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Deerfield New Hampshire Veterinian

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Plants Poisonous to Your Pets

Dogs and cats can be very interested in your plants and their surroundings. If you have a dog that likes to eat EVERYTHING, use this list as a resource for what is poisonous. However, when in doubt contact your local vet or poison control center.

Though not all plants are fatal, some can cause severe digestive problems, pain and discomfort. Some plant parts are non-toxic, while other parts on the same plant are toxic. Also, many plants within a certain family may be toxic, so if you know that one plant in a family is poisonous, be especilly cautious with other plants in that same family. Listed below are common plants that are poisonous.

 

Common Name Botanical Name Poisonous Parts
Anemone, Pasque Flower Anemone spp.
Baby’s Breath Gypsopilia paniculata
Baneberry, snakeberry Actaea spp. berries, roots, foliage
Barberry Berberis vulgaris berrie, roots, foliage
Birds Foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Bitterweed Hymenoxys sp
Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia
Bleeding Heart Dicentra spectabilis foliage
Blood Root Sanguinaria canadensis red sap
Boxwood Buxus sempervirens foliage
Buckeye, Horse Chestnut Aesculus spp.
Buckwheat Fagopyrum sp all parts except seeds
Burning Bush Euonymus alatas
Buttercup Ranunculus sp all parts
Carnation Dianthus spp.
Castor Bean Ricinus ommunis seeds
Chinese Lantern Physalis sp
Clematis Clematis spp.
Clover Trifolium spp. roots
Cocklebur Xanthium spp.
Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris
Coralberry, snowberry Symphorcarpos spp.
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster salicifolius berries
Cowslip Caltha palustris
Crocus Colchicum sp
Crown Vetch Coronilla varia
Daffodil Narcissus spp. bulbs
Dahlia Dahila spp.
Daphne Daphne spp berries, bark, leaves
Delphinium Delphinium sp
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis berries
False Indigo Baptistia spp.
Fiddleneck Amsinckia intermedia all parts
Fig Wort Scrophularia sp
Flax Linum usitatissimum
Four o’clock Mirabilis jalapa
Foxglove Digitalis sp. leaves, seeds, and flowers
Fritillaria Fritillaria collina bulbs
Goldenrod Solidago sempervirens
Hairy Vetch Vicia spp.
Helioptrope Heliotropium arborescens
Hellebore Helleborous niger leaves, stems, berries, roots
Hemlock Coniu maculatum All parts, root and root stalk
Holly Illex spp fruit
Horestail Equisetum arvense
Hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla leaves, bulbs
Iris Iris spp underground stems, blubs
Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium rugosum
Kentucky Coffee Tree Gymnocladus dioicus
Lantana Lantana all parts, use caution
Larkspur Delphinium so. young plants and seeds
Leopards bane Arnica montana
Lily Lilium sp. leaves, flowers
Lily-of-the-Valley Convallaria majalis leaves, flowers
Lobelia Lobelia sp.
Loco Weed Astragalus spp/Oxytropis sp. all parts
Jimson Weed Detura stramonium all parts
Lupine Lupinus app.
Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis roots
Mandrake-Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum roots, foliage, unripe fruit
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Milkweed Asclepias spp
Mistletoe Phoradendron serotinum berries
Monkshood Acontitum sp all parts
Morning Glory Ipomoea sp. seeds
Mountain Laurel Kalmia
Mescal Bean Sophoria secundiflora
Nettle Urtica spp.
Nightshade, Bittersweet Atropa sp./Solanium sp. All parts
Oak Quercus spp.
Oleander Norium Oleander All parts, including dry leaves
Periwinkle Vinca sp
Pigweed Amaranthus spp.
Pokeweed, Inkberry Phytolacca americanan all parts
Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa sap
Poppy Papaver sp all parts exept seeds
Porcelain Berry Ampleopsis spp.
Prickly Copperweed Oxytenia acerosa
Princess Plume Stanleya pinnata
Privet Ligustrum sp. berries
Queen Annes Lace Daucus carota
Ragweed Ambrosia sp. pollen
Ragwort, Groundsel Senecio sp.
Red Maple Acer rubrum
Rhododendron-Azalea Rhododendrun sp. all parts
Rhubarb Rheum raponticum leaf blades
Rue, Bittersweet Ruta graveolens
Scotch Broom cystisus scoparius
Sedum Stonecrop Sedum all parts
Snakeweed Gutierrezia microcephala
Sneezweed Helenium microcephalum
Snow on the mountain Euphorbia maculata
Snowdrops Galanthus elswesii
Soapwort Saponaria spp.
Solomons Seal Polygonatum spp.
St Johns Wort Hypericum perforatum leaves
Sweet Clover Melilotus spp.
Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus seeds, pods
Tansy Tanacetum sp
Thorn apple-Angels trumpet Datura innoxia all parts
Tobacco Nicotiana spp
Trillium Trillium so.
Tulip Tulipa bulbs
Viginia Creeper-Boston Ivy Parthenocissus quinquefloia all parts
Wild Cherries Prunus sp. leaves, seeds, stems, bark
Wisteria Wisteria sp seeds, pods
Wormwood Artemsia absinthium
Yellow Star Thistle Cenaurea solstitalis
Yew Taxus canadensis all parts
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