Parrot Info - Health Training Diet

Many times you may find a plant listed on both the safe and the unsafe plant lists. There are several reasons why this could happen and may be the result of many plant lists not being updated, but simply passed along as they are. Maybe a plant which was considered safe at one time, has now been determined to be unsafe after much study and investigation. The reverse could also be true. Maybe a plant that was once considered unsafe, has now been determined safe after much study has been done, and no adverse effects were ever found that it harmed humans or birds. It is also possible that a plant did seem to cause unfavorable symptoms in a bird, yet other birds did not have the same reaction so many do not know for sure whether the plan is really safe, or unsafe. Another reason for plant names on both lists, is often because although the plant is considered safe, some part of the plant, leaves, stem, flowers, berries, beans, and such, may be toxic, thereby making the plant both safe and unsafe. Since it is possible that some birds can show a sensitivity to a certain plant, yet not all birds do, the plant is often placed on the unsafe list as a caution. But since all birds did not have a problem with the plant, some people may leave the plant on the safe list as well.

Our recommendation is, when in doubt, consider it unsafe.

Below is a list of some of the 'safe plants' found on most plant lists in their common name. We have tried to not list plants whose fruit, berries, or beans are considered toxic.

If a plant has an * before it's name, it is a plant that may appear on both safe and unsafe lists and it's total safety cannot be guaranteed so it may be better to avoid it altogether if you own birds.

If you are looking for a certain plant and do not see it on the list below, you may want to check out the links at the bottom of the page for many other lists of both safe and unsafe plants for birds.

