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Deer Resistant Species
Few plants are completely deer resistant. Several factors influence deer browsing including the density of the deer population, environmental conditions such as drought, and plant palatability. Deer tend to avoid plants with aromatic foliage, tough leathery and/or hairy or prickly leaves or plants with milky latex or sap. Try using some of the plants listed here to minimize deer damage to your landscape.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abutilon incanum | Indian mallow Pelotazo Shrubby Indian mallow | |
| Acer grandidentatum | Bigtooth maple Big-toothed maple Canyon maple | |
| Acalypha radians | Cardinal's feather Cardinal feather | |
| Acacia rigidula | Blackbrush acacia Blackbrush Catclaw Chaparro prieto Gavia | |
| Adiantum capillus-veneris | Southern maidenhair fern Common maidenhair fern Maidenhair fern Venus hair fern | |
| Aesculus pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red buckeye Firecracker plant | |
| Aesculus pavia var. flavescens | Texas yellow buckeye Yellow woolly buckeye Pale buckeye Plateau yellow buckeye | |
| Aesculus pavia var. pavia | Scarlet buckeye Red buckeye Southern buckeye Firecracker plant | |
| Agave americana | American century plant Century plant | |
| Agave havardiana | Havard's century plant Havard agave | |
| Ageratina havanensis | Havana snakeroot Mistflower Shrubby boneset White mistflower White shrub mistflower | |
| Agave univittata | Maguey mezortillo Thorncrest century plant | |
| Allium canadense | Meadow garlic Wild garlic Wild onion | |
| Allium drummondii | Drummond's onion Wild Garlic Drummond wild onion | |
| Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush Bee-brush White-brush Common bee-brush Beebrush Privet lippia | |
| Allowissadula holosericea | Chisos Mountain false Indianmallow Chisos Mtn. False Indian-mallow Velvet-leaf Mallow | |
| Aloysia macrostachya | Rio Grande beebrush Woolly Bee-brush | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Amorpha roemeriana | Roemer's false indigo | |
| Anemone edwardsiana | Edwards Plateau thimbleweed Two-flowered Anemone | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem Brushy bluestem | |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame acanthus Hummingbird bush Wright's desert honeysuckle Wright acanthus Mexican flame Wright's Mexican flame | |
| Aphanostephus riddellii | Lazy Daisy Riddell's dozedaisy | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine Wild red columbine | |
| Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana | Hinckley's golden columbine Yellow columbine Hinckley columbine Capote columbine | |
| Argemone albiflora | Bluestem pricklypoppy White pricklypoppy | |
| Arisaema dracontium | Green dragon Dragonroot Greendragon | |
| Aristida oligantha | Prairie threeawn Oldfield (Prairie) 3-awn Oldfield threeawn | |
| Artemisia palmeri | San Diego sagebrush San Diego sagewort | |
| Arnoglossum plantagineum | Groovestem Indian plaintain Indian plantain Prairie plantain Prairie Indian plantain | |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple three-awn Red threeawn | |
| Aristida purpurea var. purpurea | Purple threeawn Red threeawn | |
| Asclepias asperula | Spider milkweed Antelope horns Green-flowered milkweed Spider antelope-horns | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes milkweed Hierba de Zizotes Longhorn milkweed Side-cluster milkweed Primrose milkweed Lindheimer's milkweed | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Asclepias viridis | Green antelopehorn Green milkweed | |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho orchid tree Anacacho bauhinia Orchid tree Texas plume | |
| Bacopa monnieri | Coastal Water-hyssop Herb-of-grace Water hyssop | |
| Baccharis neglecta | False Willow Jara dulce Poverty Weed Roosevelt Weed | |
| Berlandiera betonicifolia | Texas greeneyes Broochflower | |
| Berlandiera lyrata | Chocolate daisy Chocolate flower Lyreleaf greeneyes Green-Eyed lyre leaf | |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo grass | |
| Bouchetia erecta | Painted Tongue Paintedtongue | |
| Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana | Silver Beard Grass Silver beardgrass Silver Bluestem | |
| Bouchea linifolia | Flaxleaf bouchea Groovestem bouchea | |
