Deer Resistant Native Plants
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Note: This is not intended to be a complete list of native species for each County. It is an abbreviated list that includes the more common or commonly available species. For a more complete list of Virginia native plants, visit the Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Plant Form |
|---|---|---|
| Acer rubrum | Red maple | Large Trees |
| Acer saccharinum | Silver maple | Large Trees |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar maple | Large Trees |
| Achillea borealis | Common yarrow | Herbs |
| Actaea racemosa | Common black cohosh, Bugbane | Herbs |
| Adiantum pedatum | Northern maidenhair fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Ageratina altissima | White snakeroot | Herbs |
| Allium canadense var. canadense | Wild onion, Meadow onion | Herbs |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding onion | Herbs |
| Allium tricoccum | Wild leek, Ramps, Rampscallions | Herbs |
| Amauropelta noveboracensis | New york fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Amelanchier arborea | Downy serviceberry, Shadbush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian serviceberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Amelanchier laevis | Smooth serviceberry, Allegheny serviceberry | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Amorpha fruticosa | False indigo-bush, Tall indigo-bush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Anatherum glomeratum | Bushy bluestem, Bushy beardgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem, Big blue stem, Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Anemone virginiana var. virginiana | Tall anemone, Thimbleweed | Herbs |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine, Wild columbine | Herbs |
| Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum | Common jack-in-the-pulpit | Herbs |
| Arnoglossum atriplicifolium | Pale indian-plantain | Herbs |
| Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus | Goat's-beard, Goatsbeard | Herbs |
| Asarum canadense | Common wild ginger | Herbs |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed | Herbs |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common milkweed | Herbs |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly milkweed, Butterfly weed, Butterfly-weed, Common butterfly weed, Common butterfly-weed | Herbs |
| Asclepias variegata | White milkweed | Herbs |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled milkweed | Herbs |
| Asimina triloba | Common pawpaw, Paw paw, Paw-paw, Pawpaw | Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony spleenwort | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Athyrium asplenioides | Southern lady fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Baptisia australis | Blue false indigo, Blue wild indigo, False blue indigo | Herbs |
| Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow wild indigo, Horsefly weed | Herbs |
| Betula lenta | Black birch, Sweet birch | Large Trees |
| Betula nigra | River birch, Red birch | Large Trees |
| Bignonia capreolata | Cross-vine, Crossvine | Vines |
| Caltha palustris var. palustris | Cowslip, Marsh marigold | Herbs |
| Carex grayi | Gray's sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex lurida | Sallow sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex normalis | Greater straw sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania sedge, Oak sedge, Plantainleaf sedge, Seersucker sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carex platyphylla | Broad-leaved sedge | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Carya glabra | Pignut, Pignut hickory, Sweet pignut hickory, Red hickory | Large Trees |
| Carya ovata | Shagbark hickory | Large Trees |
| Carya tomentosa | Mockernut hickory | Large Trees |
| Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue cohosh, Common blue cohosh | Herbs |
| Celtis laevigata | Southern hackberry, Sugarberry | Large Trees |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud | Medium Trees |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | River oats, Indian wood oats, Inland sea oats, Wild oats, Wood-oat, Northern sea oats | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Chasmanthium laxum | Slender spikegrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Chelone glabra | White turtlehead | Herbs |
| Chrysogonum virginianum | Green and gold | Herbs |
| Chrysopsis mariana | Maryland golden-aster, Maryland golden aster | Herbs |
| Clematis virginiana | Virgin's bower, Virgin's-bower | Vines |
| Clitoria mariana | Maryland butterfly pea | Herbs |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Mistflower, Ageratum, Blue boneset, Blue mistflower, Wild ageratum | Herbs |
| Coreopsis tripteris | Tall coreopsis, Tall tickseed | Herbs |
| Coreopsis verticillata | Whorled coreopsis, Thread-leaf coreopsis | Herbs |
| Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood | Medium Trees |
| Cornus racemosa | Gray dogwood | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Crataegus phaenopyrum | Washington hawthorn | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Hay-scented fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's breeches | Herbs |
| Dicentra eximia | Wild bleeding heart | Herbs |
