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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 |
| Cyperus ochraceus | Pond flatsedge Yellow Sedge | |
| Cyperus odoratus | Fragrant flatsedge Fragrant Sedge | |
| Cyperus pseudovegetus | Marsh flatsedge Marsh Flat Sedge | |
| Dalea aurea | Golden dalea Golden prairie clover | |
| 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 | Sacred thorn-apple Jimsonweed Thorn apple Datura Angel Trumpet Sacred datura | |
| 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 Cactus Lace hedgehog cactus Órgano-pequeño de colores Purple candle | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. reichenbachii | Lace Cactus Lace hedgehog cactus | |
| Echinocactus texensis | Chisos Hedgehog Devil’s head Horse crippler | |
| Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Knockaway Sandpaper tree | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada wild rye Canadian wildrye Prairie wildrye Nodding wildrye | |
| Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked spikerush Leap Frog Spike Rush | |
| Epipactis gigantea | Chatterbox Orchid Giant Hellebore Stream orchid | |
| Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouringrush horsetail | |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains lovegrass Plains Lovegrass | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's eryngo Eryngo | |
| 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 | Blue marsh lily Bluebell gentian Catchfly prairie gentian Small bluebell Western blue gentian | |
| 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 | Lateflowering thoroughwort White boneset Late boneset Late-flowering boneset | |
| Evax prolifera | Bighead pygmycudweed Rabbit Tobacco | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas kidneywood Kidneywood Bee-Brush Vara dulce | |
| Galphimia angustifolia | Narrow-leaf Goldshower Narrowleaf goldshower Thryallis | |
| Gaura lindheimeri | Lindheimer's beeblossom White gaura Butterfly gaura | |
| Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's silktassel Lindheimer Silk Tassel Lindheimer's Garrya | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina jessamine Yellow jessamine Evening trumpetflower Poor man's rope | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida | Purple prairie verbena Prairie verbena Dacota vervain Dakota mock vervain Moradilla | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie verbena Purple prairie verbena Dakota mock vervain Dakota vervain | |
| Heterotheca canescens | Gray golden-aster Hoary false goldenaster | |
| 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 Samandoque Yellow yucca | |
| Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | |
| Hibiscus lasiocarpos | Rose-mallow Rosemallow Woolly mallow Wooly Rose-mallow | |
| Hymenocallis liriosme | Spider Lily Spring Spider Lily Spring spiderlily | |
| Hydrolea ovata | Blue Water Leaf Hairy Hydrolea Ovate false fiddleleaf | |
| Hydrocotyle umbellata | Manyflower marshpennywort Water-pennywort Money-plant | |
| Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata | Pennywort Water-Pennywort Whorled marshpennywort Money-plant | |
| Ibervillea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's globeberry Balsam gourd Globe berry Snake apple | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| 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 blueflag | |
| 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 Blueberry juniper | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia saltmarsh mallow Virginia fen-rose Seashore mallow Salt Marsh-mallow | |
| Larrea tridentata | Creosote bush Greasewood Hediondilla Governadora Guamis | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas lantana Calico bush West Indian shrub-verbena | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple sage Texas ranger Texas barometer bush Texas silverleaf Texas sage | |
| Liatris mucronata | Cusp gayfeather Gayfeather Blazing star Narrow-leaf gayfeather Texas gayfeather Cusp blazing star | |
| 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 | Anderson wolfberry Red-berry desert-thorn Water jacket | |
| Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier's wolfberry Wolfberry | |
| Lygodesmia texana | Texas skeletonplant Texas skeleton weed Skeleton-plant Purple dandelion | |
| Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving sailor Climbing snapdragon Little snapdragon vine | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax mallow Bleeding hearts Mexican apple Manzanilla | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's cap or Turkscap Drummond's turkscap Wax mallow Drummond wax-mallow Red mallow Texas mallow Mexican apple Manzanilla Sleeping hibiscus Bleeding hearts | |
| Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot water clover Water clover Clover-fern | |
| Matelea reticulata | Green milkweed vine Net vein milkvine Netted milkvine Pearl milkweed Vine | |
| Mahonia swaseyi | Texas barberry Texas Oregon-grape | |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tanseyleaf tansyaster Tahoka Daisy Tansy Aster | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate barberry | |
| Marsilea vestita | Hairy water clover Water clover | |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau vine Correhuela de las Doce | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock daisy Plains blackfoot | |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
| Mimosa roemeriana | Roemer's mimosa Sensitive Briar | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax myrtle Southern bayberry Candleberry | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon beebalm Horsemint Purple horsemint Lemon mint Plains horsemint Lemon horsemint | |
| 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 Big muhly Lindheimer 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 | |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow pond-lily Cow lily Spatter dock Yellow cow lily | |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's bouquet Scarlet muskflower | |
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