Native Plants for a Deer Resistant Garden
This information was gathered from a three year study conducted in Wildwood, Missouri where there is a heavy over-population of deer.
No Browse Erysimum capitatum (Western wallflower)
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) Glandularia canadensis (Rose verbena)
Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair fern) Helenium autumnale (Autumn sneezeweed)
Agastache nepetoldes (Giant hyssop) Hibiscus lasiocarpos (Woolly rose mallow)
Allium stellatum (Fall glade onion) Iris virginica (Blue flag iris)
Amsonia ciliata (Feathery blue star) Juncus effusus (Soft rush)
Amsonia illustris (Shining blue star) Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flower)
Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem) Mimulus ringens (Monkeyflower)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp milkweed) Monarda bradburiana (Bradbury beebalm)
Asclepias viridis (Spider milkweed) Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive fern)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly flower) Palafoxia callosa (Palafoxia)
Callicarpa americana (Beautyberry) Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
Carex annectens (Yellow-fruited sedge) Penstemon digitalis (Smooth beard-tongue)
Carex muskingumensis (Palm sedge) Physostegia virginiana (Obedient plant)
Carex stricta (Tussock sedge) Polemonium reptans (Jacob's ladder)
Coreopsis tinctoria (Plains coreopsis) Pycnanthemum pilosum (Hairy mtn mint)
Delphinium exaltatum (Tall larkspur) Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Slender mtn mint)
Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye) Pycnanthemum virginianum (Mountain mint)
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake master) Salvia azurea (Blue salvia) No Browse (cont.)
Schizachyrium scoprium (Little bluestem) Light Browse
Scutellaria incana (Hoary skullcap) Aquilegia canadensis (Wild columbine)
Scutellaria ovata (Heart-leaved skullcap) Aster oblongifolius (Aromatic aster)
Sedum ternatum (Wild stonecrop) Aster oolentangiensis (Sky blue aster)
Senecio obovatus (Round-leaved ragwort) Aster patens (Purple daisy)
Senna marilandica (Wild senna) Blephilia ciliata (Ohio horsemint)
Solidago drummondii (Cliff goldenrod) Chelone obliqua (Rosy turtlehead)
Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie dropseed) Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance-leaved coreopsis)
Verbesina helianthoides (Yellow wingstem) Echinacea simulata (Glade coneflower)
Vernonia arkansana (Arkansas ironweed) Helianthus maximilianii (Maximilian sunflower)
Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's root) Heliopsis helianthoides (False sunflower)
Heuchera richardsonii (Prairie alumroot)
Very Light Browse (Tasted) Phlox paniculata (Garden phlox)
Aruncus dioicus (Goatsbeard) Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Baptisia australis (Blue wild indigo) Ruellia humilis (Hairy wild petunia)
Eupatorium purpureum (Joe pye weed) Rudbeckia fulgida (Orange coneflower)
Grindelia lanceolata (Gum plant) Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet coneflower)
Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie blazing star) Solidago caesia (Blue-stemed goldenrod)
Lobelia siphilitica (Blue lobelia) Solidago nemoralis (Missouri goldenrod)
Monarda fistulosa (Wild bergamot)
Silena regia (Royal catchfly)
Solidago riddellii (Riddell's goldenrod)
Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine poppy)
Zizia aurea (Golden Alexander) Medium Browse Lespedeza capitata (Round-head bushclover)
Amorpha canescens (Leadplant) Prunus americana (Ameran plum)
Aster linariifolius (Stiff-leaved aster) Ratibida pinnata (Grayhead coneflower)
Aster novae-angliae (New England aster) Rosa species (Rose)
Aster turbinellus (Prairie aster) Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie dock)
Bignonia capreolata (Cross vine) Viburnum species (Viburnum)
Boltonia asteroides (False aster)
Celastrus scandens (Bittersweet) Complete Browse
Dalea purpurea (Purple prairie clover) Callirhroe bushii (Bush's poppy mallow)
Echinacea purpurea (Purple coneflower) Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea)
Helianthus occidentalis (Western sunflower) Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush)
Ilex verticillata (Winterberry holly) Echinacea paradoxa (Yellow coneflower)
Iris cristata (Dwarf crested iris) Oenothera macrocarpa (MO eve. primrose)
Rudbeckia missouriensis (MO black-eyed Susan) Silphium integrefolium (Rosinweed)
Solidago rigida (Stiff goldenrod) Silphium laciniatum (Compass plant)
Spigelia marilandica (Indian pink) Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio spiderwort)
Tradescantia subaspera (Zigzag spiderwort)
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Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)
Campsis radicans (Trumpet creeper)
Coreopsis tripteris (Tall coreopsis)
Echinacea pallida (Pale purple coneflower)
Helianthus mollis (Ashy sunflower)
Hydrangea arborescens (Wild hydrangea)