Safe and Unsafe Tree's, Wood, Bushes and Plants
I have scoured the internet and checked through some books trying to compile a
good list of toxic and safe vegetation for our birds. Even though I have used
numerous resources, it should not be considered a complete list.
Considered Unsafe and Toxic for Your Birds
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A Aconite all parts Acokanthera / Bushmans Poison /Poison Bush - all parts of the plant are highly poisonous with the possible exception of the ripe fruits Agapanthus sap Agave - leaves Alacia Amaryllis bulbs American Coffee Berry Tree American Yew needles, seed Amsinckia / Tarweed - foliage, seeds Andromeda - all parts are toxic Anemone - all parts Angel Trumpet seeds, flowers, foliage Anthurium all parts Apple - seeds, leaves, flowers Apricot pits, inner seed, leaves and bark Aralia Arborvitae Arrowhead Vine leaves Arum lily all parts Atropia Autumn Crocus - bulbs Australian Flametree - all parts Autumn Crocus/Meadow Saffron-all parts Avocado - pit, leaves, fruit, stems Azalea all parts B Balsam Pear - seeds, outer rind of fruit Baneberry - berries, root Baptisia all parts Beach Pea - all parts Beans: Broad, Castor, Fava, Horse, Glory, Scarlet Runner Belladonna - all parts Betel Nut Palm - all parts Bird of Paradise seed pods and flowers Bishops Weed - all parts Bittersweet - berries Bittersweet Nightshade - all parts Blackberry Lily berrys Black Cherry - seeds Black Laurel - all parts Black Locust - (Acacia) all parts of the plant except the flower are toxic Black Nightshade - all parts are potentially toxic, the berries are often higher in toxicity Bleeding Heart / Dutchman - foliage, roots Blood Lily / Powderpuff Lily - bulb Bloodroot - all parts Bluebonnet - all parts Blue Flag Blue-green Algae - some forms toxic Bottlebrush - flowers Bouncing Bet all parts, especially seeds and roots Boxwood - leaves, stems Bracken Fern Breeches Bromelaids Broomcorn Grass - all parts Buckeye / Horsechestnut / Ohio Buckeye - buds, nuts, foliage, bark, seedlings, and honey Buckthorn - fruit, bark Burdock - all parts Buttercup - sap, bulbs C Cacoa - all parts Cactus candelabra, mescaline, pencil, peyote Caladium - all parts Calla Lily leaves Camel Bush - all parts Canna Lily - all parts Candelabra Tree - all parts Cardinal Flower - all parts Carnation Carolina Jessamine - foliage, flowers, sap Cassava - roots Castor Bean / Castor Oil Plant all parts Cedar Century Plant Chalice Vine/Trumpet vine - all parts Cherry Laurel - foliage, flowers Cherry Tree - bark, twigs, foliage, pits Chocolate Beans (coffee) Chinaberry Tree - berries Chinese Evergreen all parts Chinese Lantern Chinese Popcorn / Tallow Chokecherry Christmas Berry - berries Christmas Cactus - sap Christmas Candle sap Christmas Cherry Christmas Rose - foliage, flowers Chrysanthemum Clematis/Virginia Bower all parts Cliva Cocklebur all parts, seeds and seedlings contain the highest quantity of toxin Coffee Bean - Leaves (tea), all chocolates especially dark Coffee Tree Coffeeweed Columbine Common Burdock - burs Copperleaf Coral Plant seeds Coriander / Cilantro Corncockle Cotoneaster Coyotillo
