TOXIC PLANTS
The following is an alphabetical list of plants which, in whole or their parts, are known to range from mildly intoxicating to extremely toxic to herbivorous reptiles.
Acokantera
Aconite (monk's hood)
Amaryllis
Amsinckia (Tarweed)
Anemone
Apple (Seeds)
Apricot (Seeds)
Autumn crocus
Avocado
Azalea
Baneberry
Beach pea
Betal nut palm
Bellodonna
Bittersweet
Bird of paradise
Black locust
Bleeding heart
Bloodroot
Bluebonnet
Bottlebrush
Boxwood
Buckeye horse chestnut
Buttercup
Caladium
Calla lily
Cardinal flower
Carolina jessamine
Casava Roots
Castor bean
Chalice or trumpet vine
Cherry seed
Cherry laural
China berry tree
Christmas berry
Christmas cactus (Euphorbia)
Christmas rose
Columbine
Common privet
Coral plant
Crocus
Croton
Cyclamen
Daffodil
Daphne
Death camus
Deadly nightshade
Delphinium
Destroying angel (death cap)
Dogwood fruit
Dumb cane (Dieffenbachia)
Eggplant Foliage
Elderberry
Elephant ear (taro)
English ivy
Euphorbia (spurge)
False hellebore
Fiddleneck (Senecio)
Fly agaric (amanita, deathcap)
Four o'clock
Foxglove
Gelsemium
Golden chain
Hemlock roots (water & poison)
Henbane
Holly, English & American
Horse chestnut
Horsetail reed (Equisetum)
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Impatiens (touch-me-not)
Iris (flags)
Ivy (all forms)
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Jasmine
Jamine, star
Jatropha
Jerusalem cherry
Jessamine
Jimson weed (thorn apple)
Johnsongrass, wilted
Lambkill (sheep laurel)
Lantana camara
Larkspur
Laurel
Lily of the valley
Lobelia
Locoweed
Locust
Lupine
Machineel
Marijuana
May apple fruit
Mescal
Milk weed
Mistletoe
Moccasin flower
Monkshood
Moonseed
Morning glory
Moutain laurel
Mushrooms (some wild forms)
Narcissus
Natal cherry
Nectarine (inner seed only)
Nicotine, tree, bush, flowering
Nightshades
Oak trees (leaves and acorns)
Oleander
Peach (inner seed only)
Pear (seeds only)
Pennyroyal
Peony
Periwinkle
Philodendrons, some species
Pinks
Plum (seeds only)
Poinsettia
Poison hemlock
Poison ivy
Poison oak
Poison sumac
Pokewood or pokeberry
Poppy (except California)
Potato(foliage and sprouts)
Privet
Redwood
Rhubarb
Rhododendron
Rosary pea
Rosemary (foliage in some species)
Russian thistle
Sage (foliage in some species)
Salmonberry
Scarlet pimpernel
Scotch broom
Senecio ("fiddle neck")
Skunk cabbage
Snapdragon
Spanish bayonet
Squirrel corn
Sudan grass, wilted
Star of Bethlehem
Sundew
Sweet pea (stems)
Tansy
Taro (elephant ears)
Tarweed
Tiger lily
Toad flax
Tomato Plant (foliage and vines)
Toyon berry
Tree of heaven
Trillium
Trumpet vine
Tulip
Venus flytrap
Verbena
Vetch (several forms)
Virginia creeper
Water hemlock
Wild parsnip
Wisteria
Yellow star thistle
Yew
It should be noted that this is ONLY a list of the KNOWN toxic plants and due to the number of plant species around the world caution should always be used when exposing an herbevorious reptile to any plant.
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