Good Questions: Non-Toxic Cat Tree?

Hello AT,

I'm looking for a non-toxic plant for cats for my apartment. I found This list of all plants that are toxic and non-toxic for cats, but it is too big for me to make sense out of. I would like a plant that has a tree-like stem so my cat won't munch on any low foilage. Size should be around 2 feet wide and potential to grow up to 6-8 feet high. I really liked corn plants (Dracaena fragans) and weeping figs (Ficus benjamina) but they are listed as toxic.

Thanks, Chris

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Any Cat people????

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Archie,
Scheffleras are listed by the ASPCA as VERY poisonous to housepets!!!!
Check out this website of the Animal Poison Control Center:
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_apcc_common

I just wanted to put on here some links for help with finding cat-safe plants....Remember to check out the different names a plant might be called (trees may or may not be on the lists).

Here are some links:

Poisonous list:
http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/

Non-poisonous list:
http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants-non-toxic.html

If you want to grow fresh air in your dwelling you can google the NASA research or get How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 Houseplants that Purify your Home or Office by Dr. B.C. Wolverton.He headed the research at NASA.

Out of the 50 plants these are listed as safe for Cats on the earthcouncil.net listing:

Areca Palm / Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
Lady Palm / Rhapis excelsa
Bamboo Palm / Chmaedorea seifrizii
*** Rubber Plant / Ficus robusta
Dwarf Date Palm / Phoenix roebelenii
Boston Fern / Nephrolepis exaltata “Bostoniensis”
Gerbera Daisy / Gerbera jamesonii
Parlor Palm / Chamaedorea elegans
Wax Begonia / Begonia semperflorens
Prayer Plant / Maranta leuconeura “Kerchoveana”
Dwarf Banana / Musa cavendishii
Dendrobium Orchid / Dendrobium sp.
Spider Plant / Chlorophytum comosum “Vittatum”
Peacock Plant / Calathea makoyana
Moth Orchid / Phalenopsis sp.

*** in the rubber plant family Indian Rubber, Variegated & Fiddle Leaf Fig ARE toxic so make sure you get the Swarf, Chinese, Amercan, Japanese or Baby Rubber Plant variety

I ended up researching this after seeing All You Need for Fresh Air: 3 Essential Green Plants ... only to find out that the Areca Palm is ok for cats but not the other two...