| Dryopteris cristata | Crested wood fern, Crested fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris goldieana | Goldie's wood fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris intermedia | Evergreen wood fern, Evergreen wood-fern, Evergreen woodfern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal wood fern, Evergreen wood fern, Evergreen wood-fern, Evergreen woodfern, Leather wood fern, Marginal shield fern, Marginal shield-fern, Marginal woodfern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia wild rye, Eastern wild rye, Eastern wild-rye, Terrell grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Equisetum praealtum | Tall scouring rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus | Philadelphia fleabane | Herbs |
| Eryngium aquaticum | Rattlesnake-master, Marsh eryngo | Herbs |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Beargrass, Rattlesnake-master, Northern rattlesnake-master, Button eryngo | Herbs |
| Eubotrys racemosus | Fetterbush, Swamp dog-hobble | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Eupatorium altissimum | Tall thoroughwort, Tall boneset | Herbs |
| Eupatorium capillifolium | Dog-fennel | Herbs |
| Eupatorium hyssopifolium | Hyssop-leaf thoroughwort | Herbs |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Boneset, Common boneset | Herbs |
| Eupatorium rotundifolium | Roundleaf boneset, Roundleaf thoroughwort | Herbs |
| Euphorbia corollata | Flowering spurge | Herbs |
| Euthamia caroliniana | Slender flat-top goldenrod | Herbs |
| Eutrochium dubium | Three-nerved joe-pye-weed, Coastal plain joe pye weed, Coastal plain joe-pye weed , Coastal plain joepye weed | Herbs |
| Eutrochium fistulosum | Hollow joe-pye-weed, Joe pye thoroughwort, Joe-pye weed | Herbs |
| Eutrochium maculatum | Spotted joe-pye-weed | Herbs |
| Eutrochium purpureum | Sweet-scented joe-pye-weed, Purple joe-pye weed, Sweet joepyeweed, Gravel weed, Indian sage, Motherwort, Pride of the meadow, Marsh milkweed | Herbs |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech | Large Trees |
| Fraxinus americana | American ash, White ash | Large Trees |
| Geranium maculatum | Wild geranium | Herbs |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel, Witchhazel | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Helenium autumnale | Common sneezeweed, Autumnale sneezeweed | Herbs |
| Helenium flexuosum | Southern sneezeweed, Purple-headed sneezeweed | Herbs |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Narrow-leaved sunflower | Herbs |
| Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland sunflower | Herbs |
| Helianthus occidentalis | Western sunflower, Fewleaf sunflower, Naked-stem sunflower | Herbs |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Oxeye, Smooth oxeye | Herbs |
| Heuchera americana | Alumroot, American alumroot, Coral bells, Rock geranium | Herbs |
| Hypericum punctatum | Spotted st. john's-wort | Herbs |
| Ilex opaca | American holly | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
| Iris cristata | Dwarf crested iris | Herbs |
| Iris versicolor | Northern blue flag, Larger blue flag | Herbs |
| Iris virginica | Virginia blue flag, Southern blue flag, Southern blue flag iris | Herbs |
| Itea virginica | Virginia sweetspire, Virginia-willow | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Juncus effusus | Soft rush, Common rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Juncus tenuis | Path rush, Slender rush, Poverty rush | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern redcedar | Medium Trees |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain laurel, Mountain ivy, Calico bush, Ivy bush, Sheepkill | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum | Large Trees |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip-tree, Tulip-poplar, Yellow poplar | Large Trees |
| Lobelia puberula | Downy lobelia | Herbs |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Blue cardinal flower, Great blue lobelia | Herbs |
| Lobelia spicata | Pale-spike lobelia, Pale spiked lobelia | Herbs |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Trumpet honeysuckle, Coral honeysuckle | Vines |
| Magnolia virginiana | Swamp magnolia, Sweetbay, Sweetbay magnolia | Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Matteuccia struthiopteris | Ostrich fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Menispermum canadense | Canada moonseed, Common moonseed | Vines |
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia bluebell, Virginia cowslip | Herbs |
| Mimulus ringens | Allegheny monkeyflower, Square-stemmed monkeyflower | Herbs |
| Mitchella repens | Partidge-berry | Herbs |
| Monarda didyma | Scarlet beebalm, Oswego tea | Herbs |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot | Herbs |
| Monarda punctata | Horse-mint, Horsemint, Spotted bee-balm | Herbs |
| Morella cerifera | Wax myrtle, Southern bayberry | Medium Trees |
| Morus rubra | Red mulberry | Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Hair-awn muhly, Long-awn hairgrass, Pink muhly | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Black gum, Sour gum, Sourgum | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
| Oenothera fruticosa | Narrow-leaf sundrops, Southern sundrops | Herbs |
