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Deer Resistant Plants
Use this list to find suggestions for plants that seem to be less palatable to deer. These plants have been observed to be less likely damaged by deer, but none of them are immune to deer browsing. Under the right circumstances, deer will eat almost any plant.
Trees:
Vines:
Amelanchier x grandiflora Apple Serviceberrry Betula nigra River Birch Betula papyrifera Paper Birch Carpinus caroliniana Musclewood Catalpa speciosa Northern Catalpa Chionanthus virginicus White Fringetree Fagus spp. Beech Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo Gleditsia triacanthos Honeylocust Gymnocladus dioica Kentucky Coffeetree Liriodendron tulipifera Tuliptree Ostrya virginiana Ironwood Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak Syringa reticulata Japanese Tree Lilac
Celastrus scandens
Note: The above mentioned trees may not taste good to deer, but bucks will rub their antlers on all young, smooth tree trunks, causing severe damage and even death to immature trees through girdling.
Shrubs: Berberis thunbergii Japanese Barberry Clethra alnifolia Summersweet Clethra Calycanthus floridus Carolina Allspice Corylus americana American Filbert Forsythia spp. Forsythia Ilex verticillata Winterberry Kerria japonica Japanese Kerria Myrica pennsylvanica Northern Bayberry Potentilla spp. Potentilla Rosa rugosa Rugosa Rose Spiraea spp. Spirea Symphocarpos albus Common Snowberry Syringa vulgaris Common Lilac
Conifers: Abies concolor Concolor Fir, White Fir Juniperus spp. Juniper Larix spp. Larch, Tamarack Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood Picea abies Norway Spruce Picea glauca White Spruce Picea pungens f. glauca Colorado Blue Spruce Pinus mugo Mugo Pine Taxodium distichum Baldcypress Thuja plicata Giant Arborvitae
American Bittersweet
Perennials: Achillea spp. Yarrow Alchemilla mollis Lady’s Mantle Allium spp. Ornamental Onion Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem Anemone spp. Anemone Aquilegia spp. Columbine Arisaema triphyllum Jack-in-the-Pulpit Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyweed Astilbe spp. Astilbe Baptisia spp. False Indigo Bergenia cordifolia Bergenia Brunnera macrophylla Siberian Bugloss Calamagrostis spp. Feather Reed Grass Carex spp. Sedge Chasmanthium latifolium Northern Sea Oats Cimicifuga racemosa Black Snakeroot Coreopsis spp. Coreopsis Dianthus spp. Dianthus Dicentra spp. Bleeding Heart Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke Iris spp. Iris Ligularia spp. Ligularia Matteuccia struthiopteris Ostrich Fern Mertensia virginica Virgina Bluebells Miscanthus spp. Maiden Grass Monarda Bee Balm Panicum virgatum Switch Grass Perovskia atriplicifolia Russian Sage Physostegia virginiana Obedient Plant Pulmonaria spp. Lungwort Rudbeckia spp. Black-Eyed Susan Salvia spp. Salvia Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem Solidago spp. Goldenrod Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass Sporobolus heterolepsis Prairie Dropseed Grass Stachy spp. Lamb’s Ear
Broadleafs: Buxus spp.
Boxwood
Groundcovers: Asarum canadense Canada Wild Ginger Galium odoratum Sweet Woodruff Pachysandra terminalis Pachysandra Sedum spp. Stonecrop Thymus spp. Thyme www.johnsonsnursery.com
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