If you are plant lover and also you love dogs and you have one or more, you should know which plant that you have to avoid keeping them, because as there are some plant they are safe for dogs also there are some plant which they are toxic for dogs and they can kill them. Now if I want to answer the most common question about this topic which it is: “What is the most poisonous plant for a dog?” I have to say: “Mistletoe (Viscum album), Oleander (Nerium oleander), Thorn apple or jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), Yew (Taxus spp.) and any mushroom you cannot identify as safe.
List of Top toxic plants for dogs
Sago Palm
Sago palm with its hard stem is like a little palm which it can grow indoor or outdoor and it is known as toxic plant for all of the animals, such as dogs.
Tulips
Tulips are beautiful plant which they grow in spring indoor and outdoor. But if you have dog, you should avoid this plant especially in light colors. The most common problem for dogs, if they eat this plant is stomach upset.
Lily of the valley
This beautiful easy plant are very popular but if you have dog you should avoid this plant. Scientists proved that if your dog be near this plant it can cause to accrued heart problem. Eating some leaves of this plant can show these symptoms: diarrhea, vomiting, low blood pressure, disorientation, seizures, coma and etc.
Oleander
This west plant can grow up to twelve feet and every foot of its plant is toxic for dogs, actually it is including cardiac glycosides which it can cause to changes in heart rate, diarrhea, abdominal pain and etc.
Philodendrons
This plant with heart shape leaves is including insoluble calcium oxalate crystals that can irritate your dog’s mouth and lips. And if your dog eat this plant some symptoms would appear such as pawing the mouth, drooling and retching.
Rhododendron (Azaleas)
All the beauty of this flower is about grayantoxin, and the reaction of your poppy is depending on how much they eat it. The symptoms of eating this plant by your dog are: weakness, tremors, low blood pressure and irregular heart rate.
Dieffenbachia (Dumb cane)
This plant is just like philodendrons and it contains calcium oxalate crystals, which it can burn tongue and lips of your dog.
Japanese Yews (Buddhist pine, Southern yew)
This plant gives some red mulberry, but these mulberries are not toxic for dogs, actually the leaves and stems of this plant are toxic to the dogs.
Cyclamen
This winter indoor plant is toxic to your dog and if your dog eat any part of this plant it can cause to diarrhea, vomiting and finally can cause to death the dogs if they eat it.
Autumn Crocus
This autumn plant with beautiful bloom can cause some symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea.
Now I want to say a complete list of top toxic plant for dogs:
- Castor bean or castor oil plant
- Hemlock
- English Ivy, both leaves and berries
- Mistletoe
- Thorn apple or jimsonweed
- Amaryllis
- Autumn crocus
- Bleeding heart
- Bloodroot
- Chrysanthemum
- Flower bulbs of any kind
- Foxglove
- Jerusalem cherry
- Larkspur
- Marijuana
- Peace Lily or Mauna Loa Peace Lily
- Pothos
- Rhubarb
- Schefflera
- Stinging nettles
- Virginia creeper
- Azalea
- Chinaberry tree
- Horsechestnut
- Laburnum
- Privet
- Wisteria