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Cowslip/Marsh Marigold all parts Crabapple - seeds Crape Myrtle Creeping Charlie Crinum Lily Crocus - bulbs Croton - foliage, shoots Crown of Thorns Cuban Lily / Autumn Scilla all parts Cut Leaf Philodendron / Ceriman / Mexican Breadfruit all parts Cycad - all parts Cyclamen - foliage, stems, flowers D Daffodil - bulbs Daphne - berries Datura Stramonium - berries Deadly Amanita all parts Deadly Nightshade / Climbing Nightshade / European Bittersweet all parts Dead Mans Hand / Devils Snuff Box / Earthstar Scleroderma - all parts Death Camas all parts Death Cap Mushroom - all parts Delphinium all parts Deffenbachia / Dumbcane - all parts Dock - all parts Dogwood - fruit Dumbcane - all parts Dusty Miller Dutchmans Breeches - foliage, roots E Earthball Mushroom all parts Echium Eggplant - all parts except fruit Elderberry - roots, foliage, stems, bark Elephants Ear / Taro all parts English Ivy - berries, leaves English Laurel English Yew all parts Equisetum - all parts Ergot - all parts Euonymus/Spindle Tree all parts Euphorbia Cactus / Spurges - foliage, flowers, sap European Pennyroyal - all parts F False Hellebore - all parts False Henbane all parts False Indigo all parts Fava Bean - all parts Felt Plant - all parts Ficus benjamina - sap Fiddleneck / Senecio - all parts Figs - sap Firethorn / Pyracantha - all parts Fishtail Palm Flame Tree - all parts Flamingo Flower foliage, stems Fly Agaric Mushroom all parts Four O'Clock - all parts Foxglove - entire plant, including water from pot Foxtail Barley / Squirreltail Barley / Wild Barley seedheads G Gelsemium - all parts Ghostweed - all parts Gladiolus Glory Bean - all parts Glory Lily Glottidium - all parts Gold Toothed Aloe Golden Chain / Laburnum all parts including seeds Gopher Plant Grasses: - Broom Corn, Johnson, Sorghum, Sudan Green Dragon all parts Ground Cherry - all parts Ground Ivy H Heart Leaf Philodendron foliage, stems Heaths - Andromeda, Azalea, Black Laurel, Kalmia, Leucotho, Mountain Laurel, Peires, and Rododendron- all parts Heather Heliotrope - leaves Helebore Hemlock - all parts, also water the plant may be in Hemp - all parts Henvane - seeds Holly berries and leaves Honey Bush Honey Locust - all parts Honeysuckle Horse Chestnut / Buckeye - nuts, twigs Horsetail Reed - all parts Hoya / Hindu Rope Plant Hyacinth - bulbs Hydrangea - flower buds I Impatiens / Touch-me-not - all parts Indian Licorice Bean Indian Tobacco all parts Indian Turnip all parts Inkberry Iris / Blue Flag bulbs J Jack-in-the-Pulpit / Indian Turnip all parts Japanese Aucuba fruit, leaves Japanese Pieris Japanese Privet Japanese Yew - needles, seeds Jasmine - foliage, flowers, sap Jasmine Star - foliage, flowers Jatropha - seeds, sap
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Java Bean - uncooked Jepurity Bean Jerusalem Cherry - all parts, including tubers, sprouts, and unripe berries Jessamine - berries Jimsonweed / Thornapple- all parts, especially seeds and leaves Johnson Grass - leaves and stems, especially young plants Juniper - needles, stems, berries K Kentucky Coffee Tree Kaffir Lily L Laburnum - all parts Lambkill / Sheep Laurel - all parts Lantana - immature berries & berries of some species Larkspur all parts Laurel Cherry all parts Ligustrum japonica (wax leafed privet, wax leafed ligustrum & Japanese privet)- highly toxic Lily of the Valley All pats, also water from pot Lima Bean uncooked Lobelia all parts Locoweed / Milk Vetch all parts Locusts Black & Honey Loquat - seeds Lords & Ladies / Cuckoopint all parts Love In A Mist Love Lies Bleeding Lupines / Bluebonnet - foliage, pods, seeds M Machineel - all parts Madagascar Periwinkle Majesty Malanga Mandrake Mango Tree - wood,leaves,rind-fruit safe Marble Queen Marijuana / Hemp leaves Marsh Marigold Maternity Plant Mayapple - fruit is safe Mescal Beans seeds Mexican Poppy Milkweed All parts including milky sap Mistletoe - All parts, especially holly berries Moccasin Flower - flowers, foliage Mock Orange - fruit Monkshood / Aconite - leaves, root Monstera Moonseed Morning Glory all parts including seeds Mountain Laurel - foliage, shoots Mushrooms - most wild varieties Myrtle Myoporum N Naked Lady Narcissus bulbs Natal Cherries - berries, foliage Natel Plum Nectarine seeds, pit Needle Point Ivy Nepthytis / Tri-Leaf Wonder / Arrowhead Vine all parts Nettles Nicotine Bush - flowers, foliage Nightshade - all parts and varieties O Oak bark, acorns, foliage Oleander all parts Onion no raw and very little if cooked Oxalis P Panda Plant Parlor Ivy all parts Peach foliage, seeds, twigs, pits Peanuts raw Pear pits, seeds Pennyroyal - foliage, flowers Peony - foliage, flowers Periwinkle - all parts Philodendron - leaves, stem Pikeweed - leaves, roots, immature berries Pine Needles - berries Plum - foliage, inner seed Pointsetta - all parts including sap Poison Hemlock - all parts, especially young leaves and seeds Poison Ivy - sap Poison Oak sap, acorns, foliage Pokeweed / Inkberry young berries, especially roots and seeds Poppy - all parts Potato - eyes, new shoots, roots Pothos / Devils Ivy all parts Pregnant Onion Primrose Privet - all parts Pyracantha R Ragwort / Groundsel - all above ground parts, with higher concentrations in the seeds Rain Tree Ranunculus / Buttercup - sap Rattlebox / Purple Sesbane / False Poinciana - seeds Rattlebush Red Maple Red Princess
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Red Sage / Lantana immature berries Red Wood - resinoids, leached wet wood Rhododendron all parts Rhubarb - leaves Ripple Ivy Rosary Peas / Indian Licorice seeds, beans Rosemary - foliage in some species Russian Thistle - foliage, flowers S Saddle Leaf Saffron Sage - foliage in some species Sago Palm Salmonberry - foliage, fruits Sandbox Tree Sassafras - bark Scarlet Pimpernel - foliage, flowers, fruit Scarlet Runner Beans Schefflera / Star Leaf / Australian Umbrella Tree leaves, sap Scotch Broom - seeds Senecio / Fiddleneck - all parts Shamrock Plant Skunk Cabbage all parts Snake Plant Snowdrop all parts Snowflake Snow on the Mountain/Ghostweed all parts Soapwort roots, seeds Sorghum Grass Sorrel Spanish Bayonet - foliage, flowers Spider Lily Spider Mum Spindle Tree all parts Split Leaf Philodendron foliage, stems Spotted Laurel fruit, leaves Sprengeri Fern Spurges / Euphorbia all parts Star of Bethlehem -foliage, flowers String of Pearls Sudan Grass - all parts Sumac - foilage, fruit, sap Sundew - foliage Sweet Pea - seeds, fruit Swill Cheese Plant / Monstera Swiss Cheese Philodendron foliage, stems T Tansy leaves, stems Taro / Elephants Ear - foliage Thornapple Tiger Lily - foliage, flowers, seed pods Toadlax - foliage Tobacco leaves Tomato - all green parts, foliage, vines Toyon Touch-me-not - all parts Trillium - foliage Trumpet Flower / Chalice Vine foliage, flowers Trumpet Vine - all parts Tubergen Squill / Blue Squill / Siberian Squill / Two-leaved Squill all parts Tuberous begonia - Rhizomes (thickened rootstock), tubers, and roots Tulip U Umbrella Plant (Cyperus alternifolius) Venus Fly Trap - all parts Verbena - foliage, flowers Vetch Virginia Creeper sap Virginia Bower Coral Virginia Creeper berries, leaves, sap W Water Hemlock / Spotted Cowbane - roots contain the highest concentration of toxin, but all parts are toxic Wattle Wax Begonia - Rhizomes (rootstock), tubers, and roots Waxed Leafed Privet Wax Leafed Ligustum Weeping Ficus - sap is an irritant Weeping Fig Western Yew White Cedar Tree / China Berry White Snakeroot / White Sanicle / Richweed all parts Wild Black Cherry - damaged leaves pose the greatest risk, all parts are potentially toxic Wild Indigo all parts Wild Lettuce Wild Onion Wild Parsnip - foliage, roots Wild Sunflowers Wild Tomatoe all parts Wind Flower Wintersweet Wisteria all parts Wolfbane Y Yam Bean - roots, immature pods Yarrow Yellow Jasmine / Yellow Jessamine flowers Yellow Oleander Yellow Star Thistle - foliage, flowers Yew: English, American & Japanese wood, bark, seeds, leaves, needles Yew - all parts, bulbs, leaves, flowers, pollen, thistles
