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Deer Resistance: How to Make Strategic Native Shrub and Tree Selections
12/06/2017 11:01 PM EST •
12/06/2017 11:05 PM EST
Some native shrubs and trees have above-average deer resistance, according to researchers:
• Arrowwood viburnum
• Blueberry
• Dogwoods, both shrub
and tree forms
• Inkberry
• Juniper
• Potentilla
• River birch
• Serviceberry
• Summersweet
• Sweetbay magnolia
• White pines
• Winterberry
• Witch hazel
To find even more natives, use the UConn database, plants.uconn.edu/search.php. Use “CT Native” under the “Native” selector, and use “Deer resistance” under “Special Qualities.” Also see Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station database: njaes.rutgers.edu/deerresistance.
—Kathy Connolly