Alot of people choose to use live plants to decorate their vivariums but choosing the rights ones is hard, below is a list os safe plants to use with reptiles.
  • Pothos
  • Spider Plants
  • Bromeliads
  • Snake Plants (Sanseveria sp.)
  • Ficus
  • Corn Plant (Draceneas)
  • Dwarf Schefflera
  • Orchids
  • Peperomia
  • Ponytail Palms
  • African Violets
  • Draceana (Dragon Plant)
Avoid the following types as they are very toxic to reptiles.

  • African lily
  • Almond (seeds)
  • Alocasia
  • Alstroemeria
  • Amaryllis
  • Amaryllis
  • Anemone
  • Aucuba, Japanese
  • Autumn crocus
  • Azalea
  • Baby's breath
  • Balsam fir
  • Barberry
  • Begonia
  • Belladonna
  • Belladonna lily
  • Bermudagrass
  • Black cherry (seeds)
  • Black henbane
  • Black locust (seeds)
  • Black nightshade
  • Blanket flower
  • Bleeding heart
  • Blood lily
  • Blue gum
  • Boston ivy
  • Bushman's poison
  • Buttercup
  • Butterfly weed
  • Cactus (thorns and sap)
  • Cajeput tree
  • Caladium
  • California bay
  • California buckeye
  • Cestrum
  • Chamomile
  • Checkered lily
  • Chenille plant
  • Cherry (seeds)
  • Chinaberry
  • Chinese evergreen
  • Chrysanthemum
  • Cineraria
  • Clematis
  • Climbing lily
  • Clivia
  • Coast redwood
  • Coffee plant
  • Coffeeberry
  • Columbine
  • Copperleaf
  • Crinum lily
  • Crocus, Autumn
  • Croton
  • Crown of thorns
  • Cyclamen
  • Desert bluebells
  • Dichondra
  • Dieffenbachia
  • Dogwood
  • Dumb cane
  • Dusty miller
  • Dutch iris
  • Echium
  • Elm tree
  • English daisy
  • English ivy
  • English laurel
  • English yew (seeds)
  • Eucalyptus
  • Euonymus
  • Euphorbia
  • Fig, Fiddle-leaf
  • Fiddle-leaf fig
  • Fir, Balsam
  • Firetail
  • Firethorn
  • Fishtail palm
  • Flax
  • Fleabane
  • Ginkgo
  • Gladiolus
  • Glory lily
  • Goldenchain tree
  • Gopher plant
  • Grape ivy
  • Grevillea
  • Groundcherry
  • Ground ivy
  • Guernsey lily
  • Gum, Blue
  • Heart leaf
  • Heather
  • Heliotrope
  • Hellebore
  • Hemlock, Poison
  • Horsechestnut
  • Hyacinth
  • Hydrangea
  • Iceland poppy
  • Indian currant
  • Indian turnip
  • Iris
  • Italian arum
  • Ivy
  • Jack-in-the-pulpit
  • Jade plant
  • Japanese aucuba
  • Japanese pieris
  • Japanese yew (seeds)
  • Jessamine, Carolina
  • Jimson weed
  • Jonquil (bulb)
  • Juniper
  • Kaffir lily
  • Laburnum
  • Lady slipper orchid
  • Lantana
  • Larkspur
  • Lenten rose
  • Ligustrum
  • Lily
  • Lobelia
  • Locust, Black (seeds)
  • Loquat (seeds)
  • Love-in-a-mist
  • Love-lies-bleeding
  • Lupine
  • Maidenhair tree
  • Maple
  • Marguerite daisy
  • Marigold
  • Mistletoe, European
  • Monkshood
  • Morning glory (seeds)
  • Moses-in-the-cradle
  • Mountain laurel
  • Myoporum
  • Queen Anne's lace, False
  • Ranunculus
  • Redwood, Coast
  • Rhododendron
  • Rhubarb (leaves)
  • Rosary bean
  • Sago palm
  • Scarlet pimpernel
  • Schefflera
  • Scotch broom
  • Shasta daisy
  • Silk oak
  • Skunk cabbage
  • Snow-on-the-mountain
  • Snowberry
  • Snowdrop
  • Snowflake
  • Spathiphyllum
  • Spider lily
  • Spider lily
  • Split-leaf philodendron
  • Sprenger asparagus
  • Squill
  • St. Johnswort
  • Star-of-Bethelehem
  • Stinging nettles
  • String of beads
  • Sweet pea (seeds)
  • Sweet William
  • Tansy
  • Taro
  • Tassel flower
  • Tomato (non-fruit parts)
  • Toyon
  • Tuberose
  • Tulip (bulb)
  • Umbrella plant
  • Umbrella tree
  • Vinca
  • Violet (seeds)
  • Virginia creeper
  • Walnut
  • Wandering jew
  • Windflower
  • Wintersweet
  • Wisteria
  • Wormwood
  • Yarrow
  • Yew