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Safe & Toxic Plants & Woods

 

Safe Foliage

 

Acacia (bush tucker)
African Daisy
Agave Cactus
*Aloe
African Violet
Asparagus Fern
Aspen
Babys Tears
*Bamboo (not Lucky Bamboo)
Banksia (bush tucker)
Bay Tree (Bay Laurel)
Beec!
Begonia (bush tucker)
Boston Fern
Bottlebrush (bush tucker)
Cactus Pear (all parts)
Callistemon (bush tucker)
Camilia
Chickweed
Christmas Cactus
Christmas Tree -pine, fir, spruce, conifer
Casuarina (australian)
Calothamnus Torulosus - One Sided Bottlebrush
tucker)
Cissus (kangarro vine, native grape) (bush tucker)
Coleus (bush tucker)
Corn plant
Crabapple
Dandelion
Dogwood
Donkey Tail
Dracaena
Emerald Bush
*Eucalyptus (bush tucker)
Ferns:-birds nest, boston, maidenhair
Figs:-creeping, rubber, fiddle leaf, laurel, Moreton Bay
Fire Thorn (considered acceptable
asanaviary shrub) (berries have been known to cause birds to become drunk)
Gardenia
a(bush tucker)
Grape|
Grevilleas (bush tucker)
Hakia (bush tucker)
Hen and Chickens
Ironbark (eucalyptus)
Ixora
Impatiens
Jacaranda
Jade Plant
Kalanchoe
Lilly Pilly (bush tucker)
Magnolia
Melaleuca (paperbark) (bush tucker)
Mallees (bush tucker)
Marigolds
Monkey Plant
Mother in laws Tong:
Nasturtium (leaf, stem and flowers)
Natal plum (bush tucker)
Norfolk Island Pine
Orchids
One Sided Bottlebrush (bush tucker)
Palms:- areca (golden cane palm), date, fan, lady, parlour, howeia,
kentia, phownix, sago
Pepperomia
Petunia
Pittosporum
Prayer Plant
rotea,
Purple Passion (Gynura)
Rose
Rubber Plant
Schefflera
Sensitive plant
Snake Plant
Spider Plant
Swedishivy
Thistle
Tala Tree
Velvet Nettle
Wandering Jew
Wattle (bush tucker)
Wax Plant
White Clover
Yucca
Zebra Plant
Zinnia

 

Safe Woods

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Ash
Banksia (bush tucker)

Bay Tree (Bay Laurel)

Calothamnus Torulosus - One Sided Bottlebrush (bush tucker)
Crepe Myrtle

Dogwood

Elm

*Eucalyptus

Guava

Hazelnut

Ironbark (eucalyptus)

Ixora

Jacaranda

Lily Pily (bush tucker)

Melaleuca (paperbark) (bush tucker)
Madrona

Magnolia

Manzanita

Moreton Bay Fig

Mulberry

Nut

Paw Paw (papaya)

Pecan

Pine

Prun

Ribbonwood (bush tucker)
Sassafras

She Oak (bush tucker)

Tala Tree

Thurlow

Vine Maple

Willows:- goat, pussy, weeping

Wattle (bush tucker) Ironbark/Hickory Wattle is toxic

 

