Plants deer seldom damage badly
The largest band in the database, and the most useful once you have the basics planted. Deer will nibble these, but rarely destroy them. A shrub in this tier might lose its lowest branches to a browse line and carry on for another twenty years. Judge them by whether you can live with cosmetic damage, not by whether deer touch them at all.
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Plains Blackfoot
Seldom damagedMelampodium leucanthum
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–11
- Height
- 12–24 in

Plume Poppy
Seldom damagedMacleaya cordata
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8

Primrose
Seldom damagedPrimula sp.
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8, genus range

Purple Coneflower
Seldom damagedEchinacea purpurea
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8
- Height
- 36–48 in
Purple Sage
Seldom damagedSalvia dorrii
- Type
- Perennial
- Height
- 36–36 in

Red-Hot Poker
Seldom damagedKniphofia uvaria
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–9

Rhubarb
Seldom damagedRheum rhabarbarum
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8
Rocky Mountain Penstemon
Seldom damagedPenstemon strictus
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 36–36 in

Rue Anemone
Seldom damagedAnemonella thalictroides
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 4–8 in

Savory
Seldom damagedSatureja montana
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–10
- Height
- 6–18 in

Sea Thrift
Seldom damagedArmeria maritima
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 6–24 in
Showy Goldeneye
Seldom damagedHeliomeris multiflora
- Type
- Perennial
- Height
- 48–48 in
Sidebells Penstemon
Seldom damagedPenstemon secundiflorus
- Type
- Perennial
- Height
- 6–18 in

Skunk Cabbage
Seldom damagedSymplocarpus foetidus
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–7
- Height
- 24–36 in

Sneezeweed
Seldom damagedHelenium autumnale
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8
- Height
- 36–60 in

Snow-in-Summer
Seldom damagedCerastium tomentosum
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–7
- Height
- 6–12 in
Soapweed Yucca
Seldom damagedYucca glauca
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 36–54 in

Soapwort
Seldom damagedSaponaria sp.
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9, genus range

Speedwell
Seldom damagedVeronica sp.
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8, genus range

Spiderwort
Seldom damagedTradescantia sp.
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–9, genus range
Sticky Purple Geranium
Seldom damagedGeranium viscosissimum
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 36–36 in

Stokes Aster
Seldom damagedStokesia laevis
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–9
- Height
- 12–24 in
Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat
Seldom damagedEriogonum umbellatum
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 72–72 in

Swamp Milkweed
Seldom damagedAsclepias incarnata
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 36–60 in
Threadleaf Giant Hyssop
Seldom damagedAgastache rupestris
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–8
- Height
- 36–36 in
Tiger Beardtongue
Seldom damagedPenstemon mensarum
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 36–36 in

Toad Lily
Seldom damagedTricyrtis hirta
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8

Trillium
Seldom damagedTrillium sp.
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8, genus range

Trout Lily
Seldom damagedErythronium sp.
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8, genus range
Upright Prairie Coneflower
Seldom damagedRatibida columnifera
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–9
- Height
- 36–36 in

Verbena
Seldom damagedVerbena bonariensis
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 7–11
- Height
- 24–60 in

Violets
Seldom damagedViola sp.
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9, genus range

Virginia Bluebells
Seldom damagedMertensia virginica
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 18–24 in

White Boltonia
Seldom damagedBoltonia asteroides
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–10
- Height
- 36–60 in

White Snakeroot
Seldom damagedAgeratina altissima
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 24–60 in
Wild Bergamot
Seldom damagedMonarda fistulosa
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 60–60 in

Yarrow
Seldom damagedAchillea millefolium
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 12–36 in

Yellow Foxglove
Seldom damagedDigitalis grandiflora
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8

Yellow Wax-Bells
Seldom damagedKirengeshoma palmata
- Type
- Perennial
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–8
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Antelope Bitterbrush
Seldom damagedPurshia tridentata
- Type
- Shrub
- Height
- 144–144 in

Anthony Waterer Spirea
Seldom damagedSpiraea x bumalda
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–8
Apache Plume
Seldom damagedFallugia paradoxa
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 6–10
- Height
- 144–144 in

Armstrong Juniper
Seldom damagedJuniperus chinensis 'Armstrongii'
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–9
- Height
- 600–720 in

Autumn Olive
Seldom damagedElaeagnus umbellata
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–9
- Height
- 120–192 in
Autumn Sage
Seldom damagedSalvia greggii
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 6–9
- Height
- 24–36 in
Banana Yucca
Seldom damagedYucca baccata
- Type
- Shrub

Bearberry Cotoneaster
Seldom damagedCotoneaster dammeri
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–8
- Height
- 12–12 in

Beautyberry
Seldom damagedCallicarpa sp.
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 6–10, genus range

Beautybush
Seldom damagedKolkwitzia amabilis
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 72–120 in
Big Sagebrush
Seldom damagedArtemisia tridentata
- Type
- Shrub
- Height
- 108–108 in

Blackhaw Viburnum
Seldom damagedViburnum prunifolium
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–9
- Height
- 144–180 in
Blue Sage
Seldom damagedSalvia pachyphylla
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–10
- Height
- 18–32 in

Blue Star Juniper
Seldom damagedJuniperus squamata 'Blue Star'
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8

Bog Rosemary
Seldom damagedAndromeda polifolia
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 2–6

Brambles
Seldom damagedRubus sp.
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–9, genus range

Bridalwreath Spirea
Seldom damagedSpiraea prunifolia
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 5–8
- Height
- 48–96 in

Buckthorn
Seldom damagedRhamnus sp.
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 3–7, genus range

California Sweetshrub
Seldom damagedCalycanthus occidentalis
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 6–9
Camellia
Seldom damagedCamellia japonica
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 7–9
- Height
- 120–156 in

Carolina Silverbell
Seldom damagedHalesia carolina
- Type
- Shrub
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
- Height
- 120–480 in