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The following list, compiled over many years, contains a wide variety of plants known to be poisonous to dogs. In some cases the poisonous parts may only be the seeds or leaves or roots. In all cases, use extreme caution and keep your pets away from these plants. If you cannot supervise your pets in your garden, replant with safe non-toxic plants. As with most things there are a lot of other factors that contribute to the toxicity of the plants, age & size of the animal, how much of the plant they ingest, where the plant is in it's "growing" stage.

Puppies, at least most of them, chew just about anything especially when they are teething and therefore are at far greater risk of poisoning. Also some dogs love to chew plants as well as the grasses they will chew for medicinal purposes, you must watch carefully to determine the habits of your particular pet!

Some of the toxic plants listed below will cause nothing more than a rash or itchiness but some will cause much more severe reactions (eg. swelling of the face and throat) just by your dog coming in contact with them. This can quickly become fatal depending on the amount of swelling…a quick trip to your vet is still the best idea if you see any swelling or know that your pet has ingested any of these plants.

Ascertaining the cause of poisoning is always very difficult so make sure that you take along stool &/or vomit samples for your vet and, if possible, the plant or pieces of it that the dog has ingested…try and find the leaves, twigs or berries that have been chewed. This could make a difference between life and death for your furfriend! Dogs usually will not chew on a toxic plant because they are not generally appealing but if you ever do have a dog poisoned by plants remove the plant from your property to prevent a repeat of the problem.

Ask your local veterinarian and/or nursery for more information. For plants with a number (ex. *3) beside them, please see the legend below for the most commonly known toxic effect. If you have anything, plants or otherwise, that you can add to this list, please send me an e-mail.

Plants:

Aconite

Alder Buckthorn

Alfalfa

Almond *4

Alocasia

Aloe - A. Barbadensis

Alsike Clover

Amaryllis *4

American Elder

American Holly

American Mistletoe

American Yew *4

Andromeda

Anemone

Angel's Trumpet

Appleseeds

Apricot *4

Arrowgrass

Arrowhead Vine *3

Asparagus

Asparagus Fern *4

Astragalus

Australian Umbrella Tree

Autumn Crocus

Avocado

Azalea*4

Balsam

Balsam Pear *4

Baneberry

Baptisia

Bayonet

Beargrass

Belladonna

Be-Still-Tree

Bird Of Paradise *4

Bird Rape

Birdsfoot

Bittersweet

Bittersweet Woody *1

Black Cherry

Black Henbane

Black Locust *4

Black Nightshade

Black Oak

Black Walnut

Black-Eyed Susan

Black-Eyed-Susan

Bladder Pod

Bleeding Heart

Bloodroot

Blue Cardinalflower

Blue Cohosh

Blue Flag Iris

Bluebonnet

Blueweed

Bog-Laurel

Boston Ivy *3

Bouncing Bet

Boxwood

Bracken

Bracken Fern

Broad Beans

Broom Snakeweed

Buckeyes (Horse Chestnuts) *4

Buckthorn

Buckwheat

Buffalo Bur

Bulbous Buttercup

Bur Buttercup

Burke's Lupine

Burning Bush

Buttercup *7

Cactus

Caladium *3

Caley Pea

California Bluebell

California Rose-Bay

Calla Lily

Canada Nettle

Canada Yew

Canadian Milk-Vetch

Candelabra Aloe

Candelabra-Cactus

Caper Spurge

Cardinal Flower

Castor Bean *1

Celandine

Celery-Leaved Buttercup

Cherries (Most Forms) *4

Chinaberry *6

Chinese-Lantern

Chives

Chokecherry

Christmas Rose

Chrysanthemum *2

Clematis

Climbing Nightshade

Clover

Cockle Burr

Cockle Corn

Colorado Rubberweed

Comfrey

Coriaria *6

Corn

Corn Cockle

Corn Poppy

Cornflower

Corydalis

Cow Cockle

Cowbane

Cowslip

Creeping Charlie *4

Creeping Fig *2

Crocus

Crotalaria

Croton

Crowfoot

Crown Of Thorns

Crown Vetch

Cyclamen

Cypress Spurge

Daffodil *1

Daphne

Datura (Angel's Trumpets)

Deadly Nightshade

Death Angel Mushrooms

Death Camas

Death Cap Mushrooms

Delphinium *1

Destroying Angels

Devil's Trumpet

Devil's-Backbone

Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)

Dieffenbachia

Dock

Dogbane

Doll's-Eyes

Dologeton

Downy Thornapple

Drooping Leucothoe

Drunk Cane *3

Dumb Cane

Dutchman's Breeches *7

Easter Lily

Eggplant

Elderberry

Elephant Ear *4

Emerald Duke *3

English Bluebell

English Holly *4

English Ivy

English Yew *4

Ergot

Euonymus

European Buckthorn

European Elder

European Spindletree

Evergreen

Everlasting Pea

False Hellbore

False Morels

False Ragweed

February Daphne

Fern

Fiddleneck

Field Horsetail

Five-Hooked Bassia

Flamingo Lily

Flax

Fly Agaric

Fly Honeysuckle

Four O'clock

Foxglove *1

Fritillaria

Garden-Sorrel

Garland Daphne

Garlic

Gas Plant

Giant Dumbcane

Giant Hogweed

Gill-Over-The-Ground

Glocal Ivy *4

Glory Lily

Golden Chain Tree

Golden Fowl

Golden Glow

Golden-Bean

Golden-Chain

Golden-Trumpet

Grass Pea

Greasewood

Great Lobelia

Greater Celandine

Green Tansy Mustard

Ground Cherry *1

Ground Ivy

Groundsel

Guelder-Rose

Hairy Vetch

Halogeton

Heart Ivy *4

Heart-Leaved Philodendron

Hellebo

Hellebore

Hemlock

Hemp Dogbane

Henbane

Holly

Honeysuckle

Hop

Horse Chestnut (Buckeye) *4

Horse Nettle

Horsebeans

Horsebrush

Horseradish

Horsetail

Hound's Tongue

Hyacinth

Hydrangea

Iceland Poppy

Indian Mustard

Indian Poke

Indian Tobacco

Indian Turnip *1

Iris (All Kinds)

Irises

Ivy (All Kinds)

Jack-In-The-Pulpit

Jack-O'lantern Fungus

Japanese Pieris

Japanese Plum *4

Japanese Wisteria

Japanese Yew

Jasmine *7

Java Beans

Jequirity Bean

Jerusalem Cherry

Jessamine

Jimson Weed

Johnson Grass

Jonquil

Jungle Trumpets

Juniper

Kaffir Lily

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Klamath Weed

Kochia

Laburnum

Lamb's Quarters

Lantana

Large-Leaved Lupine

Larkspur *1

Laurel

Leafy Spurge

Leatherwood

Lily (Most Forms)

Lily-Of-The-Valley

Lobelia

Locoweed

Low Larkspur

Lucerne

Lupine *7

Maidenhair Tree

Mandrake (May Apple) *7

Mango

Marble Queen

Marigold

Marijuana *5

Marsh Arrow-Grass

Marsh Horsetail

Marsh Marigold (Cowslip)

Matrimony Vine *7

Mayapple (Mandrake) *7

Menzies Larkspur