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Plants Poisonous to Livestock


Alphabetical listing of common plant names

This series of web pages was created by professors, staff, graduate and undergraduate students at Cornell University. Some of the research was done for the AS625 class projects. All comments and suggestions are welcome.

These web pages are only meant to be informative. Neither Cornell University nor the author(s) of this site endorse or recommend the use of these plants. There are many poisonous plants and substances which are not represented here. Please do not assume that a specific plant is ok just because it is not listed. These pages are copyrighted. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited.

 
Aconite
Alfalfa or Lucerne
Alsike Clover
Angel's Trumpet
Arrowgrass
Baneberry
Belladonna
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Black Locust
Bleeding Heart
Bloodroot
Bouncing Bet
Bracken Fern
Buckeye
Buckwheat
Buffalo Bur
Buttercups or Crowfoot
Castor Bean
Celandine
Christmas Rose
Cocklebur
Corn Cockle
Corn Lily, False Hellbore
Cow Cockle
Creeping Charlie
Crown Vetch
Cherries, Black Cherry,
   Bitter Cherry, Choke
   Cherry, and Pin Cherry

Daphne
Death Angel Mushrooms
Death Camas
Death Cap Mushrooms
Destroying Angels
Delphiniums
Devil's Trumpet
Dock
Dogbane
Doll's-eyes
Downy Thornapple
Drooping Leucothoe
Dutchman's Breeches
Elderberry
Ergot
Fly Agaric
Fiddleneck
Flax
Foxglove
Golden Chain or Laburnum
Great Lobelia, Cardinal
   Flower, and Indian Tobacco

Ground Ivy, Creeping Charlie,
    and Gill-over-the-Ground

Groundsels
Halogeton
Henbane
Horsebrush
Horse Chestnut
Horse Nettle
Horsetail
Irises
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Japanese Pieris
Jessamine
Jimsonweed
Johnson Grass
Klamath Weed
Lamb's Quarters
Lantana, Red Sage, Yellow Sage, or West Indian Lantana
Larkspurs
Lily-of-the-Valley
Locoweed
Lupine
Marijuana
Marsh Marigold or Cowslip
Mayapple and Mandrake
Mexican Poppy
Milkweed
Milo
Monkey Agaric Mushrooms
Monkshood
Moonseed
Mountain Fetterbush
Nightshade, Black Nightshade
   or Deadly Nightshade

Oak Trees
Oleander
Onions and Chives
Panther
Panther Cap Mushrooms
Pigweed
Poison Hemlock
Poison ivy
Poison oak
Poison Sumac
Potato
Poinsettia
Pokeweed
Ponderosa Pine
Poppies including Opium
   Poppy

Prickly Poppy
Ragworts
Red Clover
Rhubarb
Rosary Pea
Saint Johns Wort
Senecio
Sensitive Fern
Sierra Laurel
Skunk Cabbage
Squirrel Corn
Snow-on-the-Mountain
Sorghum
Spurges
Star-of-Bethlehem
Stinging Nettle
Sudan Grass
Sweet clover
Sweet Pea, Tangier Pea, Everlasting Pea, Caley Pea
    and Singletary Pea

Tobacco and Tree Tobacco
Tung Oil Tree
Vetch, Hairy Vetch, Narrow-
   leaved Vetch, Purple Vetch
   and Broad Beans

Water Hemlock or Cowbane
White Clover
White Snakeroot
Wisteria
Wolfsbane
Yellow Star Thistle
Yew