Plants that are Poisonous to Alpacas
July 16 2012
Plants that are Poisonous to Alpacas
When I started putting a list together of plants toxic to alpacas, I was amazed that any of our animals are still alive!
While there are a lot of plants on this list, it is not exhaustive. Please speak with your veterinarian in your area to discuss other potentially toxic plants to alpacas.
Aconite | Doll's Eyes | Oxalis |
Acorns | Drymary | Pacific Poison Oak |
African rue | Dumb cane | Pasque flower |
Agave Lechuguilla | Easter Lillies | Philodendron |
Amaryllis | Eggplant | Pin Cherry |
Arrow Grass | Elderberry | Podocarpus |
Autumn crocus | Elephant ears | Poinciana |
Avocado | English Holly | Poinsettia |
Azalea | English Ivy | Poision Hemlock |
Bagpod | Eucalyptus | Poison ivy |
Baneberry | Eyebane | Poison Oak |
Barberry | False hellebore | Poison suckleys |
Bear grass | Fiddleneck | Poison sumac |
Belladonna | Firecracker | Pokeweed |
Bellyache-bush | Foxglove | Poppy |
Big sagebrush, | Foxtails | Potato plant |
Bird of Paradise | Geranium | Pothos |
Bitter weed | Gingko Tree | Prince's plume |
Bittersweet | Golden chain (shower) tree | Privet |
Black laurel | Greasewood | Pyrocantha |
Black locust | Groundsel | Ragwort |
Black Snakeroot | Gum weed | Rattlebox |
Black Walnut | Halogeton glomeratus | Rattleweed |
Bladder pod | Hemlock | Rayless goldenrod |
Bleeding heart | Hemp | Rhododendron |
BLISTER BEETLES | Henbane | Rhubarb |
Bloodroot | Holly berry | Rock Poppy |
Blue Cohosh | Horse Chestnut | Rubberweed |
Blue Flag | Horsebrush | Russian thistle |
Box - (Blue-Green Algae) | Horsenettle | Rusty-Leaf |
Boxwood | Hyacinth | Rye Grass |
Bracken fern | Hydrangea blossom | Sand Begonia |
Broccoli | Indian Hemp | Sandberg Bluegrass |
Broom Corn | Indian Poke | Sandcorn |
Broom snakeweed | Ink weed | Senecio |
Brussel Sprouts | Inkberry | Sesbane |
Buckeyes | Iris | Sesbania |
Buckwheat | Ivy bush | Silverling |
Buffalo Burr | Jack-in-the-pulpit | Skunk cabbage |
Bur sage | Jequirity bean | Snakeberry |
Burroweed | Jerusalem cherry | Sneezeweed |
Buttercups | Jimsonweed | Snow-on-the-mountain |
Butterfly weed | Johnson Grass | Sorghum |
Cabbage | Jonquil | Spathe Flower |
Calamondin orange tree | Juniper | Spindle Tree |
Calla lily | Kale | Spurges |
Camas lily | Klamath weed | St. Johnswort |
Carnation | Labrador Tea | Stagger Grass |
Castor bean | Laburnum | Star Lily |
Cat claw | Lantana | Star of Bethlehem |
Celandine | Larkspurs | Stinging Nettles |
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Laurel | String of pearls |
Cherry | Leopard Bane | Tansy ragwort |
Chinaberry | Lillies | Thornapple |
Chokecherry | Lily of the Valley | Thornapple |
Christmas cherry | Lima Beans | Tobacco Tree |
Christmas rose | Lobelia | Tobacco |
Cocklebur | Locoweed | Tomato leaves |
Coffeeweed | Lupine | Trumpet Vine |
Corn Lily | Manchineel | Tulip |
Cowbane | Mandrake | UREA |
Cowslip | Maple - Red | Velvet Grass |
Cress | Marijuana | Vetch |
Crocus | Mayapple | Violet Seeds |
Crotalaria | Mescal bean | Walnut |
Crow poison | Water hemlock | |
Crowfoot | Milkweed | Western Wheatgrass |
Crown of Thorns | Mistletoe | White Cohosh |
Crucifers | Monensin | White Hellebore |
Crucifers | Monkshood | White Ragweed |
Curlycup Gumweed. | Morning glory | White snakeroot |
Cyclamen | Mountain Laurel | Wild Black Cherry |
Daffodil | Mountain mahogany | Wild carrots |
Daisy | Mushrooms | Wild Cherry |
Daphne | Mustards | Wild Cucumber |
Deadly Nightshade (Belladonna) | MYCOTOXINS and MOLDS | Wild Parsnip |
Deathcamas | Narcissus | Wild Peas |
Devils ivy | Needlepoint ivy | Wild Plums |
Devils Weed | Nightshade (black) berry | Wisteria |
Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane) | Oak | Wolfsbane |
Dock | Oak Brush (shrub) | Yellow Flag |
Dogbane | Oak tree | Yellow Jasmine |
Dogtooth Lilly | Oleander | Yellow Jessamine |
Onions | Yew tree |