| Bouteloua rigidiseta | Texas grama | |
| Brickellia cylindracea | Brickell-Bush Brickellbush Gravelbar brickellbush | |
| Buddleja marrubiifolia | Woolly butterflybush Butterfly bush Woolly Butterfly-bush | |
| Capsicum annuum | Chile pequin Chile petin Bird pepper Turkey pepper Cayenne pepper | |
| Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum | Chile pequin Bird pepper Turkey pepper Cayenne pepper | |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's sundrops Square-bud primrose Sundrops | |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius | Berlandier's sundrops Square-bud primrose Sundrops Square-bud day-primrose | |
| Carex blanda | Eastern woodland sedge Creek sedge Common wood sedge | |
| Carex cherokeensis | Cherokee sedge | |
| Canna flaccida | Bandanna of the Everglades Golden canna | |
| Canna glauca | Water Canna Louisiana Canna Maraca amarilla | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple poppy mallow | |
| Callirhoe involucrata var. lineariloba | Poppy mallow Purple poppymallow White poppy mallow White winecup Winecup | |
| Callirhoe leiocarpa | Tall poppymallow Annual winecup Tall poppy-mallow | |
| Callirhoe pedata | Finger Poppy-mallow Palmleaf poppymallow Standing Winecup | |
| Carex perdentata | Meadow Sedge Sand sedge | |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet creeper Trumpet vine Common trumpet creeper Cow vine | |
| Carex texensis | Texas sedge | |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud Redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Ceanothus herbaceus | Redroot Prairie redroot Jersey tea Inland Ceanothus Fuzzy Ceanothus | |
| Celtis laevigata | Sugar hackberry Hackberry Sugarberry Texas sugarberry Palo blanco | |
| Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf hackberry Netleaf sugar hackberry Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Palo Blanco Acibuche | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common buttonbush Buttonbush Button willow | |
| Chamaesaracha coniodes | False Nightshade Gray five eyes Ground Saracha Prostrate Ground-cherry | |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland sea oats Indian wood oats Wild oats River oats Flathead oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert willow Flowering willow Willow-leaved catalpa Trumpet flower | |
| Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
| Chaptalia nutans | Heal and draw Lechuguilla Silverpuff | |
| Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. tainturieri | Hairyfruit chervil Hairy-fruit chervil Wild chervil Chervil | |
| Clematis drummondii | Drummond's clematis Old man’s beard Texas virgin’s bower Goat’s beard | |
| Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica swamp sawgrass Jamaican Saw-grass Saw-grass | |
| Cleome serrulata | Rocky Mountain beeplant Rocky mountain bee plant Waa Skunk weed | |
| Clematis texensis | Scarlet clematis Scarlet leatherflower Texas clematis | |
| Cocculus carolinus | Carolina snailseed Carolina coralbead Carolina moonseed Red berried moonseed Carolina red berried moonseed | |
| Corydalis curvisiliqua | Curvepod Curvepod fumewort Golden Smoke Scrambled Eggs | |
| Cotinus obovatus | American smoke tree Smoke tree Texas smoke tree Chittamwood | |
| Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country rain lily Prairie lily Rain lily | |
| Coryphantha sulcata | Nipple Cactus Pineapple cactus | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains coreopsis Golden tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Cryptotaenia canadensis | Canadian honewort Wild Chervil | |
| Croton capitatus var. lindheimeri | Woolly Croton Lindheimer's hogwort | |
| Croton fruticulosus | Bush croton Encinilla Hierba Loca | |
| Crataegus greggiana | Gregg's hawthorn | |
| Croton monanthogynus | Prairie tea One-seed Croton | |
| Crataegus tracyi | Mountain Hawthorn Tracy Hawthorn Tracy's hawthorn | |
| Crataegus viridis | Green hawthorn Southern thorn | |
| Cynanchum barbigerum | Bearded swallow-wort Cynanchum Thicket Threadvine | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata | Cane cactus Cholla Teddy-bear cholla Tree cholla Walkingstick cholla | |
| Cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Christmas cactus Christmas cholla Desert Christmas cactus Pencil cactus Tasajillo | |
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