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Potentially Toxic Plants
 

WARNING

Accurate identification is essential in providing proper treatment for your pet who has eaten a potentially toxic plant.  It is helpful if all indoor and outdoor plants are properly identified and labeled.  When purchasing plants, ask the nursery or flower shop personnel  for assistance in identifying and labeling each plant.  (A Sharpie permanent marker works great in putting appropriate identification on the back or bottom of the flowerpot).

Plants are often sprayed with insecticides and fertilizers, which can alter or disguise the symptoms seen in animals exposed to hazardous plants.  Even non-toxic plants that have been sprayed with these chemicals may cause irritation to the gastro-intestinal system.

The pet's size and age, as well as the amount that has been eaten can influence the severity of any potential poisoning.  The most common symptoms of consuming a plant would be gastro-intestinal upset, i.e., drooling, nausea and vomiting.  In highly toxic plants or in cases left untreated the results can be death.

Following is a compiled list which represents the most commonly kept plants, but is in no way complete.  We have tried to identify which parts are toxic, but haven't been able to in all cases.

 

A

  
Acokanthera Angel Trumpet Tree Atamsco Lily
Aconite (Monkshood) Anthurium Atropa Belladonna
Akee (Soapberry) Apple (seeds) Australian Laurel
Aloe Apple Leaf Croton Autumn Crocus (bulb)
Amaryllis (bulb) Apricot (pits) Avocado (fruit and bulb)
Amsinckia (Tarweed) Arrowhead Vine Alligator Pear
Anenoma (Wildflower) Asparagus Fern (Shoots and berries) Azalea
     
     

 

 

B

  
Balsam Pea Black Walnut Boxwood
Baneberry (Doll's Eyes) Bleeding Heart Braken Fern
Beach Pea Petal Nut Palm Bluebonnets Branching Ivy
Belladonna Blue Flag (Iris) Buckeye Horse Chestnut (Buddahist Pine)
Bird of Paradise Blue-Green Algae Blackhorn
Bittersweet Bloodroot Broad Bean
Black Locust Bottlebrush Buttercup
     
     

 

 

C

  
Caladium Chinaberry Tree Cordatum
Calendula (Marigold and other names) Chinese Evergreen Corn Cockle
Calla Lilly (bulb) Chocolate Items Corn Lily
Canary Bird Bush Choke Cherry Corn Plant
Candelabra Cactus Christmas Berry Corn Silk Plant
Cardinal Flower Christmas Cactus Cotoneaster
Carolina Jessamine Christmas Candle Coyotillo
Cashew Christmas Rose Crinum Lily
Cassava Chrysanthemum Crocus
Castor Bean (seeds) Cineraria Croton
Castor-Oil Plant Clematis Cursed Crowfoot
Cat Claw Climbing Lily Cycads
Catelaw Acacia Coffee Weed Cyclamen
Ceriman Columbine Cowslip
Chalice Vine (Trumpet Vine) Common Burdock Cuban Laurel
Charming Diffenbachia Common Cocklebur  
Cherry (Wild and Cultivated) (seeds and leaves Common Privet  
Cherry Laurel Coral Plant  
     
     
     

 

 

D

  
Daffodil (bulbs) Death Cap Mushroom Dogwood
Daphne Delphinium (Larkspur) (Flowers and plant) Dracaena Palm
Datura (Jimson Weed) Devil's Ivy Dragon Tree
Deadly Amanita Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane) Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia)
Deadly Nightshade Destroying Angel (Death Cap) Dutchman's Breeches (Bleeding Heart)
Death Camas    
     
     

 

 

E

  
Easter Lily Emerald Feather Euonymus
Eggplant (green growth and sprouts) English Ivy Euphorbic (Crown of Thorns, Spurge)
Elaine Equisetum European Beech
Elderberry Ergot Evening Trumpet Flower
Elephant Ears    
     
     

 

 

F

  
False Hellebore Fig (Ficus) Four O'Clock
False Henbane Flax Foxglove
Fava Bean Florida Beauty Fruit Salad Plant (Philodendron Pertosum)
Fiddle Leaf Fig Fly Agaric (Amanita, Death Cap)  
Fiddle neck (Senecio)    
     
     

 

 

G

  
Gelsemium Giant Dumb Crane Golden Dewdrop
Geranium Glacier Ivy Green Dragon
Germany Ivy Glory Lily  
Ghost Weed Golden Chain  
     
     

 

 

