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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Wisteria frutescens | American Wisteria Texas Wisteria Kentucky Wisteria | |
Xanthocephalum gymnospermoides | Gummy Broomweed San Pedro Matchweed Gummy Snakeweed | |
Yucca constricta | Buckley Yucca Buckley's Yucca | |
Yucca pallida | Pale-leaf Yucca | |
Yucca rupicola | Twistleaf Yucca Twisted-leaf Yucca Texas Yucca Spanish Dagger | |
Yucca ×schottii | Schott's Yucca Arizona-soapwort | |
Yucca treculeana | Spanish Dagger Spanish Bayonet Don Quixote's Lance Palma Pita Palma De Datil Palmito | |
Zinnia acerosa | Desert Zinnia Dwarf Zinnia Dwarf White Zinnia Shrubby Zinnia Southern Zinnia | |
Zinnia grandiflora | Plains Zinnia Rocky Mountain Zinnia Prairie Zinnia Little Golden Zinnia Yellow Zinnia | |
Zigadenus nuttallii | Nuttall's Death Camas Death Camas Poison-onion | |
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