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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
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| Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea Black Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea greggii | Gregg Dalea Gregg's Prairie Clover Trailing Indigo Bush Indigo Bush | |
| Dasylirion texanum | Texas Sotol Sotol | |
| Dasylirion wheeleri | Common Sotol Sotol Desert Spoon Desert Candle | |
| Datura wrightii | Jimsonweed Sacred Thorn-apple Thorn-apple Angel Trumpet Sacred Datura Western Jimson Weed | |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower Bundleflower Prairie Bundle Flower Prickleweed Illinois Desmanthus Prairie Mimosa | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus Lace Hedgehog Purple Candle | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus | |
| Echinocactus texensis | Horse Crippler Horse Crippler Cactus Devil's Head Chisos Hedgehog Cactus Chisos Hedgehog | |
| Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Anacahuita Knockaway Knackaway Sandpaper Tree Manzanita Manzanillo Tlalahuacate | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
| Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked Spikerush Leap Frog Spike Rush | |
| Epipactis gigantea | Stream Orchid Chatterbox Orchid Giant Hellebore | |
| Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouring-rush Horsetail | |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane Prairie Fleabane | |
| Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass Hairy Tridens | |
| Eriochloa sericea | Texas Cupgrass | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Lovegrass Purple Love Grass Purple Plains Lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat Climber | |
| Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Candelilla Wax Plant | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. exaltatum | Catchfly Prairie Gentian Bluebell Gentian Western Blue Gentian Blue Marsh Lily Small Bluebell | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
| Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain Snow-on-the-mountain | |
| Eupatorium serotinum | White Boneset Lateflowering Thoroughwort Late Boneset Late-flowering Boneset | |
| Evax prolifera | Bighead Pygmycudweed Rabbit Tobacco | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
| Galphimia angustifolia | Narrowleaf Goldshower Thryallis Narrow-leaf Goldshower | |
| Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Silktassel Lindheimer Silktassel Lindheimer's Garrya Lindheimer Garrya Mexican Silktassel Mexican Garrya Eggleaf Silktassel Eggleaf Garrya | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina Jessamine Yellow Jessamine Evening Trumpetflower Poor Man's Rope | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Moradilla Alfombrilla | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
| Heterotheca canescens | Hoary False Goldenaster Gray Golden-aster | |
| Hedeoma drummondii | Drummond's False Pennyroyal Limoncillo Mock Pennyroyal | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red Yucca Coral Yucca Red-flowered False Yucca Redflower False Yucca Yellow Yucca Hummingbird Yucca Samandoque | |
| Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | |
| Hibiscus lasiocarpos | Woolly Rose-mallow Woolly Mallow Rose-mallow False Cotton | |
| Hymenocallis liriosme | Texas Spiderlily Spring Spiderlily Spiderlily Louisiana Spiderlily Western Marsh Spiderlily | |
| Hydrolea ovata | Blue Waterleaf Ovate False Fiddleleaf Hairy Hydrolea | |
| Hydrocotyle umbellata | Manyflower Marsh-pennywort Many-flowered Marsh-pennywort Marsh Pennywort Water Pennywort Money Plant | |
| Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata | Whorled Marshpennywort Water-pennywort Pennywort Money-plant | |
| Ibervillea lindheimeri | Balsam Gourd Lindheimer's Globeberry Globe Berry Snake-apple Balsam-apple | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Meadow Holly Prairie Holly Swamp Holly Welk Holly Deciduous Yaupon Bearberry Winterberry | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
| Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba | Tievine Sharp-pod Morning Glory Purple Bindweed Tie Vine | |
| Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag Iris | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia Iris Great Blue Flag Southern Blue Flag | |
| Iris virginica var. shrevei | Shreve's Iris Virginia Iris Southern Blue Flag Blue Flag | |
| Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem Leather Stem Rubber Plant | |
| Justicia americana | American Water-willow Water-willow | |
| Juniperus ashei | Ashe Juniper Ashe's Juniper Mountain Cedar Rock Cedar Post Cedar Texas Cedar Brake Cedar Mexican Juniper Blueberry Juniper Ozark White Cedar Sabino Enebro | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow Virginia Fen-rose Saltmarsh Mallow Seashore Mallow | |
| Larrea tridentata | Creosote Bush Greasewood Hediondilla Governadora Guamis | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
| Linum rigidum | Stiffstem Flax Large-flower Yellow Flax Yellow Flax | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
| Lythrum alatum | Winged Lythrum | |
| Lycium andersonii | Water Jacket Red-berry Desert-thorn Anderson Wolfberry | |
| Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier's Wolfberry Wolfberry | |
| Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant Texas Skeleton Weed Skeleton-plant Purple Dandelion Flowering Straw | |
| Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving Sailor Climbing Snapdragon Little Snapdragon Vine | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax Mallow Bleeding Hearts Mexican Apple Manzanita | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap Drummond's Turk's Cap Drummond Turk's Cap Wax Mallow Drummond's Wax Mallow Drummond Wax Mallow Red Mallow Texas Mallow Mexican Apple Sleeping Hibiscus Bleeding Hearts Manzanita | |
| Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort | |
| Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine Netted Milkvine Green Milkweed Vine Net Vein Milkvine | |
| Mahonia swaseyi | Texas Barberry Texas Oregon-grape | |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
| Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover Hairy Waterclover Hairy Water Clover Clover Fern | |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
| Mimosa roemeriana | Roemer's Mimosa Sensitive Briar | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia dubia | Pine Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer Muhly Big Muhly Blue Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Seep Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia rigens | Deergrass Meadow Muhly Deer Muhly | |
| Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass Mexican Wiregrass Finestem Needlegrass Ponytail Grass Texas Tussock | |
| Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus Yellow Water Lotus Yellow Lotus | |
| Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's Shoestring Devil's-shoestring Ribbon Grass | |
| Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas | |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower | |
| Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose River Primrose | |
| Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura Butterfly Gaura Lindheimer's Beeblossom Lindheimer's Gaura | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Silver Leaf Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose Stemless Evening Primrose | |
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