Non-Toxic Wood for Birds

The following materials are not safe if toxic chemicals or insecticides have been sprayed on them. Before installing them in any cage, scrub all branches with a non-toxic disinfectant, then rinse and dry well (preferably in the sun.)

The Non-Toxic and Toxic wood list is thanks to Mario D. Vaden: M. D. Vaden - Trees & Landcapes. His main site address for his landscape company is www.mdvaden.com

Tree Limbs non-toxic for birds:

ACACIA

APPLE -(Pesticide residue likely reason for periodic issues)

AILANTHUS - Tree of Heaven

ALDER - white alder - (See Dr. Vaden's site)

Alder / Buckthorn)

ALMOND

ARALIA - Fatsia japonica

ASH - Fraxinus

ASPEN - Populus

BAMBOO

BARBERRY- Berberis

BIRCH - see paragraph

BEECH - Fagus

BOIS D'ARC - horse apple tree

BOTTLE BRUSH

BUTTERFLY BUSH

CAMELLIA

CITRUS -(lime, kumquat, grapefruit, orange, lemon)

CORK - (not wood from cork oak, but cork)

CORN PLANTS

COTTONWOOD - Populus

CRABAPPLE - Malus

CRAPE MYRTLE - (not the same as myrtle)

DATE

DOGWOOD - Cornus

DOUGLAS FIR - Pseudotsuga

DRACAENA

ELM - Ulmus

ESCALLONIA

EUCALYPTUS

FIG

FIR - genus Abies

GINKGO

GRAPE VINES

GRAPE PALM

GUAVA

HACKBERRY

HAWTHORN - Crataegus

HIBISCUS

HICKORY

IRONWOOD - apparently toxic leaves

JADE PLANT

KALANCHOE

KUMQUAT

LARCH - Larix

LILAC - Syringa

MADRONA / MADRONE - Arbutus

MAGNOLIA

MAPLE - Acer - see Dr. Vaden's site

MANZANITA - Arctostaphylos

MESQUITE - remove sharp parts

MIMOSA

MOCK ORANGE - Phladelphus

MOUNTAIN ASH - Sorbus

MULBERRY - Morus

NANDINA -common name is heavenly bamboo

NECTARINE

NORFOLK ISLAND PINE - Araucaria

NUT TREES - exclude chestnut and oak

ORANGE - several sources lean toward safe

OREGON GRAPE - Mahonia

PALM

PAPAYA

PEACH

PEAR

PECAN

PINE - Pinus: see Dr. Vaden's site

PHOTINIA

PLUM

POPLAR - Populus

PUSSY WILLOW - Salix

RAPHIOLEPSIS - Indian Hawthorn

RIBBONWOOD

ROSE - Rosa

RUBBER PLANT - - Ficus elastica - see Dr. Vaden's site

RUSSIAN OLIVE

SASSAFRAS

SILK TREE

SPIRAEA

SPRUCE - Picea

STAGHORN SUMAC -(Rhus - not Toxicodendron - (see Dr. Vaden's site)

STRAWBERRY TREE -(Arbutus like Madrone)

SWEET GUM - Liquidambar

SYCAMORE

THURLOW

TREE FERN

VIBURNUM

VINE MAPLE - Acer

WEEPING WILLOW - Salix (GOAT, PUSSY & WEEPING)

WIEGELA

YUCCA

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