What do Deer Eat?

whitetail dateline: Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Whitetail deer prefer to eat the following woody and herbaceous plants. Plants especially preferred by deer: Indian Hawthorn, Hibiscus, Pansy, Phlox, Poison Ivy and Poison Sumac.



Other plants deer eat: Arborvitae, Asiatic Lilies, Aucuba, Burning bush, Camellia, Autumn Joy (Sedum), Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia), Caladiums (caladium hortulanum or Elephant Ear), Candytuft, Crabapple, Crocus, Daylilies, English Ivy, Fatsia, Flowering Almond, Grape Hyacinth, Hemlock, Hosta, Hydrangea, Impatiens, Lady Slipper Orchid, Mountain Ash, Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine, Rose, Staghorn Sumac, Sunflower, Tulip, Viola, White Cedar, White Pine, Wintergreen, Wisteria and Yew

What deer eat? What do whitetail deer eat? Whitetail deer eat plants! What plants deer eat? Now you know what plants deer prefer to eat, and specifically, what plants whitetail deer like eat. You know what whitetail deer eat!

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above: Poison Ivy in late Summer