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Bird Safe Woods

This is a "work in progress" so please feel free to email us your comments, any additions or comments would be appreciated, we want all FIDs to enjoy a safe environment! DUE DILIGENCE is required on your part when using wood from unknown sources ... do your home and always remember to err on the side of safety. If you don't know ... then DO NOT use it!

ACACIA DOGWOOD LILAC POPLAR
(Genus Populus)
AILANTHUS
(Tree of Heaven)		 DOUGLAS FIR
(Genus Pseudotsuga)		 MADRONA / MADRONE PUSSY WILLOW
(Salix Genus)
ALDER DRACAENA MAGNOLIA RAPHIOLEPSIS
ALMOND ELM MANZANITA RIBBONWOOD
APPLE
(pesticide free)		 ESCALLONIA MESQUITE
(watch for thorns)		 RUBBER PLANT
(Ficus elastica)
ASH
(Fraxinus)		 EUCALYPTUS MIMOSA RUSSIAN OLIVE
ASPEN FIG MOCK ORANGE SASSAFRAS
BAMBOO FIR
(True Fir Genus Abies)		 MOUNTAIN ASH
(Genus Sorbus)		 SILK TREE
BARBERRY GINKGO MULBERRY SPIRAEA
BEECH GRAPE PALM MULBERRY
(Fruitless)		 SPRUCE
(Genus Picea)
BIRCH (not the leaves) GRAPE VINES NANDINA
(common name Heavenly Bamboo)		 STAGHORN SUMAC
(Rhus typhina)
BOIS D'ARC (Horse Apple Tree) GUAVA NORFOLK ISLAND PINE STRAWBERRY TREE
BOTTLE BRUSH GUAVA NUT TREES
(Exclude Chestnut)		 SWEET GUM
(Genus Liquidambar)
BUTTERFLY BUSH HACKBERRY ORANGE SYCAMORE
CAMELLIA HAWTHORN
(Genus Crataegus)		 OREGON GRAPE
(Genus Mahonia)		 THURLOW
CORK (Not wood) HIBISCUS PALM TREE FERN
CORN PLANTS HICKORY PAPAYA VIBURNUM
COTTONWOOD IRONWOOD
(no leaves, which may be toxic)		 PEAR VINE MAPLE
CRABAPPLE JADE PLANT PECAN WEEPING WILLOW
CRAPE MYRTLE
(not the same as myrtle)		 KALANCHOE PHOTINIA WIEGELA
DATE LARCH PINE (Pinus)  YUCCA 

The "vines" from sweet and regular potatoes contain toxic elements.

Not all herb plants are safe.  Herbs used for cooking are safe but some also have medicinal uses and medicinal herbs may or may not be safe.  Some herb plants are grown because they are poisonous.  Pennyroyal is classified as a herb and is toxic.  It is used as a repellant.  Lavender is a multiple purpose herb that is used for repelling insects, fragrance and used in cooking.  The plant is safe but concentrate is not.

A rule of thumb is when looking at plants to determine safety, look at the part of the plant you expect to use to determine safety of the plant (i.e., the tomato is safe to eat but the plant is part of the nightshade family with toxic vines).
 

IMPORTANT: When buying wood from local lumber stores, NEVER buy treated lumber for parrot toys!

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