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Toxic Plants

Plants add the needed finishing touches to any decor. But, if you have a feline, that beautiful plant could become a deadly enemy. Listed here are plants poisonous to cats that must be avoided if there are cats in your home. Note that lilies(*), in particular, are dangerous to cats. While in some cases, just parts of a plant (bark, leaves, seeds, berries, roots, tubers, spouts, green shells) might be poisonous, this list rules out the whole plant. If you must have any of them, keep them safely out of reach. Should your feline friend eat part of a poisonous plant, rush the cat to your veterinarian as soon as possible. If you can, take the plant with you for ease of identification.

Plants Poisonous to Cats

Alfalfa			Almond (Pits of)			Aloe Vera
Alocasia			Amaryllis				Apple (seeds)
Apple Leaf Croton		Apricot (Pits of)			Arrowgrass
Asparagus Fern		Autumn Crocus			Avacado (fuit and pit)
Azalea 			Baby's Breath			Baneberry
Bayonet			Beargrass				Beech
Belladonna			Bird of Paradise			Bittersweet
Black-eyed Susan		Black Locust				Bleeding Heart
Bloodroot			Bluebonnet				Box
Boxwood			Branching Ivy			Buckeyes
Buddist Pine			Burning Bush				Buttercup
Cactus, Candelabra		Caladium				Calla Lily
Castor Bean			Ceriman				Charming 
Dieffenbachia		Cherry (pits, seeds, leaves)	Cherry, most wild varieties
Cherry, ground		Cherry, Laurel			Chinaberry		
Chinese Evergreen		Christmas Rose			Chrysanthemum	
Cineria			Clematis				Cordatum		
Coriaria			Cornflower				Corn Plant		
Cornstalk Plant		Croton					Corydalis	
Crocus, Autumn		Crown of Thorns			Cuban Laurel		
Cutleaf Philodendron	Cycads					Cyclamen		
Daffodil			Daphne					Datura			
Deadly Nightshade		Death Camas				Devil's Ivy		
Delphinium			Decentrea				Deffenbachia		
Dracaena Palm		Dragon Tree				Dumb Cane		
Easter Lily *		Eggplant				Elaine			
Elderberry			Elephant Ear				Emerald Feather
English Ivy			Eucalyptus				Euonymus
Evergreen			Ferns					Fiddle-leaf fig
Florida Beauty		Flax					Four O'Clock
Foxglove			Fruit Salad Plant			Geranium
German Ivy			Giant Dumb Cane			Glacier IvyGolden Chain
Gold Dieffenbachia		Gold Dust Dracaena			Golden Glow
Golden Pothos		Gopher Purge				Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy
Heartland Philodendron	Hellebore				Hemlock, Poison
Hemlock, Water		Henbane				Holly
Honeysuckle			Horsebeans				Horsebrush
Horse Chestnuts		Hurricane Plant			Hyacinth
Hydrangea			Indian Rubber Plant			Indian Tobacco
Iris				Iris Ivy				Jack in the Pulpit
Janet Craig Dracaena	Japanese Show Lily *		Java Beans
Jessamine			Jerusalem Cherry			Jimson Weed
Jonquil			Jungle Trumpets			Kalanchoe
Lacy Tree Philodendron	Lantana				Larkspur
Laurel				Lily					Lily Spider
Lily of the Valley		Locoweed				Lupine
Madagascar Dragon Tree	Marble Queen				Marigold
Marijuana			Mescal Bean				Mexican Breadfruit
Miniature Croton		Mistletoe				Mock Orange
Monkshood			Moonseed				Morning Glory
Mother-in Law's Tongue	Mountain Laurel			Mushrooms
Narcissus			Needlepoint Ivy			Nephytis
Nightshade			Oleander				Onion
Oriental Lily *		Peace Lily				Peach (pits and wilting leaves)
Pencil Cactus		Peony					Periwinkle
Philodendron			Pimpernel				Plumosa Fern
Poinciana			Poinsettia (low toxicity)		Poison Hemlock
Poison Ivy			Poison Oak				Pokeweed
Poppy				Potato					Pothos
Precatory Bean		Primrose				Privet, Common
Red Emerald			Red Princess				Red-Margined Dracaena
Rhododendron			Rhubarb				Ribbon Plant
Rosemary Pea			Rubber Plant				Saddle Leaf Philodendron
Sago Palm			Satin Pothos				Schefflera
Scotch Broom			Silver Pothos			Skunk Cabbage
Snowdrops			Snow on the Mountain		Spotted Dumb Cane
Staggerweed			Star of Bethlehem			String of Pearls
Striped Dracaena		Sweetheart Ivy			Sweetpea
Swiss Cheese plant		Tansy Mustard			Taro Vine
Tiger Lily *			Tobacco				Tomato Plant (green fruit, stem, leaves)
Tree Philodendron		Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia		Tulip
Tung Tree			Virginia Creeper			Water Hemlock
Weeping Fig			Wild Call				Wisteria
Yews --			e.g. Japanese Yew			English Yew
Western Yew			American Yew








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