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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Callirhoe leiocarpa | Tall Poppymallow Annual Winecup Tall Poppy-mallow Tall Poppy Mallow | |
Callirhoe pedata | Palmleaf Poppymallow Standing Winecup Finger Poppymallow Palmleaf Poppy Mallow | |
Carex perdentata | Sand Sedge Meadow Sedge | |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Vine Common Trumpet Creeper Cow Vine Foxglove Vine Hellvine Devil's Shoestring | |
Carex texensis | Texas Sedge | |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud Redbud | |
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican Redbud | |
Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | |
Ceanothus herbaceus | Prairie Redroot Smaller Redroot Small Redroot Inland Ceanothus Fuzzy Ceanothus Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Sugarberry Southern Hackberry Lowland Hackberry Hackberry Palo Blanco | |
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