All Plants > Deer Resistant (72)
There are few gardening heartaches quite like waking up to find that hungry deer have visited your garden! These are some plants that Calscape has tagged as being deer resistant. We have to add that an extremely hungry deer and young deer will try anything. However, this is a great list to browse if you've had a history with deer problems.
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Common Name Scientific Name |
Sun Reqs. | Height | Humboldt Native | |
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Vine maple
Acer circinatum |
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15 - 30 ft | ✓ |
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Big leaf maple
Acer macrophyllum |
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30 - 115 ft | ✓ |
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Box elder
Acer negundo |
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35 - 66 ft | ✓ |
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Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium |
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1 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea |
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3 - 4 ft | ✓ |
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Western columbine
Aquilegia formosa |
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1.5 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Elk's clover
Aralia californica |
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6.6 - 10 ft | ✓ |
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Madrone
Arbutus menziesii |
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15 - 100 ft | ✓ |
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Howard mcminn manzanita
Arctostaphylos densiflora 'howard mcminn' |
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5 - 7 ft | |
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Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
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1.6 ft | ✓ |
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California pipevine
Aristolochia californica |
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1 - 20 ft | ✓ |
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Sea thrift
Armeria maritima |
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1 ft | ✓ |
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Douglas' sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana |
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8 ft | ✓ |
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Dune sagewort
Artemisia pycnocephala |
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1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Narrow leaf milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis |
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1.7 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Showy milkweed
Asclepias speciosa |
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4 - 6 ft | ✓ |
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Lady fern
Athyrium filix-femina |
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2 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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Coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis |
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1.5 - 10 ft | ✓ |
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Pacific reedgrass
Calamagrostis nutkaensis |
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3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Sand dune sedge
Carex pansa |
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0.75 - 1.25 ft | ✓ |
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Western redbud
Cercis occidentalis |
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10 - 20 ft | ✓ |
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Soap plant
Chlorogalum pomeridianum |
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3 ft | |
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California sand aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia |
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0.7 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Orange bush monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus |
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3.9 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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Red bush monkey flower
Diplacus (mimulus) puniceus |
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1 - 2 ft | |
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California fuchsia 'orange carpet'
Epilobium canum 'orange carpet' |
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0.25 - 0.5 ft | |
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California fuchsia 'phat margarita'
Epilobium canum 'phat margarita' |
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0.6 - 1.1 ft | |
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Humboldt county fuchsia
Epilobium septentrionale |
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0.25 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
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Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus |
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0.16 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Coast buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium |
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1.7 - 2.3 ft | ✓ |
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Round headed buckwheat
Eriogonum sphaerocephalum |
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1 - 2 ft | |
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Sulphur buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum |
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0.33 - 7 ft | ✓ |
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Siskiyou oregon sunshine
Eriophyllum lanatum 'siskiyou' |
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0.5 - 1 ft | |
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California poppy
Eschscholzia californica |
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0.16 - 2 ft | ✓ |
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Coastal california poppy
Eschscholzia californica v. maritima |
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1.5 ft | ✓ |
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California fescue
Festuca californica |
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1.3 - 4 ft | ✓ |
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Red fescue
Festuca rubra |
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1.3 - 2.6 ft | ✓ |
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Beach strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis |
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0.49 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Woodland strawberry
Fragaria vesca |
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0.1 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Coffeeberry
Frangula californica |
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6 - 15 ft | ✓ |
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Coast silk tassel
Garrya elliptica |
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6 - 16.4 ft | ✓ |
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Salal
Gaultheria shallon |
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1 - 7 ft | ✓ |
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Gumweed
Grindelia stricta v. platyphylla |
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1 - 1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Crevice alumroot
Heuchera micrantha |
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1 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Cream bush
Holodiscus discolor |
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3 - 16.4 ft | ✓ |
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Seaside bird's foot trefoil
Hosackia gracilis |
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0.33 - 1.6 ft | ✓ |
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Douglas iris
Iris douglasiana |
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0.6 - 2.6 ft | ✓ |
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Toughleaf iris
Iris tenax |
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0.8 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
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Common rush
Juncus patens |
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1 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Twinberry
Lonicera involucrata |
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1.6 - 16.4 ft | ✓ |
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California melicgrass
Melica californica |
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1 - 4.3 ft | ✓ |
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Small flowered melica
Melica imperfecta |
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3 - 4 ft | ✓ |
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Coyote mint 'russian river'
Monardella villosa ssp. franciscana 'russian river' |
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1 - 1.5 ft | |
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Small flowered penstemon
Penstemon procerus |
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3 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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Pacific ninebark
Physocarpus capitatus |
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3.3 - 8.2 ft | ✓ |
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Shore pine
Pinus contorta ssp contorta |
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112 ft | ✓ |
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Sword fern
Polystichum munitum |
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1.6 - 5.9 ft | ✓ |
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Slender cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis |
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2.4 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Golden currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum |
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3 - 6 ft | |
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White sage
Salvia apiana |
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3 - 5 ft | |
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Black sage
Salvia mellifera |
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3 - 6 ft | ✓ |
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Black elderberry
Sambucus nigra |
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13.1 - 30 ft | ✓ |
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California bee plant
Scrophularia californica |
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2 - 4 ft | ✓ |
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Broad-leaved stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium |
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0.1 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
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Coast redwood
Sequoia sempervirens |
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60 - 380 ft | ✓ |
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Checker bloom
Sidalcea malviflora |
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0.3 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
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Blue eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum |
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1 - 2 ft | ✓ |
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Yellow eyed grass
Sisyrinchium californicum |
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0.7 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Purple needle grass
Stipa pulchra |
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3.3 ft | ✓ |
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California aster
Symphyotrichum chilense |
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1.3 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Fringe cups
Tellima grandiflora |
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1.3 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Meadow rue
Thalictrum fendleri |
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3 - 6 ft | ✓ |