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Toxic - Unsafe for Parrots

Arum lily
Amaryllis
Aralia
Arrowhead Vine
Autumn Crocus ~ meadow saffron
Australian Flame tree
Avocado
Azalea
Baneberry
Beans (castor, horse, fava, glory, scarlet runner, mescal,
navy, pregatory
Bird of Paradise
Bishops weed
Black laurel
Black Locust
Bleeding Heart or Dutchmans Breeches
Bloodroot
Bluebonnet
Bluegreen algae
Boxwood
Bracken Fern
Brush Ironbark Wattle (from the Myrtle Family) Native to the NT. Sometimes referred to as Ironbark (Australian native)
Buckthorn (rhamnus) Not to be mistaken for the Sea Buckthorn (hippophae)
Bulb Flowers:- amaryllis, daffodil, narcissus, hyacninth,
iris
Burdock
Buttercup
Cacao
Camel Bush
Castor Bean
Catnip
Caladium
Cana Lily
Candelabra cactus
Cardinal Flower
Chalice (trumpet vine)
Cherry Tree
China berry tree
Christmas Candle
Foxglove
Clematis (Virgiia bower)
Clivia
Cocklebur
Coffee (senna)
Coffee bean (rattlebush, rattle, boxweed, coffee weed
Coral plant
Corncockle
Coyotillo
Cowslip
Cutleaf Philodenron Daffodil
Daphne
Duranta (sky flower, pigeon berry, golden dewdrop)
Datura Stramonium (angels trumpet)
Death camus
Delphinium
Dieffenbachia (dumb cane)
Devils ivy
Elderberry
Elephant ear (taro)
English ivy
Ergot
Euonymus (spinle)
Euphorbia cactus
False Hellebore
Flame tree
Felt plant
Fig (weeping)
Flamingo Flower
Four O'clock
Glottidium
Golden Chain
Grasses (Johnson, sorghum, sundan, corn)
Ground Cherry
Heaths:~ kalamia, leucotho, peires, rhododendron, mtn,
laurel, black laurel, azalea Hebe
Heliotrope
Hemlcok:- poison, water
Henbane
Hickory Wattle (Australian native)
Holly
Honeysuckle
Horse Chestnut
Horse Tail
Hoya
Hyancinth
Hydrangea
Iris
Jack in the pulpit
Jasmine (Jessamine)
Jerusalem Cherry
Jimson weed
Juniper
Ky Coffee tree
Lantana (red sage)
Larkspur
Lily of the Valley
Lily, arum
Lobelia
Lockwood (milk vetch)
Locusts (black, honey)
Lords & Ladies (cuckoopint)
Lucky Bamboo (type of lily)
Lupine
Malanga
May Apple (mandrake)
Mescaline/Peyote Cactus
Mexican Breadfruit
Mexican Poppy
Milkweed (cotton bush)
Mistletoe
Mock Orange
Monkshood
Moonseed
Morning Glory
Mount Laurel
Mushrooms
Myrtle
Narcissus
Nettle
Night Shades (deadly, black, garden, woody, bittersweet,
eggplant, Jerusalem cherry)
*Oak (non-Australian types are toxic)
Oleander
Oxalis
Peace Lily
Pencil Cactus
Periwinkle
Philodendron:- split leaf, swiss cheese, heart leaf
Pigweed
Peyote/Mescaline Cactus
Poinciana
Poinsettia
Poison Ivy
Poison Hemlock
Poison Oak:- western, eastern, pokeweed
Potato Shoots
Pothos
Privet
Pyracantha
Rain Tree
Rannunculus (buttercup
Rap
Rattlebox (crotalaria)
Red Maple
Red Sage (lantana)
Rhubarb leaves
Rhododendrons
Rosary Pea Seeds
Sand Box Tree
Skunk cabbage
Sorrel (dock)
Snow drop
Spurges (pencil tree, snow on mountain, candabra, crown of thorns)
Star of Bethlehem
Sweet pea
Swiss cheese plant (monstera)
Tansy Ragwort
Tobacco
Umbrella Plant (Australian native) (fruit/flowers are edible)
Vetch (hairy, common)
Virginia Creeper
Weeping Fig
White Cedar, chin
Wisteria
Yews
Yellow Jasmine

 

 

    Most people presume because a plant is an Australian native then it is safe for parrots and cockatoos. This isn’t true. We do have some toxic native plants so don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s native so it has to be safe. Most Australian plants are safe, but not all. Even if the plant is native, check against a safe plant list first.

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    Eucalyptus has been known to occasionally appear on some unsafe plant list. Parrots and cockatoos indulge on a daily basis in the bark, flowers, nuts, leaves, and branches of many species of eucalyptus plants. It is also very beneficial medicinally both as a topical & eaten by parrots. You can get more information on eucalyptus for parrots here

 

    Aloe can sometimes be found on the toxic plant list because it contains a tiny yellow sap in between the leaf and the gel. This sap is said to cause irritation but the irritations are so mild that it's rarely, if ever heard of happening. Many parrot owners offer their birds the whole aloe leaf or plant and have never experienced any complications in doing this. aloe vera

 

    Luck Bamboo is not a bamboo or from the Bamboo family. It is a type of Lily and native to some parts of Asia and Africa. It is not recommended for parrots.

 

    Oaks and She-Oak Although Oaks are extremely harmful to parrots because of their high tannin levels, the Australian She-Oak - (Australian Pine, from the Casuarina family) is safe. The name 'oak' can sometimes find the she-oak on a toxic plant list. The Australian She-Oak is not an oak. Wild cockatoos enjoy eating & shredding the leaves, nuts, flowers & branches of the She-Oak.

 

    The Brush Ironbark/Hickory Wattle Ironbark tree is from the Eucalyptus family and is safe for parrots. Brush Ironbark Wattle or Hickory Wattle is a type of Acacia, but it is also a type of Myrtle and toxic to parrots. 

 

 

 

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