Plants that are Toxic to Your Horse
Below is a list of over 250 plants that pose a threat to your horse organized by the first letter of their common name. Each listing includes a picture of the plant, toxin information, a description and symptoms.
Poisonous plants by letter
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A
African Rue, African Wonder Tree, Air Plant, Alehoof, Alsike Clover, Amaranth, American Coffee Berry, Amyroot, Angel’s Trumpet, Apple Leaf Croton, Apple Tree, Apricot Tree, Asparagus Fern, Assam Rubber, Autumn Crocus, Avocado Tree, Azaleas
B
Barnaby’s Thistle, Bermuda Grass, Bird Cherry, Bird of Paradise, Birdseed, Bitter-Root, Bittersweet Nightshade, Bitterweed, Black Cherry Tree, Black Locust Tree, Black Nightshade, Black Walnut Tree, Bladder Cherry, Bladderpod, Bleeding Heart, Bloodroot, Bluebonnet, Bog Laurel, Bog Onion, Bouncing Bet, Bracken / Brake Fern, Branching Ivy, Bronco Grass, Brown Dragon, Buckeye, Buckwheat, Buffalo Burr, Burdock, Burning Bush, Bush Lily, Buttercup, Butterfly Flower, Butterweed, Buttonbush
C
Caladium, California Ivy, Calla Lily, Carolina Jasmine, Castor Bean / Oil Plant, Caterpillar Weed, Catsfoot, Celandine, Ceriman, Charlock, Charming Dieffenbachia, Cheatgrass, Cherry Laurel, Cherry Tree, Chickenweed, Chickweed, Chinaberry, Chinese Forget-Me-Not, Chinese Inkberry, Chinese Lantern, Chives, Chokecherry, Christmas Rose, Chrysanthemum, Cineraria, Climbing Nightshade, Coast Fiddleneck, Coffeebean, Columbine, Common Cocklebur, Coon Root, Corn Plant / Cornstalk Dracaena, Cowbane, Crazy Weed, Creeping Buttercup, Creeping Charlie, Crotalaria, Croton, Crown of Thorns, Cuckoo Pint, Culverwort, Curled Dock / Curly Leafed Dock Sorrel, Cutleaf Philodendron, Cyad, Cyclamen
D
Daffodil, Danglepod, Daphne, Datura, Day Blooming Jasmine, Deadly Nightshade, Death Camas, Death Cap Mushrooms, Delphinium, Destroying Angel Mushroom, Devil’s Trumpet, Dieffenbachia, Dogbane, Doll’s Eyes, Downey Brome / Chess , Downey Thornapple, Dracaena Palm, Drooping Brome, Dumb Cane, Dusty Miller, Dutchman’s Breeches,
E
Eagle Fern, Early Chess, Easter Lily, Elderberry, Elephant Ear, Emerald Feather Fern, English Ivy, Evening Trumpet Flower
F
False Acacia, False Hellebore, Fescue, Fiddleneck, Fiddleleaf Fig, Field Balm, Field Horsetail, Field Pennycress, Fireweed, Flaming Katy, Fly Poison, Foxglove, Foxtail Awns, Fruit Salad Plant, Fumewort
G
Garden Calla, General Marion’s Weed, Gill-Over-The-Ground, Glacier Ivy, Goat Weed, Goldenbush, Golden Chain / Rain Tree, Goosefoot, Granny’s Bonnet / Nightcap, Greater Celandine, Green False Hellebore, Ground Cherries, Ground Ivy, Groundsel
H
Hairy Vetch, Hearts-a-Bustin, Heavenly Bamboo, Hedera Helix, Hellebore, Heliotrope, Hemlock, Hemp Dogbane, Herb Paris, Hoary Alyssum, Hog-Plum, Holly, Horse Chestnut, Horse Nettle, Horseradish, Horsetail, Hound’s Tongue, Hudson’s Bay Tea, Husk Tomato, Hyacinth, Hydrangea
I
Indian Apple, Indian Hemp, Indian Paint, Indian Poke / Hellebore, Indian Rubber Plant, Indian Tea, Indian Turnip, Inkberry, Iris
J
Jack-In-The-Pulpit, Jimmyweed, Jimson Weed, Johnsongrass, Jointed Charlock, June Chess
K
Kafir Lily, Kalanchoe, Kentucky Coffee Tree / Mahogany, Klamath Weed, Knight’s Spur
L
Labrador Tea, Laburnum, Ladder-to-Heaven, Lambkill, Lambsquarters, Lantana, Larkspur / Lark’s Heel / Lark’s Claw, Ligustrum, Lily of the Valley, Lobelia, Loco Weed, Locust Tree, Lords-and-Ladies, Lupine
M
Marsh Tea, May Lily, Meadow Death Camas, Meadow Saffron, Mercury Goosefoot, Mexican Bird of Paradise, Mexican Tea, Military Chess, Milkweed, Mole Bean Plant, Moonflower, Mountain Laurel, Mustards
N
Naked Ladies, Needlepoint Ivy, Nicker Treet, Nightshade
O
Oak Tree, Oats, Oleander, Our Ladies Tears
P
Pale Laurel, Patterson’s Curse, Peascod, Persian Violet, Pigweed, Poison berry, Poison Hemlock, Poison Sego Lily, Pokeweed, Pride of Barbados, Privet
Q
R
Ragwort, Rattlebox / Rattlepod , Rayless Goldenrod, Red Maple Tree, Red Oak Tree, Red Pucoon, Red Root, Red Sage, Rhododendron, Rheumatism Weed, Richweed, Rock Poppy, Rosea, Rosebay Willowherb, Rose Laurel, Rubber Tree, Run-Away-Rovin, Russian Knapweed
S
Sacred Bamboo, Sacred Datura, Sago Palm, Salvation Jane, Scouring Rush, Scrambled Eggs, Scurvy Grass, Sea Ragwort, Sesbane,Sheep Laurel / Poison, Shrub Verbena, Silkweed, Silver Dust, Smearwort, Snakebite, Snake Tree, Sneezeweed, Soapwort, Sorghum, Sour Dock, Sowbread, Spanish Tea, Spindle Tree, Spotted Hemlock, Spring Fumewort, Spurge Laurel, Squirrel Corn, St. John’s Wort, Stagger Grass, Staggerweed, Strawberry Bush, Stump Tree, Sudan Grass, Summer Cypress, Swamp Tea, Sweet Slumber, Swiss Cheese Plant
T
Tall Fescue, Tansy Ragwort, Tarweed, Tatterwort, Tetterwort, Thorn Apple, Tobacco Plant, Tower of Jewels, True-Lover’s Knot, Tunhoof, Turkey Corn
U
No plants listed at this time.
V
W
Wahoo, Wake Robin, Water Hemlock, Weber’s Californian Ivy, White Baneberry, White Chocolate Jasmine, White Oak Tree, White Snakeroot / Sanicle, White Sweet Clover, Whitewicky, Wild Comfrey, Wild Cotton, Wild-Pompion, Wild Radish, Wild Turnip, Wintercress, Woodbine, Wormseed, Wormseed Mustard
X
No plants listed at this time.
Y
Yellow Dock, Yellow Jasmine, Yellowrocket, Yellow Starthistle, Yellow Sweet Clover, Yellowtop, Yew,
Z
No plants listed at this time.
There are a lot of plants out there that can cause illness in your equine. Some you’ll recognize and others you will never have to worry about, largely depending on the climate where you keep your animal.
