Brownbread Horse Rescue


Founded 1972

Registered Charity : 1029341

Dangerous Plants

It is important for horse owners to be aware of what plants are poisonous to horses, so we at brownbread have put together a list of plants and pictures to help you identify them.

As a horse owner you are aware that vet bills are expensive for general up keep of your pony or horse, and if your horse was to become ill through poisonous plants, then you would end up with a very larg vet bill or even loose your pony or horse, this is just as expensive unless you have a good equine insurance.

 

Scientific Name: A. muscaria

Common Name: Fly Agaric

Species Most
Often Affected:

all

Poisonous Parts:

the cap

Scientific Name: A. pantherina

Common Name: Panther

Species Most
Often Affected:

all

Poisonous Parts:

the cap

 

Scientific Name: A. verna

Common Name: Destroying Angels

Species Most
Often Affected:

all

Poisonous Parts:

the cap

 

Scientific Name: Abrus precatorius

Common Name: Rosary Pea

Species Most
Often Affected:

all

Poisonous Parts:

seeds

 

 

Scientific Name: Allium spp.

Common Name: Commercial Onions, Wild Onions,

Species Most
Often Affected:

cattle, horses, children

Poisonous Parts:

bulbs, lleaves

 

Scientific Name: Amanita spp.

Common Name: Death Cap, and Death Angel Mushrooms

Species Most
Often Affected:

all

Poisonous Parts:

the cap

 

 

Scientific Name: Amsinckia intermedia

Common Name: Fiddleneck

Species Most
Often Affected:

horses, pigs, cattle

Poisonous Parts:

seeds

 

 

Scientific Name: Apocynum spp.

Common Name: Dogbane

Species Most
Often Affected:

horses, cattle, humans, sheep, cats, dogs, goats

Poisonous Parts:

rhizome

 

 

Scientific Name: Astragalus and Oxytropis spp.

Common Name: Locoweed

Species Most
Often Affected:

horse,sheep, cattle

Poisonous Parts:

flowers, leaves, stems

 

Scientific Name: Centaurea solstitialis

Common Name: Yellow Star Thistle

Species Most
Often Affected:

horse

 

Scientific Name: Chenopodium album

Common Name: Lambs Quarters

Species Most
Often Affected:

cattle, horses, humans, sheep, Pigs

Poisonous Parts:

all

 

 

Scientific Name: Cicuta spp.

Common Name: Water Hemlock or Cowbane

Species Most
Often Affected:

all

Poisonous Parts:

roots, all

 

Scientific Name: Claviceps spp.

Common Name: Ergot

Species Most
Often Affected:

all

Poisonous Parts:

fungus

 

 

Scientific Name: Conium maculatum

Common Name: Poison Hemlock

Species Most
Often Affected:

all

Poisonous Parts:

all

 

Scientific Name: Coronilla varia

Common Name: Crown Vetch

Species Most
Often Affected:

horse

Poisonous Parts:

 

Primary Poisons:

 

 

 

Scientific Name: Datura spp.

Common Name: Jimsonweed

Species Most
Often Affected:

cattle, humans, horses, goats

Poisonous Parts:

flowers, leaves, seeds

 

Scientific Name: Digitalis

Common Name: Foxglove

Species Most
Often Affected:

cats, cattle, dogs, goats, horses, humans

Poisonous Parts:

flowers, leaves, seeds

 

Scientific Name: Equisetum arvense and other spp.

Common Name: Horsetail

Species Most
Often Affected:

horse

 

Scientific Name: Eupatorium rugosum

Common Name: White Snakeroot

Species Most
Often Affected:

cattle, dogs, goats, horses, humans, rabbits, sheep

Poisonous Parts:

all

 

Scientific Name: Fagoypyrum esculentum

Common Name: Buckwheat

Species Most
Often Affected:

horses, goats

 

Scientific Name: Festuca arundinacea

Common Name: Tall Fescue

Species Most
Often Affected:

cattle, horses

Poisonous Parts:

all

 

Scientific Name: Gelsemium sempervirens

Common Name: Jessamine

Species Most
Often Affected:

horses, goats

Poisonous Parts:

all

 

Scientific Name: Glechoma spp.

Common Name: Ground Ivy

Species Most
Often Affected:

horses, goats

Poisonous Parts:

leaves, stems

 

 

Scientific Name: Hypericum perforatum

Common Name: St. Johns Wort

Species Most
Often Affected:

horses, sheep, goats

Poisonous Parts:

all

 

Scientific Name: Laburnum anagyroides

Common Name: Golden Chain

Species Most
Often Affected:

cattle, dogs, horses, humans, pigs

Poisonous Parts:

pods, seeds, all

 

Scientific Name: Lathyrus spp.

Common Name: Sweet pea

Species Most
Often Affected:

horses, rodents, turkeys, sheep, humans

Poisonous Parts:

seeds

 

Scientific Name: Metilotus alba and Melilotus officinalis

Common Name: White and Yellow Sweetclover

Species Most
Often Affected:

horses, cattle, sheep

Poisonous Parts:

stem

 

Scientific Name: Nerium oleander

Common Name: Oleander

Species Most
Often Affected:

horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, humans, goats

Poisonous Parts:

all, leaves, stems

 

Scientific Name: Onoclea sensibilis

Common Name: Sensitive Fern

Species Most
Often Affected:

horse

Poisonous Parts:

leaves

 

Scientific Name: Phytolacca americana

Common Name: Pokeweed

Species Most
Often Affected:

cattle, sheep, humans, turkeys, pigs, horses

Poisonous Parts:

all

 

Scientific Name: Pteridium aquilinium

Common Name: Bracken Fern

Species Most
Often Affected:

horse, cattle, sheep, humans, Pigs

Poisonous Parts:

all

 

 

Scientific Name: Quercus spp.

Common Name: Oak Trees

Species Most
Often Affected:

horse, cattle

Poisonous Parts:

acorns, young leaves

 

Scientific Name: Ranunculus spp.

Common Name: Buttercups

Species Most
Often Affected:

cattle, goats, horses

Poisonous Parts:

all

 

Scientific Name: Rheum rhaponticum

Common Name: Rhubarb

Species Most
Often Affected:

goats, humans, pigs, horses

Poisonous Parts:

leaves

 

Scientific Name: Senecio spp.

Common Name: Ragworts

Species Most
Often Affected:

horse, cattle, goats, sheep, human

Poisonous Parts:

leaves

For further information on ragwort

Scientific Name: Solanum spp.

Common Name: Common Nightshade, Potato

Species Most
Often Affected:

cattle, humans, rodents, sheep, horses, goats

Poisonous Parts:

leaves, immature fruit

 

Scientific Name: Taxus cuspidata

Common Name: Yew

Species Most
Often Affected:

all

Poisonous Parts:

leaves, seeds, twigs

 

Scientific Name: Trifolium spp.

Common Name: Red Clover, White Clover

Species Most
Often Affected:

horse, cattle

Poisonous Parts:

all, leaves

 

Scientific Name: Vicia spp.

Common Name: Common Vetch, Purple Vetch and Broad Beans

Species Most
Often Affected:

chickens, horses, humans

Poisonous Parts:

seeds

 

Not all plants are shown here just some of the more common plants

 

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