Wild. Local. Beautiful. Center for Native Plants Most Deer Resistant Plants Keep in mind that the only deer-proof plant is one enclosed by a fence. The list of plants below are known to be deer resistant, but deer will eat any plant when hungry enough, say in the spring or during a drought, and fawn will sample anything as they learn what’s good to eat. FORBS SHRUBS Alumroot (Heuchera cylindrica) Big Sage (Artemisia tridentate) Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii) Aspen Fleabane (Erigeron speciosus) Buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis) Beebalm (Monarda fistulosa) Juniper spp. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Rocky Mountain Maple (Acer glabrum) Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata) Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata) Shrubby Cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa) Fuzzy-tongue Penstemon (Penstemon eriantherus) Three-leaved Sumac (Rhus trilobata) Giant Hyssop Horsemint (Agastache urticifolia) Wax Currant (Ribes cereum) Hairy Golden Aster (Heterotheca villosa) White Sage (Artemisia ludoviciana) Heart-leaf Arnica (Arnica cordifolia) Leafy Aster (Symphyotrichum foliaceum) Groundcovers Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum) Birch-leaved Spirea (Spiraea betulifolia) Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum) Oregon-grape (Berberis repens) Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia fragilis) Purple Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) Trees Rocky Mountain Beeplant (Peritoma serrulata) Betula spp. Rosy Pussytoes (Antennaria rosea) Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Silky Lupine (Lupinus sericeus) Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii) Stonecrop (Sedum stenopelatum) Western Larch (Larix occidentalis) Sulphur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) Wild Mint (Mentha arvensis) Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Yellow Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) Yucca (Yucca glauca) Wildflowers, Grasses, Shrubs, & Trees | Landscape, Consulting & Design Services | Contract Growing | Salvage | Seed Collection.