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Plants Poisonous to Livestock


List of Scientific and Common Name Equivalents

-in alphabetical order according to scientific name

Abrus precatorius - Rosary Pea
Acer rubrum - Red maple, Swamp
   maple, Soft maple
Acer saccharum - Sugar maple, Rock
   maple, Hard maple
Acer saccharinum - Silver maple, Soft
   maple, White maple
Aconitum spp. - Monkshood,
   Aconite, or Wolfsbane
Actaea spp. - Baneberry, Dolls
   Eyes, White Cohosh, Snakeberry
Aesculus spp. - Horse Chestnut,
   Buckeye
Agrostemma githago - Corn Cockle
Aleurites fordii - Tung Oil Tree
Allium spp. - Commercial Onions,
   Wild Onions, Swamp Onions, and
   Chives
Amanita spp. - Monkey Agaric,
   Panther Cap, Death Cap, and
   Death Angel Mushrooms
A. muscaria - Fly Agaric
A. pantherina - Panther
A. verna - Destroying Angels
Amaranthus spp. - Pigweed
Amsinckia intermedia - Fiddleneck
Apocynum spp. - Dogbane
Argemone mexicana - Prickly
   Poppy or Mexican Poppy
Arisaema spp. - Jack in the Pulpit
Asclepias spp. - Milkweed
Astragalus and Oxytropis spp. -
   Locoweed
Atropa belladonna - Belladonna
   or Deadly Nightshade
Brassica spp. - Rape, Cabbage,
   Turnips, Broccoli, Mustard
Caltha palustris - Marsh Marigold
   or Cowslip
Cannabis sativa - Marijuana
Centaurea solstitialis - Yellow
   Star Thistle
Chelidonium majus - Celandine
Chenopodium album - Lambs
   Quarters
Cicuta spp. - Water Hemlock or
   Cowbane
Claviceps spp. - Ergot
Conium maculatum - Poison
   Hemlock
Coronilla varia - Crown Vetch
Convallaria majalis - Lily of the
   Valley
Daphne spp. - Daphne
Datura spp. - Jimsonweed, Downy
   Thornapple, Devils Trumpet,
   Angels Trumpet
Delphinium spp. - Delphiniums and
   Larkspurs
Dicentra spp. - Bleeding Heart,
   Squirrel Corn, Dutchmans Breeches
Digitalis purpurea - Foxglove
Equisetum arvense and other
   spp. - Horsetail
Eupatorium rugosum - White
   Snakeroot
Euphorbia spp. - Poinsettia,
   Spurges, Snow on the Mountain
Fagoypyrum esculentum -
   Buckwheat
Festuca arundinacea - Tall Fescue
Gelsemium sempervirens -
   Jessamine
Glechoma spp. - Ground Ivy,
   Creeping Charlie, and Gill over the
   Ground
Halogeton glomeratus - Halogeton
Helleborus niger - Christmas Rose
Hyoscyanamus niger - Henbane
Hypericum perforatum - St.
   Johns Wort, Klamath Weed

Iris spp. - Irises
Laburnum anagyroides - Golden
   Chain or Laburnum
Lantana camara - Lantana, Red
   Sage, Yellow Sage, or West Indian
   Lantana
Lathyrus spp. - Sweet Pea, Tangier
   Pea, Everlasting Pea, Caley Pea
   and Singletary Pea
Leucothoe axillaris and Leucothoe
   davisiae
- Drooping Leucothoe and
   Sierra Laurel
Linum usitatissimum - Flax
Lobelia spp. - Great Lobelia, Cardinal
   Flower, and Indian Tobacco
Lotus corniculatus - Birdsfoot Trefoil
Lupinus spp. - Lupine
Medicago sativa - Alfalfa or Lucerne
Metilotus alba and Melilotus
   officinalis
- White and Yellow
   Sweetclover
Menispermum canadense -
   Moonseed
Nerium oleander - Oleander
Nicotiana spp. - Tobacco and Tree
   Tobacco
Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern
Ornithogalum umbellatum - Star of
   Bethlehem
Papaver spp. - Various Poppies
   including Opium Poppy
Phytolacca americana - Pokeweed
Pieris japonica and other spp. -
   Japanese Pieris, Mountain
   Fetterbrush
Pinus ponderosa - Ponderosa Pine
Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple
   and Mandrake
Prunus spp. - Wild Cherries, Black
   Cherry, Bitter Cherry, Choke
   Cherry, Pin Cherry
Pteridium aquilinium - Bracken Fern
Quercus spp. - Oak Trees
Ranunculus spp. - Buttercups or
   Crowfoot
Rheum rhaponticum - Rhubarb
Ricinus communis - Castor Bean
Robinia pseudoacacia - Black Locust
Rumex spp. - Dock
Sambucus canadensis - Elderberry
Sanquinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
Saponaria spp. - Bouncing Bet and
   Cow Cockle
Senecio spp. - Senecio, Groundsels,
   and Ragworts
Solanum spp. - Common Nightshade,
   Black Nightshade, Horse Nettle,
   Buffalo Bur, Potato
Sorghum spp. - Sorghum or Milo,
   Sudan Grass, and Johnson Grass
Symplocarpus foetidus - Eastern
   Skunk Cabbage
Taxus cuspidata - Yew
Tetradymia spp. - Horsebrush
Toxicodendron diversiloba - Poison
   oak
Toxicodendron radicans - Poison ivy
Toxicodendron vernix - Poison Sumac
Trifolium spp. - Alsike Clover, Red
   Clover, White Clover
Triglochin maritima - Arrowgrass
Urtica spp. - Stinging Nettle
Vicia spp. - Common Vetch, Hairy
   Vetch, Narrow leaved Vetch, Purple
   Vetch and Broad Beans
Veratrum californicum - Corn Lily,
   False Hellbore
Wisteria spp. - Wisteria
Xanthium strumarium - Cocklebur
Zigadenus spp. - Death Camas