Dangerous Plants

Many plants are dangerous or have parts that are toxic. The list below includes some of the more common plants that present a danger to preschoolers.

For more information about plants that might be toxic, you can check the United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database.
http://plants.usda.gov/

Name	Toxic Part
Aconite (Monkshood)	flowers, leaves, root
Azalea	all parts
Belladonna	all parts, especially berries
Bird of Paradise	green seed pods
Burning Bush	leaves
Caladium	all parts
Castor Bean	seed, foliage
Chinaberry	berries
Columbine	berries
Cyclamen	tuber
Daffodil	bulb
Daphne	bark, berries, especially seeds
Death Camas	bulbs
Delphinium	all parts, especially seed
Dieffenbachia	all parts
Elephant Ear	all parts
English Ivy	leaves
Four O’Clock	root, seed
Foxglove	all parts
Hen and Chickens	all parts
Holly	berries
Hyacinth	bulb, leaves, flower
Hydrangea	leaves, buds
Iris	root
Jimson Weed (Datura)	all parts
Jerusalem Cherry	all parts
Lantana	all parts, especially berries
Larkspur	all parts, especially seed
Lily-of-the-Valley	all parts
Mistletoe	berries
Mock Orange	fruit
Morning Glory	seed
Mountain Laurel	all parts
Mushrooms, poisonous	all parts
Narcissus	bulb
Nightshade	all parts, especially ripe berries
Oleander	leaves, branches
Philodendron	all parts
Pinks	seed
Poinsettia	all parts
Potato	eyes, sprouts
Rhododendron	all parts
Rhubarb	leaves
Scotch Broom	seed
Spider Lily	bulb
Sweet Pea	stem, seed
Water Hemlock (Cowbane, Snakeroot)	all parts
Yew	bark, needles, seed, berries

 

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