Not the Same Old Deer Resistant Native Native Plants = Healthy Habitats

Hairy Leaves Sandpapery Leaves 1. Anaqua (Ehretia anacua) 2. Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) 3. Heart-leaf Skullcap (Scutellaria ovata) 4. Woolly Ironweed (Vernonia lindheimera) 5. Woolly Stemodia (Stemodia lanata) Leathery Leaves Thorny, Prickly Leaves &/or Stems 6. American Smoke Tree (Cotinus obovatus) 7. Giant Coneflower (Rudbeckia maxima) 8. Huisache (Vachellia farnesiana) 9. Fragrant Mimosa (Mimosa borealis) 10. Agarita (Mahonia trifoliolata) 11. Coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) 12. , Desert Spoon ( wheeleri) 13. Sotol, Green (Dasylirion leiophyllum) 14. Devil’s Shoestring ( linheimeriana) Strong Scents Pungent Tastes 15. Aromatic Sumac (Rhus aromatica) 16. Blue Sage ( ballotiflora) 17. Fall Obedient (Physostegia virginiana) 18. Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) 19. Cowpen Daisy (Verbesina encelioides) Poisonous Milky latex or sap 20. Angel Trumpet / Datura (Datura wrightii) 21. Candelillia (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) 22. Orange Milkweed (A. tuberosa) 23. Hello Yellow’ Milkweed (A. tuberosa ‘Hello Yellow’) 24. Antelope Horns Milkweed (A. asperula) 25. Zizotes Milkweed (A. oenotheroides) Poor Forage Value (for deer) 26. Pine Muhly (Muhlenbergia dubia) 27. Sedge, Cherokee (Carex cherokeensis) 28. Sedge, Meadow (Carex perdentata) 29. River Fern (Thelypteris kunthii) Deer don’t read labels! & Don’t believe everything you read 30. Kidneywood (Eysenhardtia texana) 31. Berlandier’s Trumpets (Acleisanthes obtuse) 32. Mountain Sage (Saliva regla) July 2019, Native Plant Society of – Williamson County (Randy K. Pensabene)

Resource List – Williamson County

Organizations Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), Williamson County Chapter: npsot.org/wp/wilco/ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: www.wildflower.org/ Audubon Society: www.audubon.org/ Texas Invasives: texasinvasives.org Master Naturalist Volunteer Program: txmn.org/ Master Gardeners: mastergardener.tamu.edu/

References • Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center www.wildflower.org/plants/ • Wasowski, Sally, and Andy Wasowski 1997. Native Texas Plants: Landscaping Region by Region, 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Lone Star Books. • Linex, Ricky J. 2014. Range Plants of North Central Texas. Weatherford, TX: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service • Wrede, Jan 2010. Trees, , and Vines of the Texas Hill Country, 2nd ed. rev. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. • Charles A. Hart, et. al. 2008. Brush & Weeds of Texas Rangelands, Texas AgriLIFE Extension Service • Charles A. Hart, et. al. 2004. Toxic Plants of Texas, Texas AgriLIFE Extension Service

Nurseries Selling Native Plants in Williamson County & nearby Wright’s Nursery (Briggs): www.facebook.com/wrightstexasnursery Hill Country Natives (Leander) http://hillcountrynatives.net McIntire’s Nursery (Georgetown) http://www.mcintiresgarden.com Hillside Nursery (Georgetown) https://www.hillsidenurserylandscape.com Red Barn Garden Center (Leander) http://www.redbarngardencenter.net Natural Gardener (Austin) http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com Barton Springs Nursery (Austin) http://www.bartonspringsnursery.net

Other Sources Selling Native Plants in Williamson County & nearby Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, annual Spring and Fall native plant sales: www.wildflower.org Native American Seed; mail order, native plant seeds and bare root: www.seedsource.com Native Plant Society of Texas; native plant sales by your local chapter: www.npsot.org Texas Master Gardener Program; plant sales by your local chapter: mastergardener.tamu.edu

July 2019, Native Plant Society of Texas – Williamson County (Randy K. Pensabene)