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Plants with Poisonous Berries




Latin Name               Common Name

Convallaria majalis              Lily of the Valley
Maianthemum canadense          Wild Lily of the Valley
Caulophyllum thalictroides              Blue Cohosh
Asparagus officinalis              Asparagus
Phytolacca americana                     Pokeweed
Aralia nudicaulis                   Sarsaparilla
Physalis spp.                     Ground Cherry
Solanum nigrum                  Black Nightshade
Solanum carolinense                  Horse Nettle
Hydrastis canadensis              Goldenseal
Actaea spp.                  Baneberry
Aralia racemosa          American Spikenard
Taxus canadensis                 American Yew
Celastrus scandens or orbiculatus       Bittersweet
Cocculus carolinus            Redberry Moonseed
Menispermum canadense or Calycocarpum lyoni     Canada Moonseed or Cupseed
Hedera helix              English Ivy
Solanum dulcamara         Bitter Nightshade
Phoradendron flavescens              Mistletoe
Daphne mezereum              Daphne
Ilex galbra                Inkberry or Gallberry
Ilex spp.                 Holly
Oplopanax horridus              Devil's Club
Rhus radicans              Poison Ivy
Rhus toxicodendron         Poison Oak
Rhus vernix                 Poison Sumac
Aralia hispida          Bristly Sarsaparilla
Aralia spinosa              Hercules Club
Morus rubra or alba              Red or White Mulberry* If Unripe
Melia azedarach              Chinaberry

This is not a complete list of all poisonous berries. If you don't know for sure Don't Eat It!!


Information is from
BERRY FINDER by Dorcas S. Miller




Shrubs to attract Birds






Latin Name                        Common Name
Amelanchier species(sp.)       Serviceberry
Aronia sp.                                   Chokeberry
Berberis sp.                            Barberries
Cornus sp.                               Dogwoods
Cotoneaster sp.                    Cotoneaster
Ilex sp.                                  Hollies
Juniperus sp.                       Junipers
Ligustrum sp.                      Privet
Lonicera sp.                      Honeysuckles
Magnolia sp.                      Magnolias
Rhus sp.                                  Sumacs
Viburnum sp.                      Viburnums






Shrubs to attract Hummingbirds







Latin Names         Common Names


Azalea sp.                Azaleas
Buddleia                Butterfly Bush
Cotoneaster sp.        Cotoneaster
Hibiscus sp.        Rose of Sharon
Lonicera sp.        Honeysuckles
Rododendrons                Rododendrons
Syringa sp.                Lilacs
Quince sp.                Flowering Quince
Weigela florida         Weigelas
Yucca filamentosa                Yuccas








Plants to attract Butterflies





Latin Names               Common Names


Azalea sp                        Azaleas
Buddleia                    Butterfly Bush
Clethrea alnifolia           Clethrea
Cotoneaster sp.              Cotoneasters
Hibiscus sp.              Rose of Sharon
Ligustrum sp.                       Privet
Lonicera sp.         Honeysuckles
Potentilla               Cinquefoil
Spiraea sp.              Spireas
Syringa sp.              Lilacs
Viburnum sp.              Viburnums
Weigela sp.              Weigelas
Yucca                       Yuccas





Plants used to Resist Deer





Rarely Damaged

Latin Name                                Common Name

Berberis                                Barberry
Buxus sempervirens                             Common Boxwood
Ilex opaca                             American Holly
Picea pungens                                 Colorado Blue spruce
Pieris japonica                                Japanese Pieris

Seldom Damaged

Latin Name                                Common Name

Betula pendula                                European White Birch
Calastrus scandens                                American Bittersweet
Cornus sericea                                Red-Oiser Dogwood
Cornus florida                                Flowering Dogwood
Cornus kousa                                Kousa Dogwood
Fagus sylvatica                                European Beech
Forsynthia sp.                                Forsynthias
Gleditsia triacanthos                                 Honey Locust
Ilex glabra                                                Inkberry
Kalmia latifolia                                Mountian Laurel
Pinus Mugo                                                Mugo Pine
Wisteria floribunda                                Japanese Wisteria
Avoid

Latin Names                                Common Names


Cercis canadensis                                Eastern Redbud
Clematis sp.                                Clematis
Euonymus alatus                                Winged Euonymus
Rhododendron sp.                      Rhododendrons & Azaleas
Rosa X hybrid                                Hybrid Tea Rose
Taxus sp.                                                Yews
Thuja occidentalis                           American Arborvitae



Shrubs for Windy Areas





Latin Names                    Common Names

Amelanchier alnifolia                           Serviceberry
Berberis sp.                                     Barberries
Buxus                                                   Boxwood
Chamaercyparis                                  False Cypress
Cotoneaster sp.                              Cotoneasters
Euonymus japonica                  Evergreen Euonymus
Juniperus                                           Junipers
Laurus nobilis                      Sweet Bay Magnolia
Lonicera                                    Honeysuckles
Myrica pensylvanica                      Bayberry
Pyracantha                                    Firethorn
Rhus{some}                                     Sumac
Viburnum dentatum                  Arrowwodd Viburnum
Yucca                                                   Yuccas