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