Toxic and Problem Plants for Dogs and Cats

The list below is not all inclusive. Please consult your family veterinarian if you have any questions or concerns.

Aconite

Alfalfa (multiple exposures)
Aloe Vera
Amaryllis

American Nightshade

Angel's Trumpet
Apple (seeds)
Apple Leaf Croton

Apple of Sodom
Apricot (pit)
Asparagus Fern

Asthma flower
Autumn Crocus
Avacado (fruit and pit)
Azalea
Baby's Breath

Balsam Pear

Barbados Pride

Bear's foot

Beet tops
Bittersweet
Bird of Paradise

Black locust

Bleeding Heart

Blue-Green Algae

Blue star

Boxwood
Branching Ivy
Buckey
Buddist Pine

Bulbs (tulip, daffodil, iris and amaryllis)

Buttercup
Caladium
Calla Lily

Cardinal Flower (blue)

Carolina Allspice

Carolina horse nettle
Castor Bean
Ceriman
Charming Dieffenbachia
Cherry (seeds and wilting leaves)

Chinaberry Tree
Chinese Evergreen

Choke cherry
Christmas Rose

Chrysanthemum
Cineraria
Clematis
Cordatum
Corn Plant
Cornstalk Plant

Cow Itch

Crabs-eyes

Crocus
Croton

Crowfoot

Crown of thorns
Cuban Laurel
Cutleaf Philodendron
Cycads
Cyclamen

Daffodil

Daisy

Daphne
Devil's Ivy

Dieffenbachia

Dock
Dracaena Palm
Dragon Tree
Dumb Cane

Dwarf Poinciana

Easter Lily (in cats!!!!)

Elaine

Elderberry
Elephant Ears
Emerald Feather

English Holly
English Ivy

Eyebright

Fairy Bells

Fairy Glove

Fiddle-leaf fig

Flag
Florida Beauty

Flying Saucers
Foxglove

Friar's Cap or Cowl
Fruit Salad Plant
Garlic and field garlic

Geranium
German Ivy
Giant Dumb Cane

Giant Hogweed
Glacier Ivy
Gold Dieffenbachia
Gold Dust Dracaena

Golden Chain
Golden Pothos

Grapes

Ground Hemlock

Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy Heartland Philodendron

Heavingly Blue

Hedge Plant

Helmut Flower

Holly (American and English)

Horsechesnut
Hurricane Plant

Hydrangea
Indian Rubber Plant

Indigo (wild, false and prairie)

Iris

Jack-in-the-pulpit
Janet Craig Dracaena
Japanese Show Lily

Jerusalem Cherry

Jonquil

Kidney Bean Tree
Lacy Tree Philodendron
Lily of the Valley

Lilies (Easter, Tiger, Asian hydrids, Day, Glory, Climbing, Gloriosa)

Lobelia

Lovage

Love Apple

Lupin, Lupine
Mother-in Law's Tongue
Madagascar Dragon Tree

Manchineel
Marble Queen
Marijuana
Mexican Breadfruit
Miniature Croton
Mistletoe (european)

Monkshood

Moonseed
Morning Glory

Mountain Laurel

Mushrooms
Narcissus
Needlepoint Ivy
Nephytis

Nettles (spurge, stinging, wood)
Nightshade

Nipplefruit
Oleander

Onion
Oriental Lily (cats!!!)
Peace Lily
Peach (wilting leaves and pits)

Pearly Gates
Pencil Cactus

Plum
Plumosa Fern

Philodendron
Poinsettia (low toxicity)
Poison Ivy
Poison Oak

Poison Sumac

Poke

Pokeweed
Pothos
Potato Plant (green fruit, stem and leaves)
Precatory Bean

Prim
Primrose (Bird's eye and German)

Privet

Raisins
Red Emerald
Red Princess
Red-Margined Dracaena
Rhododendron

Rhubarb
Ribbon Plant

Rosary Pea
Saddle Leaf Philodendron
Sago Palm
Satin Pothos
Schefflera
Silver Pothos

Sloe

Sorrel
Spotted Dumb Cane

Star-Potato Vine
String of Pearls
Striped Dracaena
Sweetheart Ivy
Swiss Cheese Plant
Taro Vine
Tiger Lily (cats!!!)

Tobacco (Flowering and Indian)
Tomato Plant (green fruit, stem and leaves)
Tree Philodendron
Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia

Trumpet Creeper

Wakerobin

Wedding Bells
Weeping Fig

Wisteria and Wistaria

Wolfsbane

Yellow Jessamine
Yew (English and Japanese)

 

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