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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 |
| Triodanis perfoliata | Clasping Venus' looking-glass | |
| Typha latifolia | Broadleaf cattail Common cat-tail Broad-leaf cat-tail | |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican buckeye | |
| Vallisneria americana | American eelgrass Water celery Eelgrass Tapegrass | |
| Vernonia baldwinii | Baldwin's ironweed Western Ironweed Ironweed | |
| Verbesina encelioides | Cowpen Daisy Golden crownbeard Butter daisy | |
| Verbena halei | Slender verbena Texas verbena Texas vervain | |
| Vernonia lindheimeri | Woolly ironweed | |
| Verbesina virginica | Frostweed White crownbeard Iceplant Iceweed Virginia crownbeard Indian tobacco Richweed Squawweed | |
| Viguiera dentata | Sunflower goldeneye Plateau goldeneye Toothleaf goldeneye Goldeneye Chimalacate | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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