H

  
Heliebore Holly (English and American) Horsetail Reed (Equisetum)
Heliotrope Horse Bean Hyacinth
Hemlock (poison and water Horse Chestnut Hydrangea
Henbane    
     
     

 

 

I

  
Impatiens Indian Turnip Jack-in-the-Pulpit) Iris (Blue Flag)
Indian Hemp (Dogbane) Inkberry Ivy (All Forms)
Indian Tobacco Ink Weed (Dry Mary)  
     

 

 

J

  
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Jatropha Jimson Weed (Thorn Apple)
Japanese Yew Java Bean Johnson Grass
Jasmine ((Yellow) Jerusalem Cherry Jonquil
Jasmine (Spur) Jessamine Juniper
     
     
     

 

 

K

  
Kentucky Coffee Tree Klamath Weed  
     
     

 

 

L

  
Laburnum Laurels Locust
Lady's Slipper Lily of the Valley Lord and Ladies (Cuckoopint)
Lambkill (Sheep Laurel) Lima Bean (Java Bean) Lupine
Lantana Camara Lobelia  
Larkspur Locoweed  
     
     

 

 

M

  
Machineel Mexican Bird of Paradise Monkshood
Magnolia Mexican Breadfruit Moonseed
Maindenhair Tree (Ginko Biloba) Mexican Tea Morning Glory
Mandrake Milkweed Mushrooms and Toadstools (wild Types)
Marijuana Mistletoe Mustard
Marsh Marigold Moccasin Flower (Lady (Slipper)  
May Apple Mock Orange  
Mescal (Bean) Mole Bean  
     

 

 

N

  
Narcissus (Paper-White, Daffodil) Nepthytis Night-Blooming Jessamine
Natal Cherry Nettle Nightshades
Nectarine Seed Nicotiana  
     

 

 

O

  
Onions    
     

 

 

P

  
Pasque Flower Philodendron (Cutleaf) Poison Sumac
Pathos Pigeonberry pokeweed/Poke Cherry
Paw Paw Pigweed Poppy (except California)
Peach Pinks (Sweet William, Carnations) Potato
Pear Pittosporum Pothos
Pennyroyal Plums Precatory Bean
Peony Poinsettia Primrose
Periwinkle Poison Hemlock Primula
Peyote Poison Ivy Privet
Pheasant's Eye Poison Oak  
     
     

 

 

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R

  
Ragwort Rhododendron Rose Bay
Ranunculus Rhubarb Rosemary
Rattlebox Ricnus Rubber Vine
Red Oak Rosary Peas Russian Thistle
     

 

 

S

  
Sage Sneezeweed Sudan Grass
Salmonberry Snowdrop Star of Bethlehem (Snowdrop, Nap-at-Noon)
Scarlet Pimpernel Sorghum Stranomium
Scotch Bloom Sour Dock (Sorrel) St. John's Wort
Senecia (Fiddle Neck) Spanish Bayonet Sundew
Silver Leaf Night Shade Spider Lily Swamp Lily
Skunk Cabbage Spindle Tree Sweet Pea
Sky Flower Duranta Spurges  
Snapdragon Star Jasmine  
     
     
     

 

 

T

  
Tansy Tiger Lily Toyon Berry
Taro (Elephant Ears) Toad Flax Trillium
Tarweed Tobacco Tri-Leaf Wonder
Texas Mountain Laurel Tomato Plant Trumpet Vine
Thorn Apple Touch-Me-Not Tulip
     
     

 

 

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V

  
Venus Fly Trap Vetches Virginia Creeper
Verbena    
     
     

 

 

W

  
Walnut Wild Black Cherry (Choke Cherry, Rum Cherry) Wild Parsnip
Water Hemlock Wild Cucumber (Manroot) Wisteria
White Snakeroot (Richweed) Wild Onion (also cultivated onion) Wormseed
     
     
     

 

 

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Y

  
Yam Bean Yellow Star Thistle Yucca Plant
Yellow Oleander Yew (American and English)  
     
     

 

 

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The YTCA Foundation is a separate 501 C 3 charitable organization for the health and genetic concerns of the Yorkshire Terrier. Contributions are deductible for Federal Income Tax purposes.  It is NOT a breeder referral.
 
Please note that this web site is intended as a source of information only.  It is not intended as a substitute for professional care. Always consult with your Veterinarian about health related matters. The information provided here is a brief outline only of some of the health issues which may be of concern for the Yorkshire Terrier breed and should not be considered as a complete listing.