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November 8, 2009
Safety
Toxic Greenery

While dogs in the wild may instinctively avoid toxic plants, your dog may not be as savvy. Make the choices simple for your pet: keep the harmful plants listed below out of your house and garden. This list is not an exhaustive one, so always double-check with your vet; some toxic plants may be particular to your area.

A dog's reaction to ingesting a toxic plant can be fairly mild, or the dog may become dehydrated, suffer from diarrhea or even die. If your pet has eaten some dangerous greenery, contact your vet immediately.

algae
almonds
amaryllis
apricots
arrowhead vine
asparagus fern
autumn crocus
azalea
blackberry
black-eyed Susan
black nightshade
bleeding heart
boxwood
bracken or brake fern
buckeye
buttercups
cactus (spines)
caladium
calla lily
castor beans
ceriman
charming dieffenbachia
cherry
Chinese evergreen
chokecherry
Christmas rose
chrysan- themum
cineraria
clematis
climbing nightshade
cordatum
corn plant
cornstalk plant
crabgrass
crocus
croton
crown of thorns
Cuban laurel
daffodil
devil's ivy
dumb cane
Easter lily
elder- berry
eleph- ant's ear
emerald feather
English holly
ecalyptus
fiddle-leaf fig
foxglove
glory lily
gold dust dracaena
helle- borus
hemlock
holly berries
hyacinth
hydr- angea
iris
ivy
jack-in-the-pulpit
Japanese show lily
jasmine
Jeru- salem cherry
jonquil
kalan- choe
laburnum
lantana
larkspur
ligustrum
lily of the valley
marble queen
mari- juana
mistletoe
mons- hood
morning glory
mush- rooms
narcissus
neph- thytis
nettles
nutmeg
oleander
onion
oriental lily
peace lily
peach
pencil cactus
periwinkle
philo- dendron
plumosa fern
poinsettia
poison hemlock
poison ivy
poison oak
pokeweed
potato
precatory beans
primrose
privet
purple foxglove
red emerald
red princess
rhodo- dendron
rhubarb
rubber plants
sago lily
skunk cabbage
spider plant
spring bulbs
string of pearls
Swiss cheese plant
taro vine
tiger lily
tinsel tree
tobacco
tomato plant
tulip
wandering Jew
water hemlock
wild black cherry
wisteria
yellow jasmine
yew

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