Plants. Safe or Not?

There are several plants that are toxic or poisonous to animals and birds in particular. The following list is not a comprehensive list. This list has been compiled from several sources. The UNSAFE table contains the plants that are thought to be unsafe, toxic or poisonous to your pet bird or parrot and the SAFE table contains the plants that are thought to be safe for your pet bird or parrot. There are some disagreements about some plants among the experts. I am not an expert. Any plant that I found in both UNSAFE and SAFE lists were put into the third table labeled QUESTIONABLE/UNKNOWN . These plants may or may not be unsafe, toxic or poisonous to your pet bird or parrot so it's probably prudent to not expose your pet bird or parrot to these plants.

CAUTION: Use this list with caution. Several sources were used to compile this list and they don't always agree on what is SAFE and UNSAFE. This list should be used as a starting point to researching plants before giving it to your parrot. Always consult your veterinarian or local nursery before letting your parrot around the plants.

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Unsafe Plants- Various sources claim that the following woods are not safe.

Acokanthera
Aconitum species
African boxwood
Agave
Air Felt Plant
Almond (seeds)
Amanita Mushroom
Amaryllis species
American Yew (Needles, seeds)
Andromeda Heath
Andromeda Japonica
Anemone
Angel's Trumpet (leaves, seeds, flowers)
Anthurium
Apple (seeds)
Apricot (pit,leaves, bark)
Arborvitae
Arrow Grass
Arrowhead plant
Arum Lily
Australian Flame Tree
Autumn Crocus
Avocado (pit, leaves, fruit,stems)
Azalea
Baby Doll Ti
Balsam pear (Seeds, rind of fruit)
Baneberry
Belladonna
Belladonna lily
Birch tree
Bird of Paradise
Bitter Melon
Bittersweet Nightshade
Black cherry (seeds)
Black henbane
Black Laurel Heath
Black Locust
Black Nightshade
Bleeding Heart
Blood lily
Bloodroot
Bluebonnet
Bluegreen algae (Some forms toxic)
Boston Ivy
Bottlebrush
Bouncing bet
Boxwood
Bracken Fern
Branching Ivy
Broad Beans
Broom
Broomcorn Grass
Buckeye
Buckhorn
Buckthorn
Buddhist Pine
Bulb flowers (most)
Burdock
Bushman's poison
Buttercup
Cacao
Caladium
California buckeye
Calla Lily
Camelbush
Camphor tree
Candelabra Spurge
Cardinal Flower
Carnation
Carolina jessamine
Castor Oil Plant
Catclaw Acacia (Twigs, leaves)
Century plant
Ceriman
Cestrum
Chalice Vine
Chenille plant
Cherry tree
China Doll
Chinaberry
Chinese evergreen
Chinese lantern
Chokecherry (seeds)
Christmas Berry
Christmas Cactus
Christmas Candle
Christmas Evergreen
Christmas Rose
Chrysanthemum
Cineraria
Clematis
Coast redwood
Cockle
Cocklebur
Coffee
Coffee Bean
Coffeeweed Coffee bean
Colchicum species
Columbine
Common burdock
Common Privet
Common Vetch
Copperleaf
Coral Plant
Coral tree
Cordatum
Coriander
Corn Cockle
Corn Plant (Dracaena Species)
Cotoneaster
Cottonbush
Cow Cookie
Cowbane
Cowslip (Seeds)
Coyotillo
Crabapple (seeds)
Crinum lily
Crocus (autumn)
Crown of thorns
Crown Vetch
cuckoopint
Cycad
Cyclamen
Daffodil
Daisy
Daphne
Datura (Berries)
Deadly amanita
Deadly Nightshade
Death Camas
Delphinium
Devil's Ivory
Devil's Ivy (all species)
Dieffenbachia species
Dracaena Palm
Dumb Cane
Dumocane
Dusty miller
Echium
Eggplant (All parts but fruit see notes)
Elderberry Tree
Elephant's Ear (Leaves, stems)
Emerald Feather
English Holly
English ivy
English laurel
English yew (Needles, seeds)
Ergot
Euonymus
Euphorbia
European Bittersweet
European Pennyroyal
False Flax
False Hellebore
False Henbane
Fava Beans
Felt Plant (some species)
Field Peppergrass
