homepoisonous plants: weeding out the plants harmful to rabbits
It is often assumed that rabbits instinctivly know which plants are poisonous, but unfortunately this is not the case. So it falls to you to identify the plants in your garden and find out if they are poisonous or not.
Hopefully the list below will be of some help. This is by no means a complete list, when you consider the thousands of plant species out there, to compile one would be a near impossible task.
Now there is a good chance that, like us, your not expert gardeners and wouldn't know the differance between a bunchberry and a bladderpod. So to start you off, if the plant is an ivy, a lilly, from a bulb, has berries, is evergreen or produces fruit that has a stone, there is a good chance it is poisonous. And anything that has poison or deadly in it's name is unlikely to be good.
Some sources will say rabbits can eat all fruit trees, but this is not the case. As we mentioned earlier, trees that produce fruit with a stone (ie.plum) are poisonous.
Fortunately, only some of these plants can be outright fatal, such as the yew or the nightshades, even when eaten in small amounts. With most of them, as long as your rabbit eats plenty of fresh hay and is otherwise healthy, the odd nibble shouldn't cause a problem, and you can have shooed them away, onto the next temptation, before too much is consumed.
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Acokanthera fruit and flowers Aconite African rue Agapanthus Agave (leaves) Almond Aloe Alsike clover Amanita |
Amaryllis belladonna Andromeda Anemone Angel's Trumpet Anthurium Antirrhinums Apple (seeds) Apricot (all parts except fruit) Arrowgrass |
Arrowhead vine Asian Lilly Asparagus Fern Atropa belladonna Australian Nut Autumn Crocus Avacado (leaves) Azalea (leaves) |
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Baccharis Balsam Balsam Pear (seeds, outer rind of fruit) Baneberry Barbados Lily Beach pea Beargrass Beefsteak Plant Begonia Belladonna Lily (bulbs) Betel-nut Palm Bird of Paradise (seeds) Bitter Cherry (seeds) Bittersweet (American & European) Bitterweed(s) |
Black Nightshade Black Walnut (hulls) Bloodroot Bluebonnet Bluebells Boston Ivy Buddhist Pine Busy Lizzie Buttercup (leaves) Black Locust (all parts) Black Nightshade (leaves and berries) Black Root Bladderpod Bleeding Heart (foliage and roots) Blue-green Algae (some forms toxic) Bloodroot |
Blue Cohosh Bog Kalmia Bottlebrush (flowers) Boxwood (leaves,twigs) Bracken Fern Branching Ivy Broomcorn Broomweed Bryony Buckeye (sprouts and seeds) Buckthorn (berries, fruit, bark) Bull Nettle Bunchberry Burroweed Buttercups |
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Cactus Thorn Caesalpinia (seeds and pods) Caladium Calendula Calico Bush (young leaves and shoots) California Fern California Geranium California Holly (leaves) Calla Lilly (rhizome, leaves) Caladiur (leaves) Candelabra Cactus Cardinal Flower Carnation Carolina Jessamine Casava (roots and sap) Cassine (berries) Castor Bean (seed, leaves - castor oil) Celastrus Century Plant Ceriman Chalice Vine (all parts) Cherry, Jerusalem (fruits and leaves) Cherry Laurel |
Cherry, Natal (berries) Cherry Tree (all parts) China Doll Chinaberry Tree (berries) Chinese Bellflower Chinese Lantern Chinese Evergreen Choke Cherry (seeds) Christmas Berry (leaves) Christmas Candle (sap) Christmas Rose Chrysanthemum Cineraria Clematis Climbing Nightshade Cloak Fern Cocklebur Coffee Bean Cohosh Colorado Rubberweed Columbine Common Privet Cone Flower |
