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 |