Plants native to Maryland

Every plant in the encyclopedia with a native range covering Maryland, rated for how badly deer damage it. Native range comes from the USDA PLANTS database; most ratings come from Rutgers NJAES E271 and each plant page names its own source. Nothing here is native by assumption.

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Seldom Severely Damaged35

Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Seldom damaged
Type
Tree
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
600–840 in
Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Seldom damaged
Type
Tree
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
720–960 in
Inkberry
Ilex glabra
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 4–11
Height
60–120 in
Lance Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
12–36 in
Mist Flower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 5–10
Height
18–36 in
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
36–84 in
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–10
Height
24–24 in
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
36–48 in
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
72–144 in
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Seldom damaged
Type
Tree
Hardiness
Zones 2–9
Height
480–1440 in
Red Osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 2–7
Height
60–108 in
Red Twigged Dogwood
Cornus alba
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
Height
96–120 in
Ribbon Grass
Phalaris arundinacea
Seldom damaged
Type
Ornamental grass
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
24–60 in
Rue Anemone
Anemonella thalictroides
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
4–8 in
Shadbush
Amelanchier canadensis
Seldom damaged
Type
Tree
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
180–300 in
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
12–60 in
Skunk Cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 4–7
Height
24–36 in
Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Height
36–60 in
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
Height
36–72 in
Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
Seldom damaged
Type
Tree
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
240–360 in
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
96–180 in
Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum
Seldom damaged
Type
Tree
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
Height
180–420 in
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
36–60 in
Sweet Elder
Sambucus canadensis
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
Height
60–144 in
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Seldom damaged
Type
Tree
Hardiness
Zones 4–9
Height
960–1440 in
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
18–24 in
Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 5–9
Height
48–96 in
White Boltonia
Boltonia asteroides
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–10
Height
36–60 in
White Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 4–10
Height
36–36 in
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
24–60 in
White Spruce
Picea glauca
Seldom damaged
Type
Tree
Hardiness
Zones 2–6
Height
480–720 in
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
60–60 in
Winterberry Holly
Ilex verticillata
Seldom damaged
Type
Shrub
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
36–180 in
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Seldom damaged
Type
Perennial
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Height
12–36 in
Yellow Birch
Betula alleghaniensis
Seldom damaged
Type
Tree
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
Height
840–960 in

Occasionally Severely Damaged24

Frequently Severely Damaged1

American Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Frequently damaged
Type
Tree
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
Height
480–720 in