This list was compiled from plants known to be poisonous or harmful to mammals. Birds may be able to tolerate more of the toxins in these plants than mammals can, but if you feed your birds any plants listed here, you do so at your own risk.

TOXIC PLANTS

Amarylis, Arum Lily, Australian Flametree, Autumn Crocus, Avocado, Azalea, Balsam Pear, Baneberry, Bird of Paradise, Bishops Weed, Black Laurel, Bleeding Heart, Boxwood, Burdock, Cacao, Caladium, Camel Bush, Caladium, Cana Lily, Cardinal Flower, Chalice, Castor Bean, Castor Oil Plant, Coffee Bean, Coral Plant, Daffodil, Datura, Delphinium, Devil's Ivy, Dieffenbachia, Egg-Plant, Elephant's Ear, Elderberry, Ergot, Euclayptus, False Hellebore, Florial Arrangement, Fire thorn, Four O'Clock, Foxglove, Glottidium, Golden Chain, Grass, Ground Cherry, Heaths, Hyacinth, Hydrangea, Japanese Yew, Java Beens, Lantana, Lily-Of-The-Valley, Narcissus, Nightshade,Oleander, Philodendron, Poinsettia, Privet, Rhododendron, Yam Bean.

OUTDOOR PLANTS

American Yew, Cowslip, Baneberry, Bittersweet Nightshade, Black Locust, Bloodroot, Blue-Green Algae, Buckthorn, Buttercup, Calla Lilly, Cherry Tree, (bark, twigs, leaves and pits) Christmas Candle, Clematis, Daphne, Death Camas, Deadly Amanita (mushroom), English Holly, Evergreen Trees, English Yew, False Hellebore, Foxglove, Fly Agaric Mushrooms, Golden Chain, Henbane, Hemlock, Honey Locust, Horse Chestnut, Indian Turnip, Iris, Hack-In-The-Pulpit, Jimsonweed, Juniper, Larkspur, Locoweed, Lords @ Ladies, Marijuana, Mayapple, Mescal Bean, Mistletoe, Mock Orange, Monkshood, Morning Glory, Mountain Laurel, Nutmeg, Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Pokeweed, Potato, (new Shoots) Rhubarb, Rosary Peas, Skunk Cabbage, Snowdrop, Snow-On-The-mountain, Snow Flake, Sweet Pea, Tobacco, Virginia Creeper, Water Hemlock, Western Yew, Wisteria.

COMMON HOUSEHOLD POISONS

Alcoholic Drinks, Ammonia, Antifreeze, Ant Syrup or Paste, Arsenic, Asbestos, Auto Products, Bathroom Cleaners, Bleach, Boric Acid, Camphophenique, Carbon Monoxide, Chlorine, Cigerette Smoke, Clinitest Tablets, Copper/Brass Cleaners, Corn & Wart Remover, Deodorants, Detergents, Diazinon, Disinfectants, Drain Cleaners, Epoxy Glue, Felt Tip Markers, Flea Products, Floor Polish, Formaldehyde, Furniture Polish, Garden Sprays, Gasoline, Gun Cleaners, Hair Dyes & Sprays, Herbicides, Iodine, Kerosene, Lighter Fluid, Kye, Matches, Model Cement, Moth Balls, Muriatic Acid, Mushrooms, Nail Polish/Remover, Nitrogen Dioxide, Oven Cleaners, Over-Heated Non-Stick cookware, Paint & thinner, Perfume, Permanents, (hair) Pesticides, Rubbing Alcohol, Shaving Lotion, Shellac, Shoe Polish, Silver Polish Snail Bait, Spot Remover, Spray Starch, Strychnine, Sulfuric Acid, Super Glue, Suntan Lotions/Oils, Surgical Acrylics, Turnpentine, Wax, Weed Killers, Window Cleaners, Wood Preservatives.

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