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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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| Opuntia ellisiana | Spineless Prickly Pear Tigertongue South Texas Pricklypear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear Twist-spine Prickly Pear Common Prickly Pear Plains Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrocentra | Purple Pricklypear Purple Prickly Pear Long-spined Prickly Pear Black Spine Prickly Pear | |
| Oxalis drummondii | Drummond's Wood-sorrel Large-leaf Wood-sorrel Drummond's Woodsorrel | |
| Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
| Passiflora affinis | Bracted Passionflower Passion Flower | |
| Passiflora foetida | Corona De Cristo Fetid Passionflower | |
| Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf Creeper Seven-leaf Creeper | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
| Papaver nudicaule | Icelandic Poppy | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort Broom Nailwort Yellow Nailwort Park's Nailwort | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Penstemon laxiflorus | Nodding Penstemon Nodding Beardtongue Loose-flowered Penstemon Loose-flowered Beardtongue | |
| Pellaea ovata | Ovateleaf Cliffbrake Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake | |
| Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant Stinking-clover Bee Spiderflower Navajo Spinach Pink Cleome Toothed Spiderflower Skunkweed | |
| Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Hill Country Beardtongue Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Heller's Penstemon Heller's Beardtongue | |
| Phytolacca americana | American Pokeweed Great Pokeweed Pokeweed Pokeberry Red Ink Plant Pigeonberry | |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
| Physostegia intermedia | Spring Obedient Plant Marsh Obedient Plant Slender False Dragonhead Intermediate False Dragonhead | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
| Pistacia mexicana | Mexican Pistachio Texas Pistachio American Pistachio Copal Pistachio Wild Pistachio Lentisco Texas Pistache | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree | |
| Pluchea odorata var. odorata | Sweetscent Marsh Fleabane Southern Marsh Fleabane | |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
| Poa arachnifera | Texas Bluegrass Texas Blue Grass | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Sandyseed Clammyweed Clammy-weed Clammyweed | |
| Potamogeton nodosus | Longleaf Pondweed Knotty Pondweed | |
| Polytaenia texana | Texas Prairie Parsley Texas-parsley Texas Parsley | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
| Prunus minutiflora | Texas Almond Texas Wild Almond Dwarf Plum | |
| Prunus texana | Peachbush Sand Plum Peach Bush Texas Plum Texas Peach Bush | |
| Prunella vulgaris | Common Selfheal | |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Ranunculus macranthus | Large Buttercup | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
| Rhus aromatica var. serotina | Fragrant Sumac | |
| Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco | |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
| Ruellia drummondiana | Drummond's Ruellia Drummond's Wild Petunia | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia | |
| Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia Common Wild Petunia Violet Wild Petunia Wild Petunia Hierba De La Calentura | |
| Ruellia occidentalis | Western Wild Petunia | |
| Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry Dewberry | |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby Blue Sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana | |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
| Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed Limerock Brookweed | |
| Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
| Sagittaria lancifolia | Lanceleaf Arrowhead Duck-potato Bulltongue Arrowhead Bull-tongue Arrowhead | |
| Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media | Bulltongue Arrowhead Scythe-fruit Arrowhead | |
| Sagittaria longiloba | Longbarb Arrowhead Flecha De Agua Long-lobe Arrowhead Long-barb Arrowhead | |
| Salvia lycioides | Canyon Sage | |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage Cancer Weed | |
| Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm Texas Palmetto Mexican Palm Mexican Palmetto Rio Grande Palmetto Victoria Palmetto Palma De Micharos Apachite | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto Palmetto | |
| Salvia pentstemonoides | Big Red Sage Penstemon Sage | |
| Salvia regla | Mountain Sage Royal Sage | |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Salvia texana | Texas Sage Blue Sage | |
| Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus | Seaside Brookweed Water Pimpernel Thin-leaf Brookweed | |
| Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush California Club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
| Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria ovata | Heartleaf Skullcap Heart-leaf Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata | Heartleaf Skullcap Heart-leaf Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria resinosa | Sticky Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap Resin-dot Skullcap Resinous Skullcap | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
| Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's Skullcap Bushy Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap | |
| Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna Velvet Leaf Senna Velvetleaf Senna Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant Puppy-dog Ears | |
| Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna Two Leaved Senna | |
| Silphium albiflorum | White Rosinweed White-flowered Rosinweed Compass Plant | |
| Simsia calva | Awnless Bush Sunflower Bush Sunflower | |
| Silphium simpsonii | Simpson's Rosinweed Tall Rosinweed | |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade Silver-leaf Nightshade White Horse Nettle Trompillo Tomato Weed Bull Nettle | |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Oldfield Goldenrod Grayleaf Goldenrod Gray-leaved Goldenrod Dyersweed Goldenrod Dwarf Goldenrod Field Goldenrod | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
| Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur Buffalo Bur Nightshade Buffalobur Nightshade | |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel Mountain Laurel Mescal Bean Mescal Bean Sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
| Styphnolobium affine | Eve's Necklace Eve's Necklacepod Texas Sophora Pink Sophora Necklace Tree | |
| Stachys coccinea | Scarlet Betony Texas Betony Scarlet Hedgenettle Scarlet Hedge-nettle | |
| Stemodia lanata | Woolly Stemodia Gray-woolly Twintip | |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian Currant Buckbrush | |
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