FLORIDA HORSE.COM - Poisonous Plants for Horses

As a service to our Florida horsemen who visit our site:

KNOW YOUR POISONOUS PLANTS!

For the health and happiness
of your horses, here is a list
of poisonous plants in Florida:

Poisonous Plants of the Southern United States

Allamanda (also in pink) Castor Bean		African Violet Allamanda Angel's Trumpet (Jimsonweed, Downy Thornapple, Devil's Trumpet, Brugmansia, Datura) Attamasco Lili Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) Black Nightshade Bottle Brush Bromeliads Bougainvillea Balsam Pear Brazilian Pepper Castor Bean Coral Plant Wild Cherry, Black Cherry, Bitter Cherry, Choke Cherry, Pin Cherry Christmas Cactus Corn Plant
Angel's Trumpet (All colors)		Croton Deadly Nightshade (also known as Belladonna) Dracaena Dieffenbachia Gardenia Hemlock (Poison Hemlock, Spotted Hemlock Holly (all types) Impatiens
Brazilian Pepper		Johnson Grass (Sudan Grass) Ligustrum (Privet) Locoweed (Crazyweed) Mushroom Oleander Pencil Tree Philodendron Physic Nut Podocarpus (Yew Family) Poinsettia Poison Ivy
Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) Black Nightshade		Poison Sumac Red Buckeye Purple Passion Red Maple Rosary Pea Rattlebox (Weed) Rubber Plant Senecio (Tansy Ragwort, Groundsel) Spider Plant Spotted Water Hemlock Staghorn Fern Verbena Water Hemlock White Snakeroot Yellow Star Thistle (Russian Knapweed) Yew all (+ Japanese known as Podocarpus)
Atamsco Lily		Wild Cherry (prunus)
Coral Plant		Vines: Potato Vines Tomato Vines Eggplants Vines Tobacco Vines Chili Peppers Plants
Dieffenbachia		Oleander (all colors)
Yew is an evergreen tree, up to 32 m high. Its treetop is thick and oval, its leaves are dark green and shiny above; beneath they are matte and milky green.		Rattlebox (seeds rattle), also known as false Poinciana, Chinese Wisteria. Problematic in wet areas, extremely invasive. WEED!
Rosary Pea		Philodendron
Locoweed Yellow Thistle		Johnson Grass (Sudan Grass)
Water Hemlock		Poison Hemlock (1) Poison Hemlock Flowers
Spotted Water Hemlock		Red Buckeye

Beware: Acorns Can Cause Colic and Founder
By Martha Inks, Fort White

Poisonous Plants of the Southern United States

Cornell University Poisonous Plants Informational Page

ASPCA - Toxic Plants for Horses

If you are aware of additional plants,
not mentioned here, please let us know!

A color brochure of this information is available from:
Florida Poison Information Center
University of Miami/JMMC
PO Box 016960 (R-131)
Miami, FL 33101

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