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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| Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea Black Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea greggii | Gregg Dalea Gregg's Prairie Clover Trailing Indigo Bush Indigo Bush | |
| Dasylirion texanum | Texas Sotol Sotol | |
| Dasylirion wheeleri | Common Sotol Sotol Desert Spoon Desert Candle | |
| Datura wrightii | Jimsonweed Sacred Thorn-apple Thorn-apple Angel Trumpet Sacred Datura Western Jimson Weed | |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower Bundleflower Prairie Bundle Flower Prickleweed Illinois Desmanthus Prairie Mimosa | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus Lace Hedgehog Purple Candle | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus | |
| Echinocactus texensis | Horse Crippler Horse Crippler Cactus Devil's Head Chisos Hedgehog Cactus Chisos Hedgehog | |
| Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Anacahuita Knockaway Knackaway Sandpaper Tree Manzanita Manzanillo Tlalahuacate | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
| Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked Spikerush Leap Frog Spike Rush | |
| Epipactis gigantea | Stream Orchid Chatterbox Orchid Giant Hellebore | |
| Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouring-rush Horsetail | |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane Prairie Fleabane | |
| Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass Hairy Tridens | |
| Eriochloa sericea | Texas Cupgrass | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Lovegrass Purple Love Grass Purple Plains Lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat Climber | |
| Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Candelilla Wax Plant | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. exaltatum | Catchfly Prairie Gentian Bluebell Gentian Western Blue Gentian Blue Marsh Lily Small Bluebell | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
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