Toxic Plants
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.
- Alacia
- Amaryllis – bulbs
- American Yew
- Apricot
- Autumn Crocus/Meadow Saffron
- Avocado
- Azalea – leaves
- Balsam Pear – seeds, outer rind of fruit
- Baneberry – berries, root
- Beans – all types if uncooked
- Birch
- Bird of Paradise – seeds
- Bittersweet Nightshade
- Black Locust – bark, sprouts, foliage
- Bleeding Heart/Dutchman’s Breeches
- Bloodroot
- Blue-green Algae – some forms toxic
- Boxwood – leaves, stems
- Bracken Fern
- Broomcorn Grass
- Buckthorn – fruit, bark
- Buttercup – sap, bulbs
- Caladium – leaves
- Calla Lily – leaves
- Candelabra Tree
- Cardinal Flower
- Castor Bean – also castor oil, leaves
- Chalice Vine/Trumpet vine
- Cherry Tree – bark, twigs, leaves, pits
- Chinaberry Tree
- Christmas Candle – sap
- Clematis/Virginia Bower
- Coral Plant – seeds
- Cowslip/Marsh Marigold
- Croton
- Crown of Thorns
- Daffodil – bulbs
- Daphne – berries
- Datura – berries
- Deadly Amanita
- Death Camas
- Delphinium
- Deffenbachia/Dumb Cane – leaves
- Eggplant – fruit okay
- Elephant's Ear/Taro – leaves, stem
- Elderberry
- English Ivy berries, leaves
- English Yew
- Euonymus/Spindle Tree
- False Hellebore
- Firethorn/Pyracantha
- Fly Agaric Mushroom – Deadly Amanita
- Four O’Clock
- Foxglove – leaves, seeds
- Ficus (weeping)
- Golden Chain/Laburnum
- Ground Cherry
- Hemlock – also water the plant is in
- Henbane – seeds
- Holly – berries
- Honey Locust
- Honeysuckle
- Pecan
- Horse Chestnut/Buckeye – nuts, twigs
- Horsetail
- Hyacinth – bulbs
- Hydrangea – flower bud
- Indian Licorice Bean
- Indian Turnip/Jack-in-Pulpit
- Iris/Blue Flag – bulbs
- Ivy
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Japanese Yew – needles, seeds
- Jasmine
- Java Bean – lima bean – uncooked
- Jimsonweed/Thornapple
- Jerusalem Cherry – berries
- Johnson Grass
- Juniper – needles, stems, berries
- Kentucky Coffee Tree
- Lupines/Bluebonnet
- Mandrake
- Mango Tree – wood, leaves, rind-fruit safe
- 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
- Moonseed
- Monkshood/Aconite – leaves, root
- Morning Glory
- Mountain Laurel
- Mushrooms – several varieties
- Narcissus – bulbs
- Nectarine
- Nettles
- Nightshade – all varieties
- Nutmeg
- Oak – acorns, foliage
- Oleander – leaves, branches, nectar
- Peach
- Peanuts – raw
- Pencil Tree
- Periwinkle
- Philodendron – leaves and stem
- Pigweed
- Pikeweed
- Pine Needles – berries
- Plum
- Pointsetta – leaves, roots, immature
- Poison Ivy – sap
- Poison Oak – sap
- Pokeweed/Inkberry – leaf, root, young berries
- Potato – eyes, new shoots
- Pothos
- Privet
- Prune
- Rain Tree
- Ranunculus/Buttercup
- Red Maple
- Rhododendron
- Rhubarb – leaves
- Rosary Peas/Indian Licorice – seeds
- Sandbox Tree
- Scarlet Runner Beans
- Skunk Cabbage
- Snowdrop
- Snowflake
- Snow on the Mountain/Ghostweed
- Sorghum Grass
- Sorrel
- Sudan Grass
- Sweet Pea – seeds, fruit
- Tansy Ragwort
- Tobacco – leaves, smoke
- Vetch
- Virginia Creeper – sap
- Water Hemlock
- Western Yew
- Wisteria
- Yam Bean – roots
- Yellow Jasmine
- Yew (Amer, Engl, Japan) – needles, thistles