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When deer are hungry they will eat almost any plant. Deer will especially nibble on most plants in the spring when plants are tender, more palatable and high in nutrition. The plants below are less likely to be eaten by deer. Plants not bothered in one area may be a preferred food in a different part of the country. This is a partial list, additional plants will be added later.
| Achillea millefolium, Yarrow |
| Aesculus Pavia, Red Buckeye New Shrub |
| Allium stellatum, Prairie Onion |
| Amsonia illustris, Blue Star sun to part shade |
| Aquilegia canadensis, Columbine med. shade to sun |
| Arisaema dracontium, Green Dragon shade to part sun |
| Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-pulpit shade to part sun |
| Aruncus dioicus, Goat's Beard med. shade to sun |
| Asarum canadense, Canadian Wild Ginger shade to part sun |
| Asclepias incarnata, Marsh Milkweed |
| Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed |
| Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly Milkweed light shade to sun |
| Asimina triloba, Pawpaw small fruit tree Gallon Pot |
| Aster novae-angliae (Symphy.), New-England Aster |
| Aster oblongifolius (Symphy.), Aromatic Aster |
| Baptisia alba (B. leucantha), White Indigo |
| Baptisia australis, Blue Wild Indigo |
| Baptisia bracteata, Cream Indigo sun to part shade |
| Callicarpa americana, Beauty Berry, French Mulberry (shrub) |
| Campsis radicans, Trumpet Creeper climbing vine |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis, Buttonbush shrub, sun to part shade |
| Coreopsis lanceolata, Lanceleaf Coreopsis sun to light shade |
| Dalea candida (Petalostemon), White Prairie Clover |
| Dalea purpurea (Petalostemon), Purple Prairie Clover |
| Dirca palustris, Eastern Leatherwood (new shrub) |
| Echinacea pallida, Pale-Purple Coneflower |
| Echinacea paradoxa, Yellow Coneflower |
| Echinacea purpurea, Purple Coneflower sun to part shade |
| Echinacea simulata, Glade Coneflower |
| Gaillardia aristata, Perennial Blanket Flower new |
| Gaillardia pulchella, Firewheel, Blanket Flower annual |
| Geranium maculatum, Wild Geranium shade to part sun |
| Glandularia canaden (Verbena), Rose Vervain sun to part shade |
| Helenium autumnale, bitterweed, common sneezeweed, |
| Helianthus annus, Common Sunflower annual |
| Helianthus hirsutus, Bristly Sunflower sun to part shade |
| Hibiscus lasiocarpos, Rose Mallow |
| Hydrangea arborescens, Wild Hydrangea (shrub)shade to part sun |
| Hypericum prolificum, Shrubby St. John's wort (shrub)shade to part sun |
| Iris virginica, Blue Flag |
| Iris cristata, Crested Iris shade to part sun |
| Liatris aspera, Rough Blazing Star |
| Liatris mucronata, Narrow-leaf Gayfeather |
| Liatris pycnostachya, Prairie Blazing Star |
| Liatris scariosa, Eastern Blazing Star |
| Liatris spicata, Spiked Gayfeather |
| Liatris squarrosa, Scaly Blazing Star |
| Linum lewisii, Prairie Flax, Native Blue Flax |
| Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal Flower sun to part shade |
| Lobelia siphilitica, Great Blue Lobelia sun to part shade |
| Lupinus perennis, Perennial Lupine |
| Lupinus texensis, Texas Bluebonnet annual |
| Manfreda virginica (Agave), American Aloe |
| Mertensia virginica, Virginia Bluebells shade to sun, plants available in spring |
| Monarda bradburiana M. russeliana, Horsemint, Eastern Beebalm |
| Monarda citriodora, Lemon Horsemint annual |
| Monarda fistulosa, Wild Bergamot |
| Nelumbo lutea, American Lotus (water plant) |
| Opuntia humifusa, Prickly Pear Cactus |
| Pedicularis canadensis, Wood Betony shade to sun |
| Penstemon digitalis, Foxglove Beard Tongue sun to part shade |
| Phlox divaricata, Woodland Phlox, Wild Sweet William shade to sun |
| Physostegia virginiana, Obedient Plant False Dragonhead |
| Polemonium reptans, Jacob's Ladder shade to sun |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, Narrow Leaf Mountain Mint |
| Rudbeckia fulgida, Orange Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia hirta, Black-eyed Susan annual/biennial |
| Rudbeckia missouriensis, Missouri Black-eyed Susan |
| Salvia azurea, Blue Sage |
| Salvia coccinea, Scarlet Sage ( annual ) |
| Sanguinaria canadensis, Bloodroot shade to part sun |
| Scutellaria incana, Skullcap sun to shade |
| Solidago drummondii, Cliff Goldenrod |
| Solidago flexicaulis, Zigzag Goldenrod sun to part shade |
| Solidago nemoralis, Gray Goldenrod |
| Solidago rigida, Stiff Goldenrod |
| Solidago speciosa, Showy Goldenrod |
| Stylophorum diphyllum, Celandine Poppy NEW shade to part sun |
| Talinum calycinum, Fame flower |
| Tephrosia virginiiana, Goat's Rue sun to part shade |
| Vernonia baldwini, Western Ironweed |
| Veronicastrum virginicum, Culver's Root |
| Viola pedata, Birdfoot violet sun to part shade |
| Andropogon gerardi, Big Bluestem |
| Bouteloua curtipendula, Sideoats Grama |
| Buchloe dactyloides, Buffalo Grass (Cody) |
| Panicum virgatum, Switch Grass |
| Schizachyrium scoparium, Little Bluestem |
| Sorghastrum nutans, Indian Grass |
| Coreopsis tinctoria, Plains coreopsis annual |
| Gaillardia pulchella, Firewheel, Blanket Flower annual |
| Helianthus annus, Common Sunflower annual |
| Impatiens capensis, Jewelweed, touch-me-not annual |
| Lupinus texensis, Texas Bluebonnet annual |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia, Prairie Aster, tanseyleaf annual |
| Monarda citriodora, Lemon Horsemint annual |
| Palafoxia callosa, Spanish Needles annual |
| Phlox drummondii, Annual Phlox new |
| Rudbeckia hirta, Black-eyed Susanannual/perennial |
| Salvia coccinea, Scarlet Sage annual/perennial |
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