Coral Berry (seeds) Coral Plant (seeds) Cordatum Corn Cockle Corn Lily Corn Plant Covotillo (berries) Cowbane Cowslip Crab's Eye - seeds Creeping Charlie (not the houseplant) Cress/crucifers/mustard Crocus Croton Crow Poison Crown of Thorns Crown Vetch Cuban Laurel Cuckoopint (all parts) Curcas Bean (seeds and oil) Cutleaf Philodendron Cycads Cyclamen |
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Daffodils Dahlias Daisy Daphne (berries, bark) Datura (berries) Day Lily Deadly Nightshade Death Camas (all parts) Death Cup Delphinium (all parts) |
Deadly Amanita (all parts) Desert Tobacco Destroying Angel Devils Tomato Devil's Ivy Dianthus Dieffenbachia (leaves) Dog Mercury Dogwood (fruit) Doll's eyes (berries roots, foliage) |
Dogbane Dracaena Dracaena palm Dragon tree Drymary Durra Dumb Cane Dutchman's Breeches Dutchman's pipe |
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Easter Lilly Eggplant (all but fruit) Elaine Elderberry (unripe berries, roots, stems) Elephant Ear (leaves, stem) |
Emerald duke Emerald Feather English Laurel English Ivy (berries, leaves) Euonymus |
Euphorbia Evening trumpet Exotica perfection Eyebane |
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False Hellebore False Henbane (all parts) False Parsley Fiddle Leaf Fig Fiddleneck (fruit and bark) Figwort Firecracker |
Firethorn Fireweed Flamingo Plant Florida Beauty Flowering Maple Flowering Tobacco Fluffy Ruffles |
Fly Agaric Fly-poison Fool's Parsley Four 0'clock Foxglove (leaves, seeds) Frijolito Fruit Salad Plant |
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Garden Sorrel Gelsemium Geranium German Ivy Ghostweed (all parts) Giant Dumbcane Giant Touch-me-not Glacier Ivy |
Gladiola Glecoma Hederacea Glory Lilly Goatweed Gold Dieffenbachia Gold Dust Golden Chain (all parts) |
Golden Pothos Golden-toothed Aloe Greasewood Green-gold Nephythytis Ground Ivy Groundsel(s) Guajillo |
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Hahn's Ivy Halogeton Hart Ivy Hawaiian Baby Wood Rose Hawaiian Ti Heartleaf Philodendron Heart Ivy |
Heavenly Bamboo Hedge Apples Hellebore Hemlock, Poison (all parts) Hemlock, Water (all parts) Henbane (seeds) Hogwart |
Holly (berries) Horse Chestnut (nuts, twigs) Horsehead Philodendron Horsetail Reed Hurricane Plant Hyacinth Hydrangea |
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Impatiens Indian Hemp Indian Laurel Indian Rubber |
Indian Tobacco Indian Turnip (all parts) Indigo Inkberry |
Inkweed Iris Ivy, Boston & English (berries, leaves) |
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Jack-in-the-Pulpit (all parts) Jamestown weed Japanese Euonymus Japanese Show Lily Japanese Yew Jasmine |
Jatropha - seed and oil Java Bean (uncooked bean) Jequirity bean - seeds Jerusalem Cherry (berries) Jessamine |
Jimmy fern Jimson Weed (leaves, seeds) Johnson Grass Jonquil Juniper (needles, stems, berries) |
| Kafir | Kingcup | Klamath weed |
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Laburnum (all parts) Lace Fern Lacy Tree Philodendron Lady Slipper Lambkill (leaves) Lantana (immature berries) |
Larkspur (all parts) Laurel (all parts) Laurel Cherry Lecheguilla Leyland Cypress Ligustrum |
Lily of the Valley (all parts) Lima Bean (uncooked bean) Lobelia (all parts) Locoweed (all parts) Lords and Ladies (all parts) Lupine |
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Macadamia Nut Machineel Madagascar Dragon Tree Majesty Manchineel Tree Mandrake Marbel Queen Marijuana (leaves) Marsh Marigold Mauna Loa Peace Lily Mayapple (all parts except fruit) Meadow Saffron |
Medicine Plant Mescal - cactus tops Mesquite Mexican Breadfruit Mexicantes Mescal Bean (seeds) Milk Bush Milkvetch Milkweed Milo Miniature Croton |
