It is unusual for goats to become poisoned by eating hazardous plants, because goats are browsers; they eat a bite of this and then a bite of that. If something bothers them, they normally just don’t go back to it. However, if a goat is hungry, or inexperienced, it can poison itself by being a glutton.
Here is a list of plants that are poisonous to a greater or lesser extent. It would be a good idea to avoid them all.
Hazardous Plants:
Aconite | Alder |
Arum | Azaleas |
Anemone | Bracken |
Beet Leaves | Black Nightshade |
Broom | Butterbur |
Buttercup | Buckthorn |
Box | Byrony |
Celandine | Charlock |
Cupresses | Daffodil |
Dogs Mercury | Deadly Nightshade |
Ergot | Foxglove |
Fools Parsley | Fungi |
Ground Ivy | Gladiolus |
Gourds | Hellebores |
Hemlock | Holm Oak |
Horsetail | Iris |
Juniper | Knotgrass |
Knotweed | Kingcup |
Laburnum | Locoweed |
Lords and Ladies | Lilac |
Lupins (yellow) | Marsh Mallow |
Mangold Leaves | Milkweed |
Mountain Laurel | Mulleins |
Nightshades (all) | Old Mans Beard |
Poppy | Pennycress |
Privet | Potato Tops |
Pines | Ragwort |
Rhododendron | Rhubarb Leaves |
Rush | Spindle berry, branch & Lvs |
Spurge Laurel | Thorn Apple |
Tansy | Tomato Greenstuff |
Tormentil | Waterdrop Wort |
Yellow Flag | Wild Cherry, wilted |
Yew |