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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Thymophylla pentachaeta var. pentachaeta | Parralena Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf Dogweed Dyssodia | |
Thelesperma simplicifolium | Slender Greenthread Navajo Tea Cota | |
Thamnosma texana | Texas Desert-rue Dutchman's Breeches Rue Of The Mountains Ruda Del Monte | |
Toxicodendron radicans | Eastern Poison Ivy Poison Ivy | |
Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass Fakahatchee Grass | |
Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
Triodanis perfoliata | Clasping Venus's Looking-glass | |
Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail Common Cattail | |
Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican Buckeye Monilla | |
Vallisneria americana | American Eelgrass Water Celery Eelgrass Tapegrass | |
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