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Toxic Plants and Flowers

By admin • Jan 1st, 2008 • Category: Features, Pet Health

Plants can be tempting for dogs to chew on - and its surprising just how many plants can be harmful. Be sure to keep the plants listed below out of your house and garden.

A dog’s reaction to ingesting a toxic plant varies anywhere from dehydration to diarrhea to even death.

algae
almonds
amaryllis
apricots
arrowhead vine
asparagus fern
autumn crocus
azalea
blackberry
black-eyed Susan
black nightshade
bleeding heart
boxwood
bracken or brake fern
buckeye
buttercups
cactus (spines)
caladium
calla lily
castor beans
ceriman
charming dieffenbachia
cherry
Chinese evergreen
chokecherry
Christmas rose
chrysanthemum
cineraria
clematis
climbing nightshade
cordatum
corn plant
cornstalk plant
crabgrass
crocus
croton
crown of thorns
Cuban laurel
daffodil
devil’s ivy
dumb cane

Easter lily
elderberry
elephant’s ear
emerald feather
English holly
ecalyptus
fiddle-leaf fig
foxglove
glory lily
gold dust dracaena
helleborus
hemlock
holly berries
hyacinth
hydr- angea
iris
ivy
jack-in-the-pulpit
Japanese show lily
jasmine
Jerusalem cherry
jonquil
kalanchoe
laburnum
lantana
larkspur
ligustrum
lily of the valley
marble queen
marijuana
mistletoe
monkshood
morning glory
mushrooms
narcissus
nephthytis
nettles
nutmeg
oleander
onion

oriental lily
peace lily
peach
pencil cactus
periwinkle
philodendron
plumosa fern
poinsettia
poison hemlock
poison ivy
poison oak
pokeweed
potato
precatory beans
primrose
privet
purple foxglove
red emerald
red princess
rhododendron
rhubarb
rubber plants
sago lily
skunk cabbage
spider plant
spring bulbs
string of pearls
Swiss cheese plant
taro vine
tiger lily
tinsel tree
tobacco
tomato plant
tulip
wandering Jew
water hemlock
wild black cherry
wisteria
yellow jasmine
yew

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