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Poisonous Plants to Avoid

Poisonous Plants to Avoid
December 1, 2020

All lilies can be poisonous to cats. All parts of the plant, including the pollen, are toxic and can cause kidney failure. Do not bring any lily into the home where there is a cat. If you know that your cat has eaten a part of a lily, they will need immediate treatment.

There are a number of other common plants which may be toxic to dogs and cats and should be avoided. These include:

Arum Lily 

Autumn Crocus 

Australian Flame Tree 

Avocado 

Azalea Baneberry 

Bird Of Paradise 

Bishop's Weed 

Black Laurel 

Black Locust

Bleeding Heart 

Bloodroot 

Bluebonnet 

Blue-Green Algae 

Boxwood 

Bracken Fern 

Buckthorn 

Bulb Flowers 

Burdock 

Cacao 

Camel Bush 

Caladium 

Calla Lily  

Cardinal Flower 

Chalice

Cherry Tree  

Chinaberry Tree 

Clematis

Cocklebur 

Coffee

Coral Plant 

Coriander 

Dieffenbachia 

Elderberry

Elephant Ear (Taro)  

Eucalyptus  

Euonymus  

False Hellebore

Flame Tree

Felt Plant 

Firethorn 

Four O'Clock  

Foxglove

Glottidium 

Golden Chain 

Ground Cherry 

Heaths

Heliotrope  

Hemlock  

Henbane

Holly  

Honeysuckle

Horse Chestnut  

Horsetail

Hydrangea  

English Ivy 

Jasmine  

Jimsonweed

Lantana

Larkspur

Lily Of The Valley 

Easter Lily 

Lupine 

Marijuana 

Mandrake 

Mexican Poppy 

Milkweed 

Vetch 

Yellow Jasmine 

Mistletoe 

Mock Orange  

Monkshood 

Moonseed 

Morning Glory 

Mountain Laurel 

Mushrooms  

Nightshades 

Oak 

Oleander

Periwinkle

Philodendron

Pigweed 

Poinciana 

Poinsettia 

Poison Ivy

Poison Oak 

Pokeweed 

Potato Shoots

Privet 

Pyricantha 

Rain Tree 

Ranunculus (Buttercup) 

Rape 

Red Maple 

Snowdrop

Spurges

Sweet Pea

Tansy

Tobacco

Wisteria

Yews