CREATE A TICK-SAFE ZONE THROUGH LANDSCAPING TECHNIQUES and DEER RESISTANT PLANTS Courtesy of the Loudoun Lyme Disease Commission
LANDSCAPING TECHNIQUES TO HELP REDUCE DISCOURAGE DEER TICK POPULATIONS • Remove plants that a ract deer and construct Blacklegged cks are most abundant in the woods where hosts physical barriers to discourage deer from entering for the ck flourish and cks also find high humidity levels your yard and bringing cks with them. necessary for survival. • Use the most deer resistant plants along the edge of the property to reduce the likelihood of deer • Remove leaf li er. entering your yard. • Clear tall grasses and brush around homes and at the edge of lawns. USE DEER RESISTANT PLANTS • Place a 3- wide barrier of wood chips or gravel between lawns and wooded areas to restrict ck migra on into A list of plants that deer generally do not eat is listed recrea onal areas. on the other side of this flyer. • Mow the lawn frequently. Addi onal informa on can be found at: • Stack wood neatly and in a dry area (discourages rodents • www.anr.ext.wvu.edu/lawn_garden/plants/ that cks feed on). deer_resistant_ornamentals • Keep playground equipment, decks, and pa os away from • www.virginia.edu/blandy/blandy_web/arboretum/ yard edges and trees. deer_resistant_annuals_perennials.pdf • Discourage unwelcome animals (such as deer, raccoons, and stray dogs) from entering your yard by construc ng fences. • Remove old furniture, ma resses, or trash from the yard that may give cks a place to hide. • Clean up stonewalls near the home that provide shelter for rodents. Bu erfly Weed • Landscape to increase sunlight ( cks like humidity). • A single spring me applica on of an acaricide ( ck pes cide) can greatly reduce the number of cks in your yard. Bo lebrush Buckeye Sources: www.cdc.gov/ cks/avoid/in_the_yard.html www.cdc.gov/lyme/prev/in_the_yard.html www.ct.gov/caes/lib/caes/documents/publica ons/fact_sheets/ Plant images: wikipedia.org managing cks05.pdf Lavender Loudoun Lyme Disease Commission April 2014 www.loudoun.gov/lymecommission Deer$Resistant$Ornamentals*" " Botanical$Name" Common$Name" Ceratostigma'plumbaginoides" Plumbago" Trees" Cimicifuga'racemosa" Snakeroot" Aesculus'parviflora" Bottlebrush"Buckeye" Colchicum'spp." Colchicum" Amelanchier'arborea" Downy"Serviceberry" Consolida'ambigua" Larkspur" Amelanchier'canadensis" Shadbush" Convallaria'majalis" LilyFofFtheFvalley" Amelanchier'laevis" Allegheny"Serviceberry" Coreopsis'verticillata"'Moonbeam'" Threadleaf"Coreopsis" Betula'albo6sinensis" Chinese"Paper"Birch" Cyclamen'hederifolium" Neopolitan"Cyclamen" Betula'nigra"'Heritage'" Heritage"Birch" Dicentra'spectabilis" Bleeding"Heart" Betula'papyrifera" Paper"Birch" Digitalis"spp." Foxglove" Chamaecyparis'pisifera" Japanese"Falsecypress" Dryopteris'marginalis" Wood"Fern" Cryptomeria'japonica" Japanese"Cedar" Ecinacea'purpurea" Purple"Coneflower" Rarely'damaged'plants'are'those'that'the'deer'do'not' Picea'pungens'glauca" Colorado"Blue"Spruce" Epimedium"spp." Barrenwort" Pinus'sylvestris" Scotch"Pine" Euphorbia'spp." Euphorbia" Pseudotsuga'menziesii" Douglas"Fir"" Fritillaria"spp." Fritillary" Shrubs$and$Climbers$" Galium'odoratuim" Sweet"Woodruff" Arctostaphylos'uva6ursi" Bearberry" Gloriosa'superba" Glory"Lily" Asimina'triloba" Pawpaw" Hemmerocallis"'Stella"de"Oro'" Stella"de"Oro"Daylily" Buxus'spp." Boxwood" Hesperis'matronalis" Dame's"Rocket" Caryopteris'x'clandonensis" Caryopteria" Hyacinthus'orientalis" Hyacinth" Calastrus'scandens" American"Bittersweet" Lamium'maculatum" Deadnettle" Cornus'sericea" Red"Osier"Dogwood" Lavandula"spp." Lavender"
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