Factsheets - Deer Resistant
Plants that are generally avoided by deer
*Please note that deer resistant does not mean deer proof*
Many factors affect deer resistance, such as population size and food availability. Plants that are normally deer resistant may be browsed if food is scarce.
Trees
Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia
Pawpaw Asimina triloba
Sweet Birch Betula lenta
River Birch Betula nigra
American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana
Pignut Hickory Carya glabra
American Beech Fagus grandifolia
American Holly Ilex opaca
Black Walnut Juglans nigra
Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana
Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica
Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus
Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Shrubs
Common Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia
Dwarf Fothergilla Fothergilla gardenii
Teaberry Gaultheria procumbens
Shrubby St John's Wort Hypericum prolificum
Inkberry Holly Ilex glabra
Winterberry Holly Ilex verticillata
Virginia Sweetspire Itea virginica
Spicebush Lindera benzoin
Waxmyrtle Myrica cerifera
Black Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum
Common Yucca Yucca filamentosa
Herbaceous
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Black Cohosh Actaea racemosa
Nodding Onion Allium cernuum
Wild Leek Allium triccocum
Threadleaf Bluestar Amsonia hubrichtii
Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes Antennaria plantaginifolia
Wild Columbie Aquilegia canadensis
American Spikenard Aralia racemosa
Jack in the Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Goatsbeard Aruncus dioicus
Wild Ginger Asarum canadense
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis
Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides
White Turtlehead Chelone glabra
Green and Gold Chrysogonum virginianum
Virginia Springbeauty Claytonia virginica
Blue Mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum
Pink Coreopsis Coreopsis rosea
Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris
Threadleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata
Dwarf Larkspur Delphinium tricorne
Squirrel Corn Dicentra canadensis
Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria
Wild Bleeding Heart Dicentra eximia
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Rough Horsetail Equisetum hyemale
Purple joe Pye Weed Eutrochium purpureum
Oxeye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
Round-Lobed Hepatica Hepatica americana
American Alumroot Heuchera americana
Dwarf Crested Iris Iris cristata
Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor
Twinleaf Jeffersonia diphylla
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica
Scarlet Beebalm Monarda didyma
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Narrow-Leaved Sundrops Oenothera fruticosa
Violet Woodsorrel Oxalis violaceae
Golden Ragwort Packera aurea
Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Fall Phlox Phlox paniculata
Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptans
Smooth Solomon's Seal Polygonatum biflorum
Eastern Shooting Star Primula meadia
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
Woodland Stonecrop Sedum ternatum
Wild Pink Silene caroliniana
Fire Pink Silene virginica
Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa
Pinkroot Spigelia marilandica
Wood Poppy Stylophorum diphyllum
Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Heartleaf Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia
New York Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis
Common Blue Violet Viola sororia
Golden Alexander Zizia aurea
Ferns
Northern Maidenhair Fern Adiantum pedatum
Hay Scented Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Marginal Shield Fern Dryopteris marginalis
Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris
Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis
Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis vs. spectabilis
Rock Polypody Polypodium virginianum
Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides
New York Fern Thelypteris noveboracensis
Grass and Grasslike
Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus
Blue Wood Sedge Carex glaucodea
Pennsylvania Sedge Carex pensylvanica
Woodland Oats Chasmanthium latifolium
Soft Rush Juncus effusus
Pink Muhlygrass Muhlenbergia capillaris
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans
Vines
Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans
Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana
Carolina Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens
Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
American Wisteria Wisteria frutescens
