Special Collections
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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| Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
| Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. tainturieri | Hairyfruit Chervil Hairy-fruit Chervil Wild Chervil Chervil | |
| Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
| Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass Jamaican Saw-grass Saw-grass | |
| Clematis texensis | Scarlet Clematis Scarlet Leatherflower Texas Clematis | |
| Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed Carolina Coralbead Carolina Moonseed Red Berried Moonseed Carolina Red Berried Moonseed | |
| Corydalis curvisiliqua | Curvepod Fumewort Scrambled Eggs Golden Smoke Curvepod | |
| Cotinus obovatus | American Smoke Tree Texas Smoke Tree Wild Smoke Tree Smoke Tree Smokebush Chittamwood | |
| Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
| Coryphantha sulcata | Pineapple Cactus Nipple Cactus | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Cryptotaenia canadensis | Canadian Honewort Wild Chervil | |
| Croton capitatus var. lindheimeri | Woolly Croton Lindheimer's Hogwort Woolly Texas Goatweed Woolly Doveweed | |
| Croton fruticulosus | Bush Croton Encinilla Hierba Loca | |
| Crataegus greggiana | Gregg's Hawthorn Gregg Hawthorn | |
| Croton monanthogynus | Prairie Tea One-seed Croton Doveweed Dove Weed Prairie Goatweed | |
| Crataegus tracyi | Tracy's Hawthorn Tracy Hawthorn Mountain Hawthorn | |
| Crataegus viridis | Green Hawthorn Southern Hawthorn | |
| Cynanchum barbigerum | Bearded Swallow-wort Thicket Threadvine | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata | Tree Cholla Teddy-bear Cholla Cholla Cane Cactus Walkingstick Cholla | |
| Cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Tasajillo Christmas Cactus Pencil Cactus Christmas Cholla Desert Christmas Cactus | |
| Cyperus ochraceus | Pond Flatsedge Yellow Sedge | |
| Cyperus odoratus | Fragrant Flatsedge Fragrant Sedge | |
| Cyperus pseudovegetus | Marsh Flatsedge Marsh Flat Sedge | |
| Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea Golden Prairie Clover | |
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