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SAFE PLANTS FOR BIRDS

(updated 10-30-00)

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ACACIA

AFRICAN VIOLETS

ALOE, medicinal

ALUMIMUM PLANT, (Pilea cadierei)

ARALIA, (Fatsia japonica)

ARECA, BUTTERFLY CANE

ASPARAGUS FERN

AUSTRALIAN TEA TREE (whole plant is safe)

AUSTRALIAN UMBRELLA TREE

AUTUMN OLIVE

BABY'S TEARS

BAMBOO

BEAR FEET

BEAUTYBERRY

BEGONIA

BIRD NEST FERN

BLOODLEAF, (Iresine Herbstii)

BOUGAINVILLEA

BROMELIADS

CACTUS, Mostly non-toxic except for:

TOXIC

Pencil Cactus

Peyote/Mescaline

Candelabra cactus

CALATHEA

CALLICARPA

CAMELLIA

CHICKWEED

CHINESE EVERGREEN

CHRISTMAS CACTUS

CINNAMON & CINNAMON STICKS

CISSUS, KANGAROO VINE

COFFEE TREE, Coffea arabica

(Coffee is RUBIACEAE toxic)

COLEUS

CORN PLANT

COTONEASTER

CRABAPPLE

CREEPING CHARLIE

CREEPING JENNY

DANDELION

DOGWOOD

DONKEY TAIL, (BURRO'S TAIL)

DRACAENA

DRAGON TREE

EASTER CACTUS

ELAEAGNUS

ELEPHANT FOOT TREE

EMERALD RIPPLE

ENGLISH HAWTHORNE

EUCALYPYUS

EUCALYPTUS GUM

FALSE ARALIA

FERNS:

ASPARAGUS FERN

BIRD NEST FERN

BOSTON FERN

BRAKE,RIBBON,DISH

BUTTON

MOTHERFERN

MAIDENHAIR

SWORD

SQUIRREL'S FOOT

DEER'S FOOT, FIJI

POLYPODY,BALL

STAGHORN, ELK'S HORN

FIDDLELEAF FIG

FIGS:

CREEPING FIG

EDIBLE FIG

FIDDLELEAF FIG

LAUREL LEAF

RUBBER PLANT

WEEPING FIG

FUCHIA

GARDENIA

GARLIC

GOLD DUST DRACAENA

GOLDFISH PLANT

GRAPE IVY

GRAPE MOUNTAIN

GRAPE VINE

HEN AND CHICKEN

HIBISCUS

HOYA

IMPATIENS

JADE PLANT

JANET CRAIG

KALANCHOE

KING PALM

KIWI VINES, (all parts and fruit, both kinds)

LAVENDER

LILAC

LIPSTICK PLANT

MADAGASCAR DRAGON

MADAGASCAR JASMINE

MADAGASCAR LACE PLANT

MAGNOLIA

MAIDENHAIR FERN

MANGO

MANZANITA

MARIGOLD

MATERNITY PLANT

MAYAPPLE

MONKEY PLANT

MOON MAGIC

MOTHER-IN-LAWS TONGUE

MOTHER OF PEARLS

MUGWORT

NASTURTIUM

NATAL PLUM, ONLY FRUITS!

NERVE PLANT

NORFOLK ISLAND PINE

OLEASTER

PAINTED NEEDLE

PALMS:

ARECA

BAMBOO, FERN

DATE

EUROPEAN FAN

FAN

FISHTAIL, fruits are toxic

HOWEIA

KENTIA

LADY

PARLOUR,(Chamaedorea)

PHOENIX (DATE PALM, PYGMY DATE)

PONY TAIL PALM

RHAPIS

ROEBELIN, LADY PALM

SAGO

SENTRY PALM

WINE PALM, Jubaea- fruits are toxic

PARSLEY

PASSION FLOWER VINE

PEACOCK PLANT

PEPEROMIA

PETUNIA

PIGGYBACK BEGONIA

PIGGYBACK PLANT

PILEA, Pilea (Species)

PINK POLKA DOT PLANT

PITTOSPORUM

PLECTRATHUS

PONY TAIL PALM

PRAYER PLANT

PREGNANT PLANT

PURPLE PASSION, (Velvet Nettle)

PURPLE TIGER

PUSSY WILLOW

PYRACANTHA, (ripe berries only)

RED-MARGINED DRACAENA

RHUBARB, (stalks of garden rhubarb only)

ROSEMARY

RUBBER TREE

RUSSIAN OLIVE TREE

SAGEBRUSH

SAGO PALM

SCHEFFLERA (UMBRELLA)

SEDUM

SENSITIVE PLANT

SILVERBERRY

SNAKE PLANT

SPEARMINT

SPIDER or AIRPLANE PLANT

STAGHORN FERN

STRING OF HEARTS

SUGAR CANE

SUNFLOWERS

SWEDISH IVY

TAHITIAN BRIDAL VEIL

THANKSGIVING CACTUS

THISTLE

TI (TYE) PLANT, (Red Sister, Hawaiian, Cordyline)

TOYON TREE or CALIFORNIA

UMBRELLA PLANT, TREE

VELVET PLANT

WANDERING JEW

WARNECKEI

WAX PLANT

WHITE CLOVER

YUCCA, Yucca species-watch for LILIACEAE (LILY)

ZEBRA PLANT