safeplants

Safe and Toxic Plant Lists

SAFE FOLIAGE

Acacia (australia)
*Aloe
African Violet
Asparagus Fern
Aspen
Babys Tears
*Bamboo (not Lucky Bamboo)
Banksia  (australia)
Beech
Begonia (australia)
Birch
Boston Fern
Bougainville
Butterfly Bush
Callistemon (australia)
Camilia
Chickweed
Christmas Cactus
Casuarina (australia)
Cissus (kangarro vine, native grape) (australia)
Coleus (australia)
Corn plant
Crabapple
Dandelion
Dogwood
Donkey Tail
Dracaena
Emerald Bush
* Eucalyptus  (australia)
Ferns:- birds nest, boston, maidenhair
Figs:- creeping, rubber, fiddle leaf, laurel
Gardenia (australia)
Grape Ivy
Grevilleas (australia)
Hakia (australia)
Hen & Chickens
Impatiens
Jade Plant
Kalanchoe
Magnolia
Malaleuca (australia)
Mallees (australia)
Marigolds
Monkey Plant
Mother in laws Tongue
Nasturtium (leaf, stem & flowers)
Natal plum (australia)
Norfolk Island Pnie
Orchids
Palms:- areca, date, fan, lady, parlour,
     howeia, kentia, phownix, sago
Pepperomia
Petunia
Pittosporum
Prayer Plant
Protea
Purple Passion (Gynura)
Rose
Rubber Plant
Schefflera
Sensitive plant
Snake Plant
Spider Plant
Swedish ivy
Thistle
Velvet Nettle
Wandering Jew
Wax Plant
White Clover
Yucca
Zebra Plant
Zinnia

SAFE BRANCHES

Ash
Citrus (any) including citrus seeds
Dogwood
Elm
*Eucalyptus
Guava
Hazelnut
Madrona
Magnolia
Manzanita
Nut
Paw Paw (papaya)
Pine
Prun
Ribbonwood (australia)
Sassafras
*Tea Tree, ***stripped of the
leaves, foliage is toxic*** (australia)
She Oak (australia
Thurlow
Vine Maple
Willows:- goat, pussy, weeping

Toxic Plants

Arum lily
Amaryllis
Aralia
Arrowhead Vine
Autumn Crocus
Australian Flame tree
Australian Umbrella Tree
Avocado
Azalea
Baneberry
Beans (castor, horse, fava, glory,
    scarlet runner, mescal, navy,
    pregatory
Bird of Paradise
Bishops weed
Black laurel
Black Locust
Bleeding Heart or Dutchmans
    Breeches
Bloodroot
Bluebonnet
Bluegreen algae
Boxwood
Bracken Fern
Buckthorn
Bulb Flowers:- amaryllis, daffodil,
    narcissus, hyacninth, iris
BULB FLOWERS:
Burdock
Buttercup
Cacao
Camel Bush
Castor Bean
Caladium
Cana Lily
Cardinal Flower
Chalice (trumpet vine)
Cherry Tree
China berry tree
Christmas Candle
Foxglove
Clematis (Virginia bower)
Clivia
Cocklebur
Coffee (senna)
Coffee bean (rattlebush, rattle,
    boxweed, coffee weed
Coral plant
Corncockle
Coyotillo
Cowslip
Cutleaf Philodenron Daffodil
Daphne
Datura Stramonium (angels trumpet)
Death camus
Delphinium
Dieffenbachia (dumb cane)
Devils ivy
Elderberry
Elephant ear (taro)
English ivy
Ergot
Euonymus (spinle)
Euphorbia cactus
False Hellebore
Flame tree
Felt plant
Fig (weeping)
Fire Thorn
Flamingo Flower
Four O’clock
Glottidium
Golden Chain
Grass (Johnson, sorguum, sundan, corn)
Ground Cherry
Heaths:- kalamia, leucotho, peires,
    rhododendron, mtn, laurel,
    black laurel,   azalea
Heliotrope
Hemlcok:- poison, water
Henbane
Holly
Honeysuckle
Horse Chestnut
Horse Tail
Hoya
Hyancinth
Hydrangea
Iris
Ivy
Jack in the pulpit
Jasmine (Jessamine)
Jerusalem Cherry
Jimson weed
Juniper
Ky Coffee tree
Lantana (red sage)
Larkspur
Lily of the Valley
Lily, arum
Lobelia
Lockwood (milk vetch)
Locusts (black, honey)
Lords & Ladies (cuckoopint)
Lucky Bamboo
Lupine
Malanga
May Apple (mandrake)
Mexican Breadfruit
Mexican Poppy
Milkweed (cotton bush)
Mistletoe
Mock Orange
Monkshood
Moonseed
Morning Gloy
Mnt. Laurel
Mushrooms
Myrtle
Narcissu
Nettle
Night Shades (deadly, black,
garden, woody, bittersweet,
eggplant, Jerusalem cherry)
*Oak
Oleander
Oxalis
Peace Lily
Periwinkle
Philodendron:- split leaf, swiss
cheese, heart leaf
Pigweed
Poinciana
Poinsettia
Poison Ivy
Poison Hemlock
Poison Oak:- western, eastern,
pokeweed
Potato Shoots
Pothos
Privet
Pyracantha
Rain Tree
Rannunculus (buttercup
Rap
Rattlebox (crotalaria)
Red Maple
Red Sage (lantana)
Rhubarb leaves
Rhododendrons
Rosary Pea Seeds
Sand Box Tree
Skunk cabbage
Sorrel (dock)
Snow drop
Spurges (pencil tree, snow on mtn, candabra, crown of thorns)
Star of Bethlehem
Sweet pea
Swiss cheese plant (monstera)
Tansy Ragwort
Tobacco
Umbrella Plant
Vetch (hairy, common)
Virginia Creeper
Weeping Fi
White Cedar, chin
Wisteria
Yews
Yellow Jasmine

*Eucalyptus has been known to occasionally appear on an unsafe plant list & by all means unnecessarily so. It contains phenols but at extremely low levels. I find it an over exaggeration when wild parrots & cockatoos indulge on a daily basis on bark, flowers, nuts, leaves & branches of many eucalyptus plants. It is also very beneficial medicinally both as a topical & eaten by parrots. You can get more information on eucalyptus for parrots here

*Aloe can sometimes be found on the toxic plant list because it contains a tiny yellow sap in between the leaf & the gel. This sap is said to cause irritation but the irritations are so mild that it's rarely, if ever heard of happening. Many parrot owners offer thier birds the whole aloe leaf or plant & have never experienced any complications in doing this.

*Tea Tree is often in the toxic plant list because of particular ingredients found to be toxic in the plant. The branches, stripped of leaves are safe for parrots & widely used by wild parrots & cockatoos. The leaves are toxic which is why the branches need to be stripped of them. Tea Tree branches are not to be confused with Tea Tree oil. Tea Tree oil is highly toxic to birds.

*Lucky Bamboo is not a bamboo or from the Bamboo family. It is a type of Lily and native to some parts of Asia and Africa. It is considered unsafe to parrots.
*Although Oaks are extremely harmful to parrots because of their high tannin levels, the Australian She-Oak - (Australian Pine, from the casuarina family) is safe. The name 'oak' can sometimes find the she-oak on a toxic plant list. The Australian She-Oak is not an oak. Wild cockatoos enjoy eating & shredding the leaves, nuts, flowers & branches of the She-Oak.