Fig Tree (some species)
Firethorn
Fishtail Palm
Flame Tree
Flamingo Plant
Flax
Fly agaric mushroom
Fools Parsley
Four O'Clock
Foxglove
Foxtail barley
Fruit Salad Plant
Garden Nightshade
Geranium
German Ivy
Ghostweed
Glacier Ivy
Gladiola
Glory Beans
Glory lily
Golden Chain
Golden Laburnum
Goldenchain tree
Gopher plant
Grass (some species)
Ground Cherry
Ground ivy
Groundcherry
Hairy Vetch
Hawaiian Ti
Heather
Heavenly Bamboo
Heliotrope
Helleborus species
Hemlock
Henbane
Holly (Berries,leaves,wood)
Honey bush
Horse Bean
Horse chestnut (Nuts, twigs)
Horse Nettle
Horsetail
Hurricane Plant
Hyacinth (Bulbs)
Hydrangea (flower,bud)
Indian currant
Indian Laurel
Indian licorice (Seeds)
Indian Rubber Plant
Indian Turnip
Inkberry (Leaves, roots, berries)
Iris
Ivy (most species)
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Japanese aucuba
Japanese pieris
Japanese Show Lily
Japanese yew
Jasmine
Jatropha
Java bean (Uncooked beans)
Jequirity bean
Jerusalem Cherry
Jessamine
Jimsonweed
Johnson Grass
Jonquil
Juniper
Kaffir lily
Kalmia Heath
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Laburnum (wood)
Lady Slipper
Lantana
Larkspur
Laurel
Laurel Cherry
Laurel Kalmia
Ledum
Leucotomy Heath
Lilium species
Lily of the Valley
Lily-of-the-Nile
Lima bean (Uncooked beans)
Lobelia
Locoweed
Loquat (seeds)
Lords and Ladies
Love-in-a-mist
Love-lies-bleeding
Lupine
Malanga
Manchineel
Mandrake
Marble Queen
Marijuana
Marsh marigold
Maternity Felt Plant
Matrimony Vine
Mayapple (All parts but fruit)
Meadow saffron
Mescal bean (Seeds)
Mexican Breadfruit
Mexican Poppy
Milk Vetch
Milkweed
Ming aralia
Miniature Croton
Mistletoe
Mock orange (Fruit)
Monkshood
Moonseed
Morning Glory
Mountain Laurel
Mountain Mahogany
Mushrooms
Mustards
Myoporum
Myrtle
Naked lady
Narcissus
Navy Beans
Nectarine (seeds)
Needlepoint Ivy
Nephthytis
Nerine
Nettles
Nicotiana
Nightshades (see notes)
Nutmeg
Nux-vomica
Oak tree
Oleander
Onion
Opium Poppy
Oriental Lily
Pampas grass
Panda Felt Plant
Peace Lily
Peach Tree
Pear Tree
Pencil Cactus
Pencil Tree Spurge
Pennyroyal
Peony
Periwinkle
Peruvian lily
Peyote
Philodendron (Leaves, stems)
Pieres Heath
Pigweed
Pikeweed
Plum Tree
Plumosa Fern
Poinsettia
Poinsiana
Poison Hemlock
Poison Ivy
Poison oak (Sap)
Poison Sumac
Pokeweed
Poppy
Potato (see notes)
Pothos (all varieties)
Precatory bean
Pregnant onion
Primrose
Primula
Privet
Ragwort
Raintree
Rape
Rattle Box
Rattle Box Cofee Beans
Rattle Bush Coffee Beans
Red Maple
Red oak
Rhododendron
Rhubarb (Leaves)
Ribbon Plant
Rosary Bean
Rosary Pea (Seeds)
Rununculus
Sago Cycas
Sago Palm
Sandbox Tree
Sansaveria
Saxifrage
Scarlet pimpernel
Scarlet Runner Beans
Sedum
Shamrock Plant
Skunk Cabbage
Sky Flowers
Smartweeds
Snake plant
Snow on the Mountain
Snowberry
Snowdrop
Snowflake
Sorghum Grass
Sorrel
Spathiphyllum
Spider lily
Spindle Tree
Split-leaf philodendron
Spurges (some species)
Squill
St. Johnswort
Star of Bethelehem
Stinging nettle
String of Pearls
Sudan Grass
Sweet pea
Tansy
Taro
Taro Vine
Thornapple
Tobacco
Tomato (except fruit, see notes)
Toyon
Tree tobacco
Tree-of-heaven
Trumpet Vine
Tuberose
Tulip
Umbrella Plant
Velvet Grass
Vetches (some species)
Viburnum (wood)
Virginia Bower
Virginia Creeper
Water Hemlock
Wattle
Waxberry
Western yew (Needles, seeds)
White Cedar
Wild Blackcherry
Wild onion
Wild Radish
Windflower
Wintersweet
Wisteria
Woody Aster
Woody Nightshade
Yam bean
Yarrow
Yellow Jasmine
Yellow Jessamine (Leaves, stems)
Yellow oleander
Yesterday, today, tomorrow
Yew (some species)
Yew Pine

Safe Plants - Various sources claim that the following woods are safe.

