Plants
Safety tips for plant lovers
- Know the names of all your plants, both indoor and outdoor. Label each of your plants with the correct name before a toxic exposure occurs.
- To help correctly identify a plant, take as much of the plant as possible as a specimen (leaf, stem and branch or berries) to a nursery, florist or cooperative extension site.
- Pets, especially dogs, also eat plants.
- Do not assume that a plant is not poisonous because pets or wildlife eat it.
- Remove all mushrooms from your yard. Only trained experts can correctly identify edible mushrooms.
- If you know the name of a plant that is not on either of the lists below, call 1-800-222-1222 for information about whether it is poisonous.
- Call 1-800-222-1222 if you think you have eaten a toxic plant.
Poisonous plants
Descriptions and photos of the 20 or so plants that commonly are the cause of poisonings in Arizona
Nonpoisonous plants
A list of 20 plants common in Arizona that are safe to have around the home.
For further information on identification of plants, you may contact:
Your local Cooperative Extension Service
For Pima County, Arizona :
Phone: (520) 626 5161 Web: http://cals.arizona.edu/pima/
For other Arizona counties: Website: http://cals.arizona.edu/extension
For national list: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/index.html
A local plant nursery
A local florist
For images and identification of Arizona weeds: http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/onlinebks/weeds/species.htm
For information about plants and pets: Pets and Poison