Poisonous Plants, Flowers and Grasses, A Quick Reference List

[Jann]

The Following Plants are Poisonous to Goats

Amaryllis
Apricot leaves
Avocado leaves and fruit
Azalea
Baneberry
Bindweed
Bitterweed
Black Henbane
Black Locust
Glack Snakeroot
Black Walnut
Bleeding Heart
Bloodroot
Bracken Fern
Buckeye
Buttercup
Caladium
Calla Lily
Cherry
Clematis
Crocus
Crow Poison
Daffodil
Daphne
DeathCamas
Dieffenbachia
Dogbane
Dutchman's-breeches
Elephant Ear
English ivy
English Laurel
Flax
Foxglove
Horse Nettle
Horsetail
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Iris
Jimsonweed
Johnsongrass
Jonquil
Lantana
Larkspur
Lily of the Valley
Lobelia
Locoweed
Lupine
Mayapple
Milkweed
Mistletoe
Monkshood
Mountain Laurel
Narcissus
Nightshade
Oleander
Peach leaves
Plum leaves
Poison Hemlock
Pokeweed
Potato (plant)
Privet berries
Rattlebox
Red Maple
Rhododendron
Rhubarb
Scotch Broom
Tomato
Water Hemlock
White Snakeroot
Wisteria
Yellow Jessamine
Yew

[aammons]

I have recently moved and am new to goats. We have set up 3 separate fenced areas and don't know much about plants. I keep seeing these really long lists and don't know what we should do. I feel there is no way we can walk the areas and tell what is what when there are so many poisonous plants. Any ideas? Also, we have prickly pears and what I think is kudzu. Are those an issue? Help. I am scared to let the goats out of the barn now.

[Young LaMancha Breeder]

Is there any elders in your area that would be willing to help you walk through it? I know we have a total of 76 acres between what we own and what we lease and up until I got to where I could walk through the field myself and know what was what I had my grandmother to walk with me.

[Classicironman]

kudsu and prickly pear are fine and many of the ones on the list are only toxic at certian times of the year. for instance black cherry, I have been to places where there were tons of black cherry and the goats did fine but when the leaves are dying they give off a toxin that can kill them but most of the time have to eat quite a bit. see what i mean?
the three main ones i watch out for is black cherry,ezalia and yew they can be very toxic

[Young LaMancha Breeder]

If I may add here Dennis and it may be the same thing with a different name- but the 2 main things I worry the most about where I live is Mountain Laurel and Ivy. I have watched it bring a full grown cow down. But like I said that may be the same thing with a different name.