Harley's Haven

in home privately run rescue for birds

Harmful Plants

Harmful Plants (first source)

Amaryllis - bulbs

American Yew

Avocado

Azalea - leaves

Balsam Pear - seeds, outer rind of fruit

Baneberry - berries, root

Bird of Paradise - seeds

Black Locust - bark, sprouts, foliage

Blue-green Algae - some forms toxic

Boxwood - leaves, stems

Buckthorn - fruit, bark

Buttercup - sap, bulbs

Caladium - leaves

Calla Lily - leaves

Castor Bean - also castor oil, leaves

Chalice Vine/Trumpet vine

Christmas Candle - sap

Clematis/Virginia Bower

Coral Plant - seeds

Cowslip/Marsh Marigold

Daffodil - bulbs

Daphne - berries

Datura - berries

Deadly Amanita

Death Camas

Delphinium

Deffenbachia/Dumb Cane - leaves

Eggplant - fruit okay

Elephants Ear/Taro - leaves, stem

English Ivy berries, leaves

English Yew

False Henbane

Fly Agaric Mushroom - Deadly Amanita

Foxglove - leaves, seeds

Golden Chain/Laburnum

Hemlock - also water the plant is in

Henbane - seeds

Holly - berries

Horse Chestnut/Buckeye - nuts, twigs

Hyacinth - bulbs

Hydrangea - flower bud

Indian Turnip/Jack-in-Pulpit

Iris/Blue Flag - bulbs

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Japanese Yew - needles, seeds

Java Bean - lima bean - uncooked

Juniper - needles, stems, berries

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

Monkshood/Aconite - leaves, root

Morning Glory

Narcissus - bulbs

Nightshade - all varieties

Oleander - leaves, branches, nectar

Philodendron - leaves and stem

Pointsetta - leaves, roots, immature

Poison Ivy - sap

Poison Oak - sap

Pokeweed/Inkberry - leaf,root,young berries

Potato - eyes, new shoots

Privet

Rhododendron

Rhubarb - leaves

Rosary Peas/Indian Licorice - seeds

Skunk Cabbage

Snowdrop

Snow on the Mountain/Ghostweed

Sweet Pea - seeds, fruit

Tobacco - leaves

Virginia Creeper - sap

Water Hemlock

Western Yew

Wisteria

Yam bean - roots, immature roots

Harmful Plants (other sources)

Alacia

Apricot

Autumn Crocus/Meadow Saffron

Beans - all types if uncooked

Birch

Bittersweet Nightshade

Bleeding Heart/Dutchman's Breeches

Bloodroot

Bracken Fern

Broomcorn Grass

Candelabra Tree

Cardinal Flower

Cherry Tree - bark, twigs, leaves, pits

Chinaberry Tree

Crown of Thorns

Croton

Elderberry

Euonymus/Spindle Tree

False Hellebore

Ficus (weeping)

Firethorn/Pyracantha

Four O'Clock

Glory Bean

Ground Cherry

Honey Locust

Honeysuckle

Horsetail

Indian Licorice Bean

Ivy

Jasmine

Jimsonweed/Thornapple

Jerusalem Cherry - berries

Johnson Grass

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Lupines/Bluebonnet

Mandrake

Mango Tree - wood,leaves,rind-fruit safe

Moonseed

Mountain Laurel

Mushrooms - several varieties

Nectarine

Nettles

Nutmeg

Oak - acorns, foliage

Peach

Peanuts - raw

Pencil Tree

Periwinkle

Pigweed

Pikeweed

Pine needles - berries

Plum

Pothos

Prune

Rain Tree

Ranunculus/Buttercup

Red Maple

Sandbox Tree

Scarlet Runner Beans

Snowflake

Sorghum Grass

Sorrel

Sudan Grass

Tansy Ragwort

Vetch

Yello Jasmine

Yew (Amer,Engl,Japan) - needles, thistles