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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 |
| Oenothera jamesii | River Primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose Trumpet evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit evening-primrose Missouri evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit evening-primrose Missouri Primrose | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana | Bigfruit evening-primrose Silver leaf 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 | |
| Opuntia ellisiana | Spineless prickly pear Tigertongue South Texas pricklypear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas pricklypear Prickly Pear Texas Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Common prickly-pear Plains prickly pear Prickly Pear Twist-spine prickly-pear Twistspine pricklypear | |
| Opuntia macrocentra | Purple Prickly Pear Purple pricklypear | |
| Oxalis drummondii | Drummond's woodsorrel Wood-sorrel | |
| Oxalis stricta | Common yellow oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Palo Verde Jerusalem thorn Lluvia de Oro | |
| Passiflora affinis | Bracted passionflower Passion flower | |
| Passiflora foetida | Corona de Cristo Scarlet-fruit passion flower Fetid passionflower | |
| Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf creeper Seven-leaf Creeper | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock rose Rose pavonia Rose mallow Pavonia | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow passion vine Yellow passion-flower Yellow passionflower | |
| Papaver nudicaule | Icelandic poppy | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Bird Wing Passionflower Birdwing passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand panic grass | |
| Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort Broom Nailwort Yellow Nailwort Park's Nailwort | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock penstemon Cut-Leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf beardtongue Beard Tongue | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Wild foxglove Prairie penstemon Foxglove penstemon False foxglove Large-flowered beardtongue Large-flowered penstemon Prairie beardtongue Cobaea penstemon | |
| Penstemon laxiflorus | Nodding beardtongue Loose-flowered Penstemon | |
| Pellaea ovata | Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake Ovateleaf cliffbrake | |
| Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Scarlet Penstemon Heller's beardtongue | |
| Phytolacca americana | American pokeweed Pokeweed Pokeberry Red Ink Plant | |
| Phacelia congesta | Blue curls Caterpillars Fiddleneck | |
| Physostegia intermedia | Intermediate false dragonhead Marsh obedient-plant Obedient-plant Slender false dragonhead Spring obedient plant | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas frogfruit Turkey tangle fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Pistacia mexicana | Mexican pistachio Texas pistachio American pistachio | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore Buttonwood Plane-tree Sycamore | |
| Pluchea odorata var. odorata | Marsh Fleabane Sweetscent | |
| Polygala alba | White milkwort | |
| Poa arachnifera | Texas bluegrass Texas blue grass | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Weed | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern cottonwood Alamo Carolina poplar Necklace Poplar | |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Clammy-Weed Clammyweed Sandyseed clammyweed | |
| Potamogeton nodosus | Knotty Pondweed Longleaf pondweed | |
| Polytaenia texana | Texas prairie parsley Texas-Parsley | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey mesquite | |
| Prunus minutiflora | Dwarf Plum Texas almond | |
| 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 Prairie coneflower Upright prairie coneflower Red-spike mexican-hat 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 | Starrush whitetop Star sedge White-topped sedge Whitetop sedge | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie flameleaf sumac Flame-leaf sumac Prairie sumac Lance-leaf sumac | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen sumac Tobacco sumac | |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge plant Baby peppers | |
| Ruellia drummondiana | Drummond's ruellia Drummond's wild petunia | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan | |
| Ruellia metziae | Metz Wild Petunia Metz's wild petunia Wild White Petunia | |
| Ruellia nudiflora | Violet ruellia Common wild petunia Violet wild petunia Wild petunia | |
| Ruellia occidentalis | Western wild petunia | |
| Rubus trivialis | Dewberry Southern dewberry | |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher sage Blue sage | |
| Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby blue sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana | |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's tail Lizard's-tail Breast weed | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood sage | |
| Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limerock Brookweed Limewater 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 | Bulltongue arrowhead Lanceleaf Arrowhead | |
| Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media | Bulltongue arrowhead Scythe-fruit Arrowhead | |
| Sagittaria longiloba | Flecha de Agua Long-barb Arrowhead Long-lobe Arrowhead Longbarb arrowhead | |
| Salvia lycioides | Canyon sage | |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf sage Cancer weed | |
| Sabal mexicana | Mexican palm Palma Di Micharos Rio Grande palmetto Texas palm Texas palmetto | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf palmetto Palmetto Bush 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 | |
| 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 | Resin-dot skullcap Resinous skullcap Shrubby skullcap Sticky skullcap | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | |
| 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 | |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray goldenrod Prairie goldenrod Old field goldenrod | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow indian grass | |
| Solanum rostratum | Buffalobur nightshade Buffalo bur | |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas mountain laurel Mountain laurel Mescal bean Mescal bean sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
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