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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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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