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PLANTS THAT POISON. EXTRACT FROM TESTUDO VOL. 3, NO. 1

Originally compiled by the San Diego Turtle and Tortoise Society.

ACOKANTHERA fruit and flowers
ACONITE roots, flowers and leaves
ANEMONE

AMARYLLIS

APPLE SEEDS

APRICOT SEEDS

ATROPA BELLADONNA

AUTUMN CROCUS bulbs

AZALEAS, RHODODENDRONS

BITTERSWEET (Solanum) BLEEDING HEART BOTTLEBRUSH flowers

BOXWOOD

BUTTERCUP

CALADIUM

CALLA LILY

CAROLINA JESSAMINE CASVA roots

CASTOR BEANS

CHERRIES twigs & foliage CHERRY LAUREL (Prunus) CHRISTMAS ROSE (Helleborus) COLUMBINE

COMMON PRIVET berries & leaves

CROCUS all bulbs

CROTON outdoor plants

DAPHNE berries DAFFODIL bulbs

DEADLY NIGHTSHADE

DELPHINIUM

DOGWOOD fruits lightly poisonous

ELDERBERRY leaves shoots & bark

ELEPHANTS EARS

EUPHORBIA (poinsettia)

FOXGLOVE

GELSEMUM

HELLEBORE

HEMLOCK ROOTS

HOLLY leaves & berries

HORSE CHESTNUT

HYACINTH BULBS

HYDRANGEA

IMPATIENS IRIS

IVY

JASMINE

JERUSALEM CHERRY

LANTANA CAMARA (Redsage)

LARKSPUR

LAURELS

LILY OF THE VALLEY

LOBELIA

LUPIN

MARIJUANA

MAY APPLE

MILKWEED

MISTLETOE

MOCCASIN FLOWER (LadySlipper)

MOCK ORANGE

MONKSHOOD

MOONSEED berries

MORNING GLORY

MUSHROOMS & TOADSTOOLS (Wild Types)

NARCISSUS BULBS

NATAL CHERRY (Solanum)

NICOTIANA leaves

OAKS foliage & acorns

OLEANDER

PEACH SEEDS

PEAR SEEDS

PEONY

PERIWINKLE

PHILODENDRON seeds & sap PINKS

PLUM SEEDS

POINSETTIA leaves & sap

POISON HEMLOCK

POISON IVY

POISON OAK

POPPY

POTATO sprouts & foliage

PRIVET

RANUNCULUS

REDWOOD

RHODODENDRON

RHUBARB leaves

ROSEMARY (some are harmless some poisonous)

SAGE (some are harmless some poisonous)

SCOTCH BROOM seeds

SENECIO

SNAP DRAGON

SWEET PEA

TARO elephants ear

TIGER LILY

TOADSTOOLS Wild Types

TOMATO foliage & vines Fruit ok

TULIP BULBS

WILD BLACK CHERRY

WISTERIA

YEW

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