African daisy
African Violet
Aluminum plant
Alyssum
Baby's Tears
Bachelor's button
Ball Fern
Balloon flower
Balsam Fir
Bamboo
Bamboo Palm
Basswood (wood)
Bayberry Vine
Bee balm
Beech Tree
Bellflower
Birch Tree
Bird of Paradise (except seeds)
Bird's nest Fern
Black-eyed Susan vine
Bloodleaf
Blue marguerite
Blueberry Vine
Boston Fern
Bottle Palm
Bottlebrush
Bougainvillea
Brake Fern
Bromeliad
Brush cherry
Burro's Tail
Butterfly bush
Butterfly Cane
Butterfly Palm
Calamint
Calendulo
California Holly
California poppy
Camellia
Camomile
Cane Palm
Canna lily
Carob tree
Carpet bugle
Cast iron plant
Chamomile
Chickweed
Chicory
China aster
Cissus Kangaroo Vine
Claw Cactus
Cockscomb
Cofee
Coleus
Comfrey
Coral bells
Coreopsis
Cosmos
Cottonwood
Crabapple (except seeds)
Crape myrtle
Creeping Fig
Creeping Jenny
Crocus (spring-blooming)
Crown-pink
Dahlia
Dandelion
Date
Date Palm
Daylily
Deer Foot Fern
Dill
Dish Fern
Dogwood
Donkey Tail
Douglas Fir
Dracaena
Dutton Fern
Easter Cactus
Elderberry (wood)
Elephant Foot
Elkhorn Fern
Elm
Escallonia
Escheveria
Eugenia
Evening primrose
False spiraea
Fan Palm
Fern Palm
Ferns (see notes)
Fig (some species)
Fiji Fern
Flame violet
Flowering maple
Forget-me-not
Freesia
Fuchsia
Gardenia
Garlic (see notes)
Globe thistle
Gloxinia
Gold Dust Dracaena
Golden Bamboo
Golden Feather Palm
Goldfish plant
Grape Hyacinth
Grape ivy
Grape Vine
Hare's-foot fern
Hawthorn (wood)
Heart of Flame Bromeliad
Hen and chicks
Howera Palm
Hoya
Ice plant
India hawthorn
Jade plants
Japanese aralia
Job's tears
Kangaroo Vine
Kentia Palm
Lady Palm
Larch
Laurel left Fig
Lavender
Lemon Balm
Lilacs
Lipstick plant
Liriope
Lomaria Fern
Madagascar Palm
Magnolia
Maidenhair Fern
Mango
Manzanita
Maple (wood)
Marigolds
Meadow sweet
Miniature Fan Palm
Mirror plant
Money plant
Moneywort
Monkey Plant
Mosaic plant
Moses in Cradle
Mother Fern
Mountain ash (wood)
Mulberry
Nandina
Nasturtium
Neanthe Bell Palm
Neoregelia bromeliad
Nerve plant
Orchids
Pachysandra
Palms (see notes)
Palo Verde
Parlour Palm
Passion Flower
Passion vine
Peperomia
Peppermint
Persian violet
Petunia
Phlox
Phoenix Palm
Photinia
Piggyback plant
Pine tree
Pink polka-dot plant
Plantain lily
Pocketbook plant
Polyphody Fern
Ponderosa Pine
Ponytail Palm
Ponytail plant
Poplar (wood)
Portulaca
Pot Marigold
Prayer Plant
Purple coneflower
Purple Passion Vine
Purple velvet plant
Pygmy Date Palm
Queen's tears bromeliad
Raphiolepsis
Rasberryy
Rattlesnake plant
Red-hot poker
Rhapis Palm
Ribbon Fern
Robelia Palm
Rockrose
Rosary vine
Roses
Rubber Fig
Russian Olive
Sage palm
Sensitive Plant
Sentry Palm
Shiny Sumac
Silk tree
Smooth Sumac
Snapdragon
Spearmint
Spider flower
Spiraea
Springeri
Spruce
Staghorn Fern
Staghorn Sumac
Star jasmine
Statice
Stonecrop
Strawberry tree
Subalpine Fir
Sunflower
Swedish Ivy
Sweet gum
Sword fern
Sycamore
Thistle
Ti plant
Umbrella Tree
Urn plant
Velvet Nettle
Viburnum
Violet
Virginia Pine
Vriesea bromeliad
Wandering Jew
Weigela
White Clover
White Fir
White Pine
Willow
Zebra Plant
Zinnia

Questionable/Unknown Plants - The following may or may not be safe. Either sources do not agree or the plants have not been investigated.

Acacia
Aloe
Asparagus Fern
Baby's Breath
Barberry
Begonia
China Doll
Christmas Cactus
Corn Plant
Croton
Daylily
Dragon Tree
Easter Lily
Eucalyptus
Fiddle-leaf Fig
Hibiscus
Honey Locust
Honeysuckle
Impatiens
Kalanchoe
Mother in Law's Tongue
Natal Plum
Norfolk Pine
Parsley
Pittosporum
Pyracantha
Rubber Plant
Sage
Schefflera
Spider
String of Beads
Tiger Lily
Weeping Fig
Yucca