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Woods Considered Safe for Your Birds
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Indoor and Outdoor Plants Considered Safe
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Achira Acorn Summer Squash African Daisy African Violet Air Plant Airplane Plant Aloe Aluminum Plant Alyssum Areca / Butterfly Cane Asparagus Fern Australian Umbrella Tree Baby's Tears Bachelor's Buttons
Balloon Flower Bamboo Bee Balm Begonia Bellflower Birdnest Fern Bird of Paradise Black-eyed Susan Vine
Blue Marquerite Bottle Palm Boston Fern Bougainvillea Bush Cherry
Butterfly Bush Button Cactus most are non toxic except for pencil cactus, peyote/mescaline Candelabra Calendula
Camellia
Canna Lily
Carpet Bugle
Chamomile
Chicory Chickweed China Aster China Doll Christmas Cactus Cissus / Kangaroo Vine Coleus Coral Bells Corn Plant Cosmos
Crabapple
Crap Myrtle
Crab Tree
Creeping Charlie
Crown-pink Dahlia
Dandelion Day Lily Dogwood Donkey Tail / Burros Tail Dracena Varieties Dragon Tree Easter Cactus Egg Plant - fruit only Elephant Foot Tree
Evening Primrose False Spirea Ferns: asparagus , ball, bird nest fern, boston fern, button, brake, deers foot, dish, elks horn, fiji, maidenhair, mother fern, ribbon, staghorn, squirrels foot, sword Figs creeping, rubber, fiddle leaf, laurel leaf Flame Violet Forget-me-not Freesia Fushsia Gardenia Globe Thistle Gloxinia Gold Dust Gold Fish Plant Grape Hyacinth Grape Ivy Hare-foot Fern Hawthorn Heart-of-flame Bromeliad Hen's and Chickens Hibiscus Herbs: oregano, rosemary, thyme Honey Locust
Hibiscus
Honeysuckle
Huckleberry Impatients India Hawthorn Jade Plant Janet Craig Dracaena Japanese Aralia Jobs Tears Kalanchoe |
Kangaroo Vine Larch
Lavender Lipstick Plant
Lilac
Liriope Madagascar Dragon
Madagascar Jasime
Madagascar Lace Plant
Madrona
Magnolia Maidenhair Fern Mango - fruit Marigold Maternity Plant Meadow sweet Mirror plant Monkey Plant Moneywort Moon Magic Mosaic Plant Mother-in-Law's Tongue Mother of Pearls Mountain Ash Nasturtium Nectarines Nerve Plant
Norfolk Island Pine Orchids 100 Oregano
Painted Needle Palms: areca, bamboo, bottle, fan, date, howeia, kentia, lady, parlour, phoenix, ponytail palm, pygmy, rhapis, roebelin, sago, sentry palm Pansies - purple, white & yellow bi-color blooms are safe Parsley Papaya Passion Flower Vine
Peacock Plant
Peppermint Pepperomia Petunia Phlox Pilea Piggyback Plant
Piggyback begonia Pittosporum Pink Polka Dot Plant
Plum Polygonum Baldschuanicum
Pony Tail Palm: not a true palm Prayer Plant Prune Purple Passion/Velvet Nettle Purple Tiger
Pyracantha - ripe berries only
Queens Tears Bromeliad Raspberry
Rattlesnake Plant Red-hot Poker Red-Margined Dracaena Rock Rose Rosary Vone Rose Rubber Plant Rubus Odoratus
Russian Vine Sage Sago Palm: not a true palm
Sassafras
Schefflera: umbrella Sedum Sensitive Plant Silk Tree Snake Plant Snap Dragon Spider Plant Snowberry Swedish Ivy Tahitian Bridal Veil
Thanksgiving Cactus Thistle Thurlow
Thyme
Ti Plant
Toyon Tree Velvet Nettle Velvet Plant / Purple Passion Wandering Jew Wax Plant White Clover Yucca Zebra Zinnia
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