Friends Of Feathers Bird Rescue And Sanctuary

 

                                      

 

The Following is a list of indoor and outdoor plants and trees which are hazardous to birds. It has been gathered from various sources and is by no means complete.

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Unsafe Plants



Harmful Plants (first source) Amaryllis - bulbs American Yew Avocado Azalea - leaves Balsam Pear - seeds, outer rind of fruit Baneberry - berries, root Bird of Paradise - seeds Black Locust - bark, sprouts, foliage Blue-green Algae - some forms toxic Boxwood - leaves, stems Buckthorn - fruit, bark Buttercup - sap, bulbs Caladium - leaves Calla Lily - leaves Castor Bean - also castor oil, leaves Chalice Vine/Trumpet vine Christmas Candle - sap Clematis/Virginia Bower Coral Plant - seeds Cowslip/Marsh Marigold Daffodil - bulbs Daphne - berries Datura - berries Deadly Amanita Death Camas Delphinium Deffenbachia/Dumb Cane - leaves Eggplant - fruit okay Elephants Ear/Taro - leaves, stem English Ivy berries, leaves English Yew False Henbane Fly Agaric Mushroom - Deadly Amanita Foxglove - leaves, seeds Golden Chain/Laburnum Hemlock - also water the plant is in Henbane - seeds Holly - berries Horse Chestnut/Buckeye - nuts, twigs Hyacinth - bulbs Hydrangea - flower bud Indian Turnip/Jack-in-Pulpit Iris/Blue Flag - bulbs Jack-in-the-Pulpit Japanese Yew - needles, seeds Java Bean - lima bean - uncooked Juniper - needles, stems, berries Lantana - immature berries Larkspur Laurel Lily of the Valley - also water the plant is in Lobelia Locoweed Lords and Ladies/Cuckoopint Marijuana/Hemp - leaves Mayapple - fruit is safe Mescal Beans - seeds Mistletoe - berries Mock Orange - fruit Monkshood/Aconite - leaves, root Morning Glory Narcissus - bulbs Nightshade - all varieties Oleander - leaves, branches, nectar Philodendron - leaves and stem Pointsetta - leaves, roots, immature Poison Ivy - sap Poison Oak - sap Pokeweed/Inkberry - leaf,root,young berries Potato - eyes, new shoots Privet Rhododendron Rhubarb - leaves Rosary Peas/Indian Licorice - seeds Skunk Cabbage Snowdrop

Snow on the Mountain/Ghostweed Sweet Pea - seeds, fruit Tobacco - leaves Virginia Creeper - sap Water Hemlock Western Yew Wisteria Yam bean - roots, immature roots Harmful Plants (other sources) Alacia Apricot Autumn Crocus/Meadow Saffron Beans - all types if uncooked Birch Bittersweet Nightshade Bleeding Heart/Dutchman's Breeches Bloodroot Bracken Fern Broomcorn Grass Candelabra Tree Cardinal Flower Cherry Tree - bark, twigs, leaves, pits Chinaberry Tree Crown of Thorns Croton Elderberry Euonymus/Spindle Tree False Hellebore Ficus (weeping) Firethorn/Pyracantha Four O'Clock Glory Bean Ground Cherry Honey Locust Honeysuckle Horsetail Indian Licorice Bean Ivy Jasmine Jimsonweed/Thornapple Jerusalem Cherry - berries Johnson Grass Kentucky Coffee Tree Lupines/Bluebonnet Mandrake Mango Tree - wood,leaves,rind-fruit safe Moonseed Mountain Laurel Mushrooms - several varieties Nectarine Nettles Nutmeg Oak - acorns, foliage Peach Peanuts - raw Pencil Tree Periwinkle Pigweed Pikeweed Pine needles - berries Plum Pothos Prune Rain Tree Ranunculus/Buttercup Red Maple Sandbox Tree Scarlet Runner Beans Snowflake Sorghum Grass Sorrel Sudan Grass Tansy Ragwort Vetch Yello Jasmine Yew (Amer,Engl,Japan) - needles, thistles

 
Sources: American Medical Association Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants ; R. Dean Axelson, Caring for Your Pet Bird; Gallerstein, Gary A., DVM, The Complete Bird Owner's Handbook; Garry Gallerstein, Bird Owner's Home Health and Care Handbook; Greg and Linda Harrison, eds, Clinical Avian Medicine and Surgery; Gillian Willis; Wade and Carol Olyer Parrot Pleasures, Safe Wood Products and more