Plants Deer Don't Eat

Deer and Plants They May or May Not Eat, Maybe!

Deer don’t read lists

Plants Rarely Damaged:

White birch	Betula papyrifera
Boxwood	Buxus sempervirens
American holly	Ilex opaca
Leucothoe	Leucothoe fontanesiana
Colorado spruce	Picea pungens
Japanese pieris	Pieres japonica

Plants Seldom Damaged:

European white birch	Betula pendula
American bittersweet	Celastrus scandens
Flowering dogwood	Cornus florida
Kousa or Korean dogwood	C. kousa
Redosier dogwood	C. sericea (stolonigera)
English hawthorne	Crataegus laevigata
Redvein enkianthus	Enkianthus campanulatus
European beech	Fagus sylvatica
Forsythia	Forsythia spp.
Common honey locust	Gleditsia triacanthos
Japanese holly	Ilex cornuta
Inkberry	I. glabra
Chinese juniper	Juniperus chinensis
Mountain laurel	Kalmia latifolia
Beautybush	Kolkwitzia amabilis
Norway spruce	Picea abies
White spruce	P. glauca
Mugo pine	Pinus mugo
Austrian pine	P. nigra
Red pine	P. resinosa
Pitch pine	P. rigida
Scot’s pine	P. sylvestris
Japanese flowering cherry	Prunus serrulata
Dragon’s claw willow	Salix matsudana >Tortuosa
Sassafras	Sassafras albidum

Lilac	Syringa vulgaris
Wisteria	Wisteria floribunda

Plants Occasionally Damaged:

White fir	Abies concolor
Cinnamon bark maple	Acer griseum
Red or swamp maple	A. rubrum
Sugar maple	A. saccharinum
Silver Maple	A. saccharum
Horse chestnut	Aesculus hippocastanum
Shadblow	Amelanchier arborea
Allegheny serviceberry	A. laevis
Trumpetcreeper	Campsis radicans
Common flowering quince	Chaenomeles speciosa
Gray dogwood	Cornus racemosa
Smoketree	Cotinus coggygria
Cranberry cotoneaster	Cotoneaster apiculatus
Rockspray cotoneaster	C. horizontalis
Japanese cryptomeria	Cryptomeria japonica
Japanese forsythia	Forsythia japonica
Border forsythia	Forsythia x intermedia
Witchhazel	Hamamelis virginiana
Rose of Sharon	Hibiscus syriacus
Smooth hydrangea	Hydrangea arborescens
Panicle hydrangea	H paniculata
Clirnbing hydrangea	H. Anomalla subsp. petiolaris
Japanese holly	Ilex crenata
Meserve hybrid hollies	I. x meserveae
Eastern redcedar	Juniperus virginiana
American larch	Larix decidua
Goldflame honeysuckle	Lonicera x heckrottii
Saucer magnolia	Magnolia x soulangiana
Dawn redwood	Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Virginia creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Sweet mockorange	Philadelphus coronarius
White pine	Pinus strobus
Bush cinquefoil	Potentilla fruticosa
Sweet cherry	Prunus avium
Douglas fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii
Firethorn	Pyracantha coccinea
Bradford pear	Pyrus callerana 'Bradford'
Common pear	P. communis
White oak	Quercus alba
Chestnut oak	Q. prinus
Red oak	Q. rubra
Rosebay rhododendron	Rhododendron maximum
Peidmont rhododendron	R minus
Staghorn sumac	Rhus typhina
Willow	Salix spp.
Bumalda spirea	Spiraea japonica 'Bumalda'
Bridalwreath spirea	S. prunifolia
Persian lilac	Syringa persica
Japanese tree lilac	S. reticulata
Late lilac	S. villosa
American basswood	Tilla americana
Greenspire linden	T. cordata 'Greenspire'
Canadian hemlock	Tsuga canadensis
Carolinia hemlock	T. caroliniana
Koreanspice viburnum	Viburnum carlesii
Judd viburnum	V. x juddii
Doublefile viburnum	V. plicatum f. Tomentosum
Leatherleaf viburnum	V. rhydophyllum
Old fashioned weigela	Weigela florida

Plants Frequently Damaged:

Balsam fir	Abies balsamea
Fraser fir	A. fraseri
Eastern redbud	Cercis canadensis
Atlantic white cedar	Chamaecyparis thyoides
Clematis	Clematis spp.
Dogwood	Cornus mas
Wintercreeper euonymus	E. fortunei
English ivy	Hedera helix
Apple and crabapple	Malus spp.
Cherry, peach and plum	Primus spp.
rhododendron	Rhododendron spp.
Roses	Rosa hybrids
European mountain ash	Sorbus aucuparia
Yews	Taxus species
American arborvitae	Thuja occidentalis

Compiled by: Edmond L. Marrotte, Consumer Horticulturist

Revised by UConn Home & Garden Education Center, 2005.

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