deer resistant Plants

Certain plant families produce phytochemicals that make them naturally repellent to deer. Below are some interesting members of these families that occur in Western Pennsylvania. Remember to always insist on nursery-propagated native plants.

ARISTOLOCHIACEAE – Dutchman’s Pipe Family - Salvia lyrata: Lyre-leaved Sage - Asarum canadense: Wild Ginger - Scutellaria sp.: Skullcap ASCLEPIADACEAE – Milkweed Family PAPAVERACEAE – Poppy Family - Asclepias incarnata: Pink Milkweed - Actaea pachypoda: Doll’s Eyes - Asclepias tuberosa: Butterfly Milkweed - Anemone virginiana: Thimbleweed BERBERIDACEAE – Barberry Family - Anemonella thalictroides: Rue Anemone - Caulophyllum thalictroides: Blue Cohosh - Aquilegia canadensis: Wild Columbine - Jeffersonia diphylla: Twinleaf - Caltha palustris: Marsh Marigold - Podophyllum peltatum: Mayapple - Actaea racemosa: Black Snakeroot BORAGINACEAE – Borage Family - Clematis virginiana: Virgin’s Bower - Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebell - Dicentra sp.: Dutchman’s Breeches - Myosotis laxa: Smaller Forget-Me-Not - Thalictrum sp.: Meadowrue - Trauvetteria caroliniensis: Tasselrue BRASSICACEAE – Mustard Family SAXIFRAGACEAE – Saxifrage Family - Cardamine sp.: Toothwort - Heuchera americana: Alumroot FERNS and GRASSES are also deer-resistant - Mitella diphylla: Miterwort FABACEAE – Pea Family - Tiarella cordifolia: Foamflower - Baptisia australis: False Indigo SCROPHULARUACEAE – Snapdragon Family - Senna hebecarpa: Wild Senna - Chelone glabra: Turtlehead IRIDACEAE – Iris Family - Collinsia verna: Blue-eyed Mary - Iris versicolor: Blue Flag - Mimulus sp.: Monkey Flower - Sisyrinchium sp.: Blue-eyed Grass - Penstemon sp.: Beardtongue LAMIACEAE – Mint Family - Veronicastrum virginicum: Culver’s Root - Monarda sp.: Beebalm

For further info: Audubon Center for Native Plants 412-963-6100 • www.aswp.org This publication is made possible by the generous support of the Fred J. and Shirley H. Jordan Foundation