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:

Allamanda (also in pink) Castor Bean		African Violet Allamanda Angel's Trumpet (Jimsonweed, Downy Thornapple, Devil's Trumpet) Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) Bottle Brush Bromeliads Bougainvillea Balsam Pear Brazilian Pepper Castor Bean Coral Plant
Angel's Trumpet (All colors)		Christmas Cactus Corn Plant Croton Deadly Nightshade (Belladonna) Dracaena Dieffenbachia Gardenia
Brazilian Pepper		Hemlock (Poison Hemlock, Spotted Hemlock Impatiens Johnson Grass (Sudan Grass) Purple Passion Oleander Pencil Tree Philodendron Physic Nut Poinsettia Poison Ivy
Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) Wild Cherry (prunus)		Locoweed (Crazyweed) Mushroom Red Maple Rosary Pea Rattlebox (Weed) Rubber Plant Senecio (Tansy Ragwort, Groundsel) Spider Plant Staghorn Fern Wild Cherries, Black Cherry, Bitter Cherry, Choke Cherry, Pin Cherry Water Hemlock White Snakeroot Yellow Star Thistle (Russian Knapweed) Yew
Coral Plant		Vines: Potatoe 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

Jan. 2008 - Beware: Acorns Can Cause Colic and Founder
By Martha Inks, Fort White

Jan. 2008 - Poisonous Plants of the Southern United States

Cornell University Poisonous Plants Informational Page

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

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Florida Poison Information Center
University of Miami/JMMC
PO Box 016960 (R-131)
Miami, FL 33101

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