Acacia, Action Plant, African Violet, Airplane Plant, *Aloe, Aluminum Plant, American Rubber Plant, Angel's Tears, Antelope Ears, Areca Palm, *Arum Ivy, Asparagus Fern, Aspidistra, Assam Robber Plant, Aster, *Australian Ivy Palm, Australian Pine, *Australian Umbrella Tree,
Baby Jade, Baby Rubber Plant, Baby's Breath, Baby's Tears, Bachelor's Button, Ball Fern, Bamboo, Bamboo Palm, Begonia,* Belgian Evergreen, Belmore Sentry Plant, Benjamin Tree, Bilbergia, Bird's Nest Fern, Blacking Plant, Bloodleaf Plant, Bluebottle, Blushing Bromeliad, Blushing Cup, Boston Fern, Bottle Palm, Bougainvilea, Braided Ficus, Brake Fern, Broad-leaved Lady Palm, Bomelia, Broom, Burro's Tail, Butterfly Palm, Button Fern,
Cabbage Tree, Calathea, California Maidenhair, Camelia, Canary Island Date Palm, Candle Plant, Cane Palm, Cape Jasmine, Cast Iron Plant, Cauliflower Ears, Chickweed, China Rose, Chinese Fan Palm, Chinese Hibiscus, Chinese Rubber Plant, Christmas Cactus, Cissus, Climbing Rose, Coleus, Common Houseleek, Common Zinnia, Corn Plant, Cornflower, Cosmos, Crab Cactus, Crassula argentea, Creeping Charlie, Creeping Fig, CretanBrake Fern, Cryptanthus, Curly Palm,
Dagger Plant, Dahlia, Deer's Foot Fern, Delta Maidenhair Fern, Dish Fern, Dogwood, Dollar Plant, Donkey Tail, *Dracaena, Dragon Tree, Dudder Grass, Dutchwings, Dwarf Date Palm, Dwarf Fan Palm, Dwarf Rubber Plant, Dycida,
Earth Stars, Easter Cactus, Echeverta, Edible Fig, Elephant-Foot Tree, Elk's Horn Fern, Emerald Feather, Emerald Fern, Emerald Ripple Peperomia, European Fan Palm,
False Aralia, Fan Palm, Fatsia, Fern Rhapis, *Fiddle-leaf Fig, *Fiddleleaf Fig, Fig, Fiji Fern, Fish Tail Fern, Fitonia, Five-finger Fern, *Flaming Katy, Flaming Sword, Flamingo Plant, Flat Palm, Formosa Rice Tree, Forster Sentry Palm, Forsythia, Freckle Face, Friendship Plant, Fucsha, *Funeral Palm,
Gardenia, Gasteria, Giant Inch Plant, Giant Yucca, Glossy-Leaved Paper Plant, Gold Dust, Golden Bells, Golden Butterfly Palm, *Golden Ceylon Creeper, Golden Feather Palm, Golden Polypodium, *Golden Pothos, Goldfish Plant, Good Luck Plant, Grape Ivy, Grecian Laurel, Green Ripple Peperomia, Guava Pineapple, Gujzmania, Gypsophila,
Hare's Food Fern, Hawaiian Good Luck Plant, Hawaiian Hibiscus, Hawaiian Tree Fern, Heart-of-Flame, Hen-and-Chickens, Hen-and-Chicks, Hibiscus, Holly Fern, *Honey Plant, House Pine, Howea Palm, Humble Plant, *Hunter's Robe,
Inch Plant, India Rubber Tree, Irish Moss, Iron Fern, Ivy-leaf Pepper,
Jade Plant, Jade Tree, Janet Craig Dracaena, Japanese Aralla, Japanese Camellia, Japanese Fatsla, *Japanese Fern Palm, Japanese Holly Fern, Japanese Rubber Plant, *Japanese Sago Palm, *Japanese Skimmla, Java Fig,
*Kalanchoe, Kangaroo Vine, Kentia Palm,
Lace Trumpet, Lady Palm, Lady's Teardrops, *Laurel Leaf Fig, Leather Fern, Leatherleaf Fern, Lipstick Plant, Little Fantasy Peperomia, Live-and-Die Plant, Living-vase Plant,Lomaria
Madagascar Palm, Magnolia, Maidenhair Fern, Marigold, Massange's Dracaena, Measles Plant, Mediterranean Fan Palm, Mexican Bottle Plant, Mexican Gem, Mexican Snowball, Mexican Tree Fern, Michaelmas Daisy, Miniature Date Palm, Miniature Fan Palm, Miniature Jasmine, Monkey Plant, Mosaic Plant, Mother-in-law's Tongue, Mother Fern,
Nasturtium, Neanthe Bella Palm, Neoregelia, Nerve Plant, New York Aster, Nidularium, Norfolk Island Pine,
*Octopus Tree, Old-Man-and Woman, Olive, Oriental Bamboo, Ornamental Dracaena,
Painted Fingernail, Painted Nettle, Paper Flower, Paper Plant, Parlor Palm, Passionflower, Pearl Echeveria, Pellaea, Peperomia, Pepper Face, Petunia, Phlox, Piggyback Plant, Pineapple, Pink Polka-Dot Plant, Pitcher Plant, *Pittosporum, Platinum Pepper, Pleomele, Polka-Dot Plant, Polypody, Ponytail Palm, *Pothos, *Pothos Vine, *Prayer Plant, Prostrate Coleus, Purple Nettle, Purple Passion, Purple Velvet Plant, Pygmy Date Palm,
Queen's Tears, *Queen's Umbrella Tree, *Queensland Umbrella Tree,
Rabbit's Foot Fern, *Rabbit's Tracks Plant, Radiator Plant, Rainbow Star, *Raphidophora, Red-Margined Draceana, Red-Creeping Charlie, Ribbon and Bows, Ribbon Fern, *Ribbon Plant, Roebelin Palm, Roof Houseleek, Rose, Rose-of-China, Rosy Madenhair, Roundleaf Fern, Royal Velvet Plant, Rubber Plant,
Saffron Spike, *Sago Palm, Scabiosa, *Schefflera, Screw Pine, Sedum, Sensitive Plant, Sentry Palm, Shame Plant, Silver Dollar Maidenhair, Silver Fittonia, Silver Nerve, Silver Net Plant, Silver Threads, Slender Lady Palm, Small-leaved Rubber Plan, Snake Plant, Snapdragon, *Solomon Island Ivy, Southern Maidenhair Fern, Southern Sword Fern, Spanish Bayonet, Spider Fern, Spider Ivy, Spider Plant, Spineless Yucca, Spotted Gasteria, Sprenger Asparagus, Sprengerl Fern, Spur Flower, Squirrel's Foot Fern, Staghorn Fern, Starfish Plan, *Starleaf, Swedish Begonia, Swedish Ivy, Sweet Bay, Sword Fern,
Table Fern, *Ten Commandments, Thanksgiving Cactus, Thatch-Leaf Palm, Thousand Mothers, Thyme, Ti Log, Ti Plant, Tillandsia, Tom Thumb, Touch-Me-Not, Trailing Watermellon Begonia, Tree-of-Kings, Tree Fern, Tropical Hibiscus,
*Umbrella Tree, Urn Plant,
*Variegated Philodendron, Variegated Wandering Jew, Vase Plant, Velvet Nettle, Velvet Plant, Venezuela Treebine, Venus's Hair, Volcano Plant, Vriesea,
Walking Anthericum, Wandering Jew, Warneckii Dracaena, Watermelon Begonia, Watermelon Peperomia, Watermelon Pilea, Wax Plant, Wax Flower, Weeping Chinese Banyon, Weeping Fig, Western Maidenhair Fern, White-Leaf Fittonia, White Mexican Rose, Windmill Palm, Wine Palm,
Yellow Bamboo, Youth-on=Age, Youth and Old Age, Yucca,
Zebra Plant, Zinnia

The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) has listed the following five plants as the most potentially dangerous to pets.

* LILIES rank number one in dangerous plant call volume at the APCC, and are highly toxic to cats. Says Khan, "It is clear that even with ingestions of very small amounts, severe kidney damage could result.

* AZALEAS, indigenous to many eastern and western states and commonly used in landscaping, contain substances that can produce vomiting, drooling, diarrhea, weakness, and central nervous system depression. Severe cases could lead to death from cardiovascular
collapse.

* Frequently used as an ornamental plant, OLEANDER contains toxic >components that can cause irritation of the gastrointestinal tract, hypothermia, and potentially severe cardiac problems.

* Also a popular ornamental plant, SAGO PALM can potentially produce vomiting, diarrhea, depression, seizures, liver failure, and even death. One pit bull terrier in Florida became ill and subsequently died from liver failure after chewing on the leaves and base of a sago palm in his yard.

* Although all parts of the CASTOR BEAN plant are dangerous, the seeds contain the highest concentration of toxins. Ingestion can produce significant abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and weakness; in severe cases, dehydration, tremors, seizures, and even death could result.