, corticosteroid injections, and more depending on the type of plant ingested. It is very helpful to have a prior working relation with a Avian Certified Veterinarian before you really need them.
Updated on 02/06/07