| Opuntia humifusa | Eastern prickly-pear, Eastern prickly-pear cactus | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Osmunda spectabilis | Royal fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Osmundastrum cinnamomeum | Cinnamon fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Ostrya virginiana | Ironwood, Eastern hop-hornbeam, Hop-horn-beam | Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Packera anonyma | Small's ragwort, Appalachian ragwort, Plain ragwort, Southern ragwort | Herbs |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia-creeper, Virginia creeper | Vines |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower, Maypop, Maypops | Herbs, Vines |
| Penstemon canescens | Eastern gray beard-tongue, Gray beard-tongue | Herbs |
| Persicaria virginiana | Virginia knotweed, Jumpseed | Herbs |
| Phegopteris hexagonoptera | Broad beech fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild blue phlox, Woodland phlox | Herbs |
| Phlox subulata | Moss phlox, Moss-pink | Herbs |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf pine | Large Trees |
| Pinus strobus | Eastern white pine | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine, Scrub pine | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
| Platanus occidentalis | Sycamore, American sycamore | Large Trees |
| Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple, Devil's apple, Duck's foot, Hog apple, Indian apple, Indian apple root, Mandrake , Raccoonberry, Umbrella leaf, Wild lemon, May-apple, May apple | Herbs |
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed, Pickerel weed | Herbs |
| Prunus serotina | Wild black cherry, Black cherry, Black chokecherry, Rum cherry | Large Trees |
| Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary mountain mint | Herbs |
| Pycnanthemum muticum | Short-toothed mountain-mint, Clustered mountain-mint | Herbs |
| Quercus alba | White oak | Large Trees |
| Quercus bicolor | Swamp white oak | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
| Quercus coccinea | Scarlet oak | Large Trees |
| Quercus falcata | Southern red oak, Spanish oak, Swamp red oak, Swamp spanish oak, Water oak | Large Trees |
| Quercus michauxii | Swamp chestnut oak, Basket oak, Cow oak | Large Trees |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak, Chinquapin oak, Yellow oak | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
| Quercus palustris | Pin oak | Medium Trees |
| Quercus phellos | Willow oak | Large Trees |
| Quercus rubra | Northern red oak | Large Trees |
| Quercus velutina | Black oak | Large Trees |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange coneflower, Black-eyed susan | Herbs |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Gloriosa daisy, Black eyed susan, Black-eyed susan | Herbs |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Cut-leaved coneflower, Tall coneflower, Green-headed coneflower, Wild goldenglow, Cutleaf coneflower | Herbs |
| Rudbeckia triloba | Three-lobed coneflower, Brown-eyed susan | Herbs |
| Salix nigra | Black willow | Medium Trees |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyre-leaf sage | Herbs |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras, Cinnamon wood | Medium Trees, Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's-tail, Water-dragon | Herbs |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Sedum ternatum | Wild stonecrop, Woodland stonecrop | Herbs |
| Solidago altissima | Tall goldenrod | Herbs |
| Solidago bicolor | Silverrod, White goldenrod | Herbs |
| Solidago caesia | Bluestem goldenrod, Blue-stemmed goldenrod, Wreath goldenrod, Axillary goldenrod | Herbs |
| Solidago juncea | Early goldenrod | Herbs |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray goldenrod | Herbs |
| Solidago odora | Sweet goldenrod, Anise-scented goldenrod | Herbs |
| Solidago rugosa | Rough-stemmed goldenrod, Wrinkle-leaf goldenrod | Herbs |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indian grass, Yellow indian grass | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Swida amomum | Silky dogwood | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Blue wood aster, Heart-leaved aster | Herbs |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New england aster | Herbs |
| Symphyotrichum novi-belgii | New york aster | Herbs |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic aster | Herbs |
| Symphyotrichum pilosum | Frost aster, Awl-aster | Herbs |
| Teucrium canadense | Canada germander, American germander | Herbs |
| Thelypteris palustris | Marsh fern | Fern & Fern Allies |
| Tiarella cordifolia | Heart-leaved foamflower | Herbs |
| Tridens flavus | Purpletop, Tall redtop, Grease grass, Redtop | Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
| Tsuga canadensis | Canada hemlock, Eastern hemlock | Large Trees, Medium Trees |
| Verbesina alternifolia | Wingstem | Herbs |
| Verbesina occidentalis | Yellow crownbeard | Herbs |
| Vernonia noveboracensis | New york ironweed | Herbs |
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's-root | Herbs |
| Viburnum acerifolium | Maple-leaf viburnum, Dockmackie | Shrubs & Small Trees |
| Viola pedata | Bird's foot violet, Bird's-foot violet, Birdfoot violet | Herbs |
| Viola sororia | Common blue violet, Confederate violet | Herbs |
| Wisteria frutescens var. frutescens | Atlantic wisteria, American wisteria | Vines |
| Zizia aurea | Common golden-alexanders, Golden-alexanders | Herbs |