Is ivy poisonous?

[Currie]

A quick question. As the title says, is common ivy (Hedera helix) poisonous? I've tipped some chipped ivy and spread it near a field with horses in, and have now been told its poisonous for them. The information I can find seems to suggest that the berries are a problem if eaten in large quantities. I suspect they are getting confused with poison ivy or even ground ivy. Does anyone know different? Thanks.

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Yes. There is a long list of plants that are poisonous to livestock including horses. Some are harmfull when fresh and some when dead.

[kev7937]

If it is poisonous someone is trying to kill the goat that lives by our yard as it gets armfuls of fresh ivy fed too it on a pretty regular basis.

[likeitorlumpit]

oak

ragword

yew

laburnum

hemlock

laurel

rhododendron

foxglove

privet

bracken

horsetail

lupin

poppy

buttercup

chickweed

deadly nightshade

black nightshade

st johns wort

bog asphodel

pimpernel

potatoe

iris

henblane

lily of the valley

bulbs of daffodil, hyacinth snowdrop and bluebell

columbine

hellebore

fritallaria

soapwort

sandwort

larkspur

monkshood

greater celandine

corncockle

flax

buckthorn

alder buckthorn

cowbane

hemlock water dropwort

broom

hemp

white bryony

thornapple

sowbread

meadow saffron

herb paris

black bryony

darnel

all in some way poisonous apparently- google it

Not ivy

I know yew is the big no no- they get heart attack

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Some of those are also dangerous to people!!

[Currie]

Yeah, I did Google it and saw that list, but other sites said it was poisonous. So I thought I'd ask Arbtalkers, seems there's no definite answer, Traditional Loggers says it is.I guess there's lots of plants that if eaten in large quantities are going to be toxic to some extent.

[John Barleycorn]

Oh yeah, Yew is poisonous. Nobody told the deer in Kingley Vale West Sussex, just look at the browse line !

Its the biggest Yew forest in Britain (probably W Europe), but I dont see many dead deer laying around !

[dave fox]

yew is poisonous to deer if they eat huge ammounts of it, they know when to stop eating it, think the berries can be eaten but the seeds are poisonous inside.

[18 stoner]

Only the stone of the fruit is poisonous to us, not sure if its the same for equine

[18 stoner]

Just got there before me Dave!