Mistletoe (berries) Moccasin Flower Mock Orange (fruit) Monkshood (leaves, roots) Moonflower Moonseed Morning Glory (all parts) Mother-in-law Mountain Laurel Mushrooms (some) Mustard (root) |
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Nandina Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy |
Nephtytis Nicotiana |
Nightshades (berries, leaves) Nutmeg |
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Oak (acorns, foliage) Orange Milkweed |
Orange Sneezeweed Oleander (leaves, branches, nectar) |
Ornamental Tobacco Oxalis |
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Palma Christi (seeds and leaves) Panda Paper Flowers Paradise Plant Parlor Ivy Parsnip Partridge Breast Pathos Patience Plant Peace Lily Peach (leaves, twigs, seeds) Pear (seeds) Pear, balsam - seed and outer rind of fruit Pencilbush Pencil Cactus Peony Pennyroyal mint Peregrina (seeds and oil) |
Perill Mint Periwinkle Peyote Philodendron (leaves, stem) Pigweed Pingue Pinks Plum Plumosa Fern Poinsettia (leaves, flowers) Poison Hemlock Poison Ivy Poison Nut Poison Oak Poison Parsnip Poison Sumac Poke Salad Pokeberry |
Pokeroot Pokeweed Poppy Pot Marigold Pot Mum Potato (eyes & new shoots, green parts) Precatory Bean Prickly Copperweed Prickly Poppy Primrose Primula Privet (all parts) Purge Nut (seed and oil) Purple Sesbane Purple Thornapple Psychic Nut (seeds and oil) Pyracantha |
| Queen Anne's lace | Queensland Nut |
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Ragwort Ranunculus Rattlebox Rattleweed Rayless Goldenrod Red Emerald Red Lily |
Red Clover Red Margined Dracaena Red Princess Red Sage (green berries are fatal) Rhododendron (all parts) Rhubarb (leaves) |
Ribbon Plant Ripple Ivy Rosary Bean (seeds) Rosary Pea (seeds) Rubrum Lily Rum Cherry (withered leaves) |
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Sacahuista Saddle Leaf philodendron Sage (leaves of some are poisonous) Sago Palm Sand Begonia Satin Pothos Schefflera Scotch Broom (seeds) Self-branching Ivy Sennabean Senecio Sesbane(s) Shamrock Plant Sheep laurel (leaves) Silver Pothos Silverleaf Silverling Skunk Cabbage (all parts) |
Slinkweed Snake Palm Snakeroot, white Snakeweed Snapdragon Snapweed Snowdrop (all parts) Snow-on-the-Mountain (all parts) Solanum (berries) Solomon's Seal Sorghum Spathe Flower Spider Mum Spindleberry Split Leaf Philodendron Spotted Dumb Cane Sprengeri Fern |
Spurges Squill Squirrel Corn St Johnswort Staggergrass Star of Bethlehem Stinkweed Stranomium String of Pearls Striped Dracaena Sudan Grass Swamp Laurel Sweet Pea (seeds and fruit) Sweet Potato Sweet William Sweetheart Ivy Swiss Cheese Plant |
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Tansy Taro Vine Thornapple Tiger Lily Toadstools Tobacco (leaves) |
Tomato (leaves, vines) Touch Me Not Toyon (leaves) Tree Philodendron Tropic Snow True Aloe |
Trumpet Plant Trumpet Vine Tulips Tullidora (berries) Turpentine Weed |
| Umbrella Plant |
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Variegated Philodendron Venus Flytrap |
Victoria Regia Vinca |
Violet (seeds) Virginia Creeper (berries, sap) |
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Walnuts (hulls, green shells) Warneckei Dracaena Water Hemlock Weeping Fig Western Lily White Snakeroot Wild Black Berry (withered leaves) |
Wild Carrot Wild Cucumber Wild Jasmine Wild Parsnip Wild Pea Windflower |
Wisteria (all parts) Wolfsbane Woodbine (sap) Wood Lily Wood-rose Woody Nightshade (berries) |
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Yam Bean (roots, immature pods) Yaupon Holly (berries) Yellow Jasmine |
Yellow Knapweed Yellow Oleander Yellow Star Thistle |
Yerba Depasmo Yew (needles, seeds, berries) Yucca |
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