Poisonous Plants, part 1.

The most poisonous plants/trees/shrubs that can or will cause death include but are not limited to the following:

• Azalea/Laurels
• Daphne
• Delphiniums
• Foxglove
• Hemlock
• Yellow Oleander
• Blister Beetle Intoxication (of Alfalfa Hay)
• Coffee Weed
• Locoweed
• Vetch
• Phalaris
• White Snakeroot
• Rattleweed
• Salvation Jane Paterson's Curse
• Pokeweed
• Poke
• Rattle Box
• Red Maple
• Ivy Snake Vine
• Monk's Hood
• Oleander
• Poinsettia
• Privet Hedge Plant
• Yew Tree
• Japanese Yew
• Ground Hemlock
• Milkweed
• Snakeroot or Richweed
• Death Camas
• Fiddleneck
• Yellow Burr Weed
• Ragwort
• Stinking Willie
• Common Groundsel
• Bitterweed
• Rayless
• Golden Rod
• Jimmy or Burrow Weed
• Russian Knapweed
• Water Hemlock
• Cowbane
• Yellow Star Thistle

Poisonous Plants, part 2.

Some of the symptoms of this group include (but are not limited) to the following:

Nervous signs, diarrhea, colic, liver damage, photosensitivity and sunburn, dermatitis, blurred vision, choke, muscle tremors, salivation, staggers, big head, drooling, abortion, hypersensitivity, depression, shock, poor performance, jaundice, infertility in mares, runny eyes, partial blindness.

Each of the plants/trees or shrubs listed may exhibit one or more of the symptoms shown above. No single plant will cause a horse to exhibit all of those listed.

• Castor Oil Plant
• Cestrum
• Lantana
• Parsley
• Poppy
• Potato
• Rhubarb
• Soursob
• Wisteria
• Clovers Medics
• Ergot of Paspalum
• Ergot of Rye
• Kleingrass
• Panic (Blue Panic)
• Setaria
• Buffel Grass
• Argentine Grass
• Dallas Grass