Toxic Plants of East TN

For toxicology course at UTCVM. These plants are toxic to small animals and/or livestock.

All 51

Redroot Pigweed ¹
Amaranthus retroflexus

oaks ²
Quercus

plums, cherries, and allies ³
Prunus

American pokeweed ⁴
Phytolacca americana

Cassia ⁵

Rattlepods
Crotalaria

riverhemps ⁶
Sesbania

buckeyes and horse-chestnuts ⁷
Aesculus

Cicuta ⁸

melilots and sweetclovers ⁹
Melilotus

poison hemlock ¹⁰
Conium maculatum

mountain-laurels ¹¹
Kalmia

milkweeds ¹²
Asclepias

jimsonweed ¹³
Datura stramonium

nightshades ¹⁴
Solanum

white snakeroot ¹⁵
Ageratina altissima

sneezeweeds ¹⁶
Helenium

cockleburs ¹⁷
Xanthium

common St. John's-wort ¹⁸
Hypericum perforatum

Cottons ⁶
Gossypium

beefsteak plant ¹⁹
Perilla frutescens

cabbages and allies ²⁰
Brassica

buttercups ²¹
Ranunculus

hairy vetch ²²
Vicia villosa

Carolina sweetshrub ²³
Calycanthus floridus

common oleander ²⁴
Nerium oleander

yellow jessamine ²⁵
Gelsemium sempervirens

privets ²⁶
Ligustrum

Cassia ⁵

rhododendrons and azaleas ²⁷
Rhododendron

Walnuts ²⁸
Juglans

Locoweed ²⁹
Oxytropis

red maple ³⁰
Acer rubrum

castor bean ³¹
Ricinus communis

spurges ³²
Euphorbia

larkspurs ³³
Delphinium

lupines ³⁴
Lupinus

purple foxglove ³⁵
Digitalis purpurea

groundsels ³⁶
Senecio

common ivy ³⁷
Hedera helix

common lantana ³⁸
Lantana camara

docks ³⁹
Rumex

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