Toxic plants for goats? red maple?

[knuckledragger]

Does anyone here in the south know what commonly growing plants are toxic for goats? (I've found long lists on the internet, but I would like to narrow it down to common plants in the southeast U.S.)

Also, I'm getting mixed signals about red maple. Is it toxic for goats, or not?

[Alice In TX/MO]

This is the list I rely on:
http://fiascofarm.com/goats/poisonousplants.htm

[Nancy_in_GA]

I'm in NE GA and would add bracken fern to that list.

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ec...acken_fern.htm

We have tons of it here. I spray it whenever I get a chance, but our goats don't touch it anyway. Actually they don't touch any kind of ferns.

[Rechellef]

Regular maple leaves are fine for goats and they love them. I have regular maples every where on the property and they love the spinning seeds they send out every spring. The ornamental style red maple is what is toxic.

[CarolT]

Native red maple leaves, when wilted, are toxic to a lot of animals so I'd be careful about them. My understanding is that, while wilting, they release a toxin that is harmful.

[saanengirl]

Goats can tolerate a small amount of a lot of things, but yes, in large quantities or wilted red maple is toxic.

[Pony]

Fias Co Farms says that the hemlock weed is poisonous, but it's not. My goats eat it ALL the time.

So you can't go by everything on the list all the time.

[airotciv]

As my Vet says, feed no maple.

Edit: Just because there are so many maple trees (spieces), it's hard to tell which are toxic and ones that aren't.