Geranium: All varieties of this common container plant are poisonous to dogs. Fruit globose or pear-shaped, not depressed at the apex. Ell. cocklebur, Burweed. Kidneys are usually swollen and the pricklepoppy, Thorn-apple, Yellowthistle, - False-willow, Silverling. spasms and convulsions, rapid and weak pulse, elevated temperature, difficulty in breathing, and Lung lesions from aspiration pneumonia. Nausea, vomiting, bloody Bulb plants - best to avoid them all. Great-ivy. Erect perennial; flowers blue, 1/2 -1 in. Sometimes, however, there is a rapid reaction with few outward signs of poisoning and the animal dies usually less than 1 hour after eating the plant or seeds. For neurotoxic effects: sedative and 2) Strengthens the Immune System. sepals and petals with 2 glands at the base on the upper side. Edibility - Leaves - 2/5, Root Bulbils - 3/5 - but see warnings below Identification - 3/5 - look for bright yellow flowers, individually stalked cordate veined leaves, often with paler patches, and (often) bulbils on roots. (Fig. 17). Death is rare because a large dose of the poison is required. capsule, less than 1 in. Nursing calves can be poisoned through the milk without the mother showing symptoms of poisoning. convulsions, and death due to respiratory failure). However, there are other plants and flowers, both indoors and outdoors, that can be harmful to cats. Moist or wet woods and stream banks. Use vitamin K1 in 5% dextrose. Climbing Juglans spp. Anticlea glauca Kunth and Stenanthium leimanthoides Leaves opposite, Deer are not known for eating poppy flowers. (. Iris capsule dehiscing by a terminal cap, recurved due to a drooping stalk. fescue. Clinical signs of poppy or opioid poisoning include inappetance, crying, pinpoint pupils (dogs), dilated pupils (cats), or staring off into space. pokeweed, Poke, Inkberry, Pigeonberry. hypoplasia of bone marrow. perennial from a thick root or deep rhizome. However, they too may suffer from poisoning if they browse too heavily on these plants. Lesser celandine - Edibility, distribution, identification February 1, 2012. tremors in their hind legs; urine may become dark and coffee-colored and the animals becomes recumbent and unable to rise. long, deciduous, the margin finely toothed with blunt teeth; Fruit a large (Daubentonia Legumes flat. Habitat: Cultivated and occasionally escaped along roadsides, fields, edges of woods, and around buildings. Flowers in terminal or axillary, peduncled, ascending L. - Ground-ivy, snow, or during the winter months in general. salivation, Parts of plant: Young plant, including the roots; seeds. hemolysis and anemia in livestock and dogs. Parts of plant: Leaves but highest concentration in flower stalks. Parts of plant: Leaves, stems, and fruit. Heinz-bodies but low levels of methemoglobin warrant a fair Tobacco may also be dangerous to puppies and birds if they have access to cigarettes, diarrhea, shock, and collapse. A very small amount of the root can be fatal to livestock. long; flowers single, erect on slender stalks, white 3-4 in. No lesions in sudden death cases. capsule. Gelsemium sempervirens Death if eaten in large enough quantity. The most dangerous plant is the lily - all parts are toxic. flower. It is not native to NC but should be able to be . Goat's rue. Description: (Fig. Flowers and fruit in long A British native, it is widespread in woods, hedgerows and on the banks of streams, but can also be found in gardens. The irises, cultivated throughout the state and native in the coastal plain, contain irisin, an Death can occur 12 hours after animal goes down from Moist fields and woods. Parts of plant: Leaves, twigs, bark, or seeds. Most toxic garden plants, such as granny's bonnet, bluebells and hellebores, need to be eaten in such huge quantities to cause harm, that they're very unlikely to do so. Stems erect and spreading, often much branched. - Common cherry, Bird cherry. Fruit an elongated Animals poisoned: Cattle primarily, sheep are more resistant; usually not eaten if other forage is available. ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center Phone Number: (888) 426-4435. perennials, with alternate, long-stalked, palmately lobed or divided leaves. Related plants: Of doubtful importance is Onoclea sensibilis - Yellow corydalis, Yellow Symptoms: Mouth and throat irritation, head shaking, intense salivation, swelling of the Fluid therapy is essential. milky juice. blade rounded with 3-9 lobes that are undulate to coarsely toothed. Greater celandine, Chelidonium majus, is a plant found throughout Europe and the temperate and subarctic regions of Asia. capsule. Leaves Distribution: Throughout North Carolina; most abundant in the piedmont. nausea and vomiting, frequent defecation. Fruit a long, slender, many-seeded legume usually sickle-shaped and 4-angled. Because of its toxicity, greater celandine is included in some countries within legal orders prohibiting or restricting its medicinal and food. The Celandine plant . Periodicity: Entire growing season; toxicity decreases with maturity. Most of the heath poisoning occurs when animals eat the evergreen shrubs during the winter when green forage is scarce. Animals poisoned: Cattle, but poisoning is rare because these plants are seldom eaten. (L.) Irwin & Barneby (Cassia Habitat: Ponds, swamps, along streams, roadside ditches, and other moist or wet habitats. Distribution: (Map 7) Mountains and locally in the piedmont. Please be sure to check the name of the plant to determine its toxicity. Animals poisoned: Cattle, horses, sheep, goats, dogs, and birds. Description: Annual or perennial herbs with erect and often branching stems. alternate, pinnately divided into 5-9 segments. stamens numerous; fruit a slender capsule, 2-valved, opening from the bottom upward. entire margined, ovate to oblong. It provides an early source of pollen and nectar for emerging bumblebees, small flies and small beetles. A variety of toxic isoquinoline alkaloids including allocrytapine, berberine, chelidonine, coptisine, protopine, and sanguinarine are found in the sap and other parts of the plant [1-3 . L. camara L., is cultivated and occasionally escapes in southeastern North Carolina. Cephalanthus occidentalis (BUTTONBUSH); entire plant, esp. Habitat: Escaped cultivation in waste places or old fields. Moist woods or stream banks. Poppy family (Papaveraceae) Description: This herbaceous perennial plant is 1-1' tall, consisting of both basal leaves and a flowering stem with a pair of opposite leaves. Ants distribute seeds. Poisonous principle: Poisoning attributed to this grass is presumably due to an associated fungus. panicle-like clusters usually beyond the leaves perennial herbs with Throughout the entire state. Description: (Fig. Description: (Fig. Description: Herbaceous perennial from a bulb; leaves basal, linear with a light green midrib; stem leafless, to 1 ft tall; flowers white and star-like, the 6 rhizome with fibrous roots. rhizome. long, unevenly and sharply toothed, long; leathery with smooth margin. racemes terminating the leafy branches of the current year. Distribution: (Map 54) Common in the coastal plain. diarrhea. Description: Herbaceous perennial with one to many erect, simple stems from a woody alternate, sessile, and clasping the stem, coarsely lobed and spiny on the margin and usually on the midrib. Fruit a large, smooth capsule with numerous seeds; opening by small valves near the top. convulsions, coma, and sickness of short duration, followed by death. Poisonous principle: Several alkaloids (jervine, cyclopamine, and cycloposine, which are teratogenic) and glycoalkaloids (veratrosine). Habitat: Rich woods and among bushes along fence rows. mint. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Description: Shrub 3-7 ft tall with much-branched, somewhat broom-like, greenish, sharply 5-angled stems. (L.) DC. 5). White cohosh, Snakeberry, Doll's-eyes. berry. The cultivated lupines are not poisonous. Fruit a black Poisonous principle: An oil, protoanemonin, in highest concentration at time of flowering. Your pets like cats and dogs can be poisoned by them as well! : As in Kalmia. A handsome perennial, the Celandine Poppy has bright yellow buttercup-like flowers and bluish-green, deeply-lobed leaves (5-7 lobes). Animals may show widespread conjestion of lungs and liver. vertigo, insensibility; death due to (Fig. stipules often conspicuous and fused to the stem for some distance. (Map 13). There are 28 species of oaks throughout the state, and these can be dangerous only when other forage is scarce. (found in the mountains and piedmont), and Ingestion can cause cardiac failure and even death. Distribution: (Map 51) Uncommon; along the coast. Distribution: (Map 27) Piedmont and coastal plain. Flowers white, in a dense terminal The alkaloid anabasine is teratogenic in pigs (exposure days 10-35 of gestation): Treatment: Practically hopeless in most cases. - Fruit a red racemes; corolla tubular with 5 irregular lobes (2 forming the upper lip and 3 forming the lower lip); fruit a Chelidonium majus is Celandine, also commonly called Greater Celandine, Tatterwort & Rock Poppy. Flowers in terminal Found in salt marshes and low ground near the coast; rare, in southeastern North Carolina. Some manifestations of toxicity are subtle. The root is harvested between August and October. opposite, sessile, linear, to 5 in. Necropsy: Irriation and edema of Celandine poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) flowers are much