Poisonous Plants
The following plants have been identified as toxic specifically to livestock. They range from deadly (a few leaves as in the case of rhododendrons) to mild and cumulative (such as bracken fern). It can be very useful to make an appointment with your local state extension agent to visit your farm and walk the pastures to help you identify plants of concern to you.

Amaryllis Lupine
Angel's trumpet Majesty
Apricot (almond) Marble Queen
Arrow Grass Marijuana
Arrowhead vine Marsh Marigold (Cowslip)
Asparagus fern Matrimony vine
Azalea Mayapple
Balsam pear Mayapple (Barberry, Mandrake)
Baneberry Mescal bean
Baneberry (white) Mistletoe
Bird of Paradise Mock orange
Bird of Paradise Monkey pod
Bittersweet (woody) Monkshood - 100 species (Aconiute, Friar's Cap, Helmet Flower, Soldiers Cap, Wolfbane)
Black locust Moonseed
Bleeding Heart Morning Glory
Boston Ivy Mountain Laurel
Boxwood Mushrooms
Bracken Fern Neththytis ivy
Buckeye Nightshade
Burning Bush Nutmeg
Buttercup Nux vomica
Buttercup Oak - immature leaves and acorns
Castor bean Oleander
Chinaberry Pathos
Choke Cherry Peach, cherry
Christmas Rose Periwinkle
Chrysanthmum Peyote
Collodium Philodendrum (Heart Leaf, Saddle Leaf, Split Leaf)
Coriaria Pigweed
Creeping Charlie Poinsettia
Creeping Fig Poison hemlock
Crown of thorns Poke weed
Daffodil Pot and Spider mum
Daphne Privet
Death Camas Rain tree
Delphinium Red Princess
Dologeton Rhododendron
Drunk Cane Rhubarb
Dumb Cane Rosary Pea
Dutchman's breeches Scotch Broom - seed pods
Elephant ears Skunk cabbage
Emerald duke Sneezeweed
English holly Soapberry
False Hellebore (Hellebore, Indian Poke, White Hellebore) Sour Dock (Sorrel)
Foxsglove Spinach
Golden Chain Tree Spindletree - seeds
Greasewood Sprangeri fern
Ground Cherry Spurge Laurel
Groundsell Sunburned potatoes
Holly (berries) Sweet Pea - regular consumption of seeds
Horse chestnut Tansy
Horsetail Tansy Ragwort
Hydrangea Timber Milk Vetch
Indian Tobacco Tomato Vine
Indian turnip Umbrella plant
Ivy (Glocal, Heart, Needlepoint, Ripple) Water hemlock
Locoweed Weeping Fig
  Wild cherry
  Wisteria
  Yew (American, English, Western)

Bulbs & Roots

Belladonna Lily (Amaryllis) Narcissus
Cowbane Snowdrop
Daffodil Star of Bethlehem
Fall Crocus Trillium
Hyacinth Tulip
Iris  

Check out these web sites for more plant identification information:

This is a great web site with descriptions 
of some poisonous plants to llamas
http://www.smartt.com/~brianp/plantpage.html  

Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System
http://sis.agr.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=pxpoisworld.html

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