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Poisonous Plants for Cats and Dogs

  • Alfalfa (multiple exposures)

  • Aloe Vera (Medicine Plant)

  • Amaryllis

  • Apple (seeds)

  • Apple Leaf Croton

  • Apricot (pit)

  • Asparagus Fern

  • Autumn Crocus

  • Avocado(fruit and pit)

  • Azalea

  • Baby’s Breath

  • Bittersweet

  • Bird of Paradise

  • Branching Ivy

  • Buckey

  • Buddhist Pine

  • Caladium

  • Calla Lily

  • Castor Bean

  • Ceriman

  • Charming Dieffenbachia

  • Cherry (seeds and wilting leaves)

  • Chinese Evergreen

  • Christmas Rose

  • Cineraria

  • Clematis

  • Cordatum

  • Corn Plant

  • Cornstalk Plant

  • Croton

  • Cuban Laurel

  • Cutleaf Philodendron

  • Cycads

  • Cyclamen

  • Daffodil

  • Devil’s Ivy

  • Dieffenbachia

  • Dracaena Palm

  • Dragon Tree

  • Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia)

  • Easter Lily (especially cats!!)

  • Elaine

  • Elephant Ears

  • Emerald Feather

  • English Ivy

  • Fiddle-leaf fig

  • Florida Beauty

  • Foxglove

  • Fruit Salad Plant

  • Geranium

  • German Ivy

  • Giant Dumb Cane

  • Glacier Ivy

  • Gold Dieffenbachia

  • Gold Dust Dracaena

  • Golden Pothos

  • Hahn’s Self-Branching IvyHeartland Philodendron

  • Hurricane Plant

  • Indian Rubber Plant

  • Janet Craig Dracaena

  • Japanese Show Lily (especially cats!!)

  • Jerusalem Cherry

  • Kalanchoe (Panda Bear Plant)

  • Lacy Tree Philodendron

  • Lily of the Valley

  • Mother-in Law’s Tongue

  • Madagascar Dragon Tree

  • Marble Queen

  • Marijuana

  • Mexican Breadfruit

  • Miniature Croton

  • Mistletoe

  • Morning Glory

  • Narcissus

  • Needlepoint Ivy

  • Nephytis

  • Nightshade

  • Oleander

  • Onion

  • Oriental Lily (especially cats!!)

  • Peace Lily

  • Peach (wilting leaves and pits)

  • Pencil Cactus

  • Plumosa Fern

  • Poinsettia (low toxicity)

  • Poison Ivy

  • Poison Oak

  • Pothos

  • Potato Plant (green fruit, stem and leaves)

  • Precatory Bean

  • Primrose (Primula)

  • Red Emerald

  • Red Princess

  • Red-Margined Dracaena

  • Rhododendron

  • Ribbon Plant

  • Saddle Leaf Philodendron

  • Sago Palm

  • Satin Pothos

  • Schefflera

  • Silver Pothos

  • Spotted Dumb Cane

  • String of Pearls

  • Striped Dracaena

  • Sweetheart Ivy

  • Swiss Cheese Plant

  • Taro Vine

  • Tiger Lily (especially cats!!)

  • Tomato Plant (green fruit, stem and leaves)

  • Tree Philodendron

  • Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia

  • Weeping Fig

  • Yew

* please note: this list is not all inclusive

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