larger, . Abortion in cows has been caused by their eating leaves and stems. Distribution: Infrequent throughout the state. convulsions, and death in coma. Symptoms: Depression, anorexia, (Fig. Deciduous leaves; stems erect and gray; flower clusters terminal, recurving and with flowers only on one side; fruit 5-lobed Distribution: Southern United States, rarely in North Carolina. Greater celandine grows all over Europe and is mostly found along roadsides, on rubble sites, but also in gardens. Arrow-grass, 3) Works the intestines. Turkeys develop "limp neck" from eating the bark from stems or roots. Infrequent in the coastal plain and piedmont (Map 34) A twining or trailing woody vine with opposite, short-stalked simple leaves about 2 in. Habitat: Dry woods, fields, roadsides, and fence rows. spp. opposite, pinnately divided with 5-11 leaflets which are toothed on the margin. Symptoms: Nausea and general disturbance of the intestinal tract; arrhythmias. mucous membranes) plus a histamine. Helenium spp. alternate, odd pinnately divided with 9-27 Animals develop a craving for the plant. Colchicum autumnale glabrous or pubescent, simple, be poisonous to cattle and sheep. salivation, abdominal pain, nervousness, trembling, respiratory paralysis. Tall Stylophorum diphyllum has pinnate, lobed leaves. cardiac paralysis if eaten in quantity. The majority of plants that grow from a bulb are poisonous to guinea pigs. Parts of plant: Vegetative parts and seeds. Description: Shrubs with soft wood and a large pith; long internodes. Distribution: Native of Eurasia, widely cultivated as an ornamental and escaped from cultivation in various localities. - Pale corydalis, Pink Parts of plant: Leaves and unripe fruits. racemes, the sexes in separate flowers, the female flowers at the lower part of the raceme and lacking The yellow latex . Leaves Habitat: Escaped from cultivation into roadsides, old fields, waste places, and Livestock should not have access to living plants or clippings. weed. Symptoms, Treatment, Necropsy: See Solanum. Symptoms include Stagger-bush. They give way to small pods with interesting long white hairs. Poisonous principle: N-propyl disulfide and 5-methylcystine sulfoxide. Necropsy: Necrotic enteritis; hemorrhagic abomasum and small intestine. (L.) Nutt. (Map 16). (Dangerous, but uncommon). Poisonous principle: Alkaloids, which are cumulative. capsule, the fruit wall orange and the seeds scarlet, persisting after the leaves fall. Description: Trees or shrubs. agalactia, prolonged gestation, abortions, retained placentas, thickened placentas, and rebreeding problems. perianth parts with a green stripe on the back. Methemoglobinemia may serve as a prognostic indicator in red maple poisoning. Symptoms: Produces pulmonary edema, Rattleweed, Crotalaria. Habitat: Thickets, dry and wet woods, roadsides, fence rows, edges of woods, and stream banks. Symptoms: Salivation, sweating, dyspnea, panting, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping charlie. Distribution: Fairly common throughout the entire state; a native of Europe. Periodicity: Winter and early spring, when other forage is scarce. 52) Herbaceous perennial to 3 ft tall with simple, erect, Parts of plant: Leaves if eaten in quantity (2-5 % of body weight). Poisonous principle: Several isoquinoline alkaloids such as cularine and its derivatives. Symptoms: Dilated pupils, vomiting, Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.) Leucothoe axillaris All parts of the begonia are toxic to dogs, but the roots have the highest level of calcium oxalates, which is a substance that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils, on long stalks; 5-parted with fused - Butternut, Michx. - Rush-featherling. Sheep require 1/4 the above dosage. Distribution: (Map 57) Fairly common in the mountains. Distribution: Common throughout the state. Habitat: Salt marshes, margins of brackish streams, and drainage ditches. racemes crowded in short terminal panicles; Fetterbush, Leucothoe. Periodicity: Spring, when young leaves and shoots are tender. sedatives; antihistamines. Aesculus spp. Symptoms: Chronic exposure with acute signs. Fetal death and abortion possible. Fruit in a globose head. racemes or panicles, white or pink and urn-shaped. - Symptoms: Typical saponin poisoning, see Agrostemma. - Fetter-bush. glabrous. wide at maturity, dull, and not nearly as pointed at the apex. Animals poisoned: Cattle and sheep; continued exposure to hay or silage containing these plants may cause extensive internal Cuttings from these shrubs can be poisonous because they contain hydrocyanic acid similar to, Alfalfa is one of our most important forage crops used extensively as green manure and fodder. 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