Deer-Resistant Trees

Flowering Trees

• Red chestnut tree: The red chestnut tree (Aesculus x carnea) is a cross between the red buckeye tree and Aesculus hippocastanum. The latter is known to have toxic properties, which may account for why deer tend not to eat this plant.
• Serviceberry: Amelanchier laevis 'Snowcloud' is a nice choice as a serviceberry to employ in your landscaping.
• Kwanzan cherry
• Cornus kousa: This tree is also called Chinese or Japanese dogwood.
• Silk trees: Although mimosa or "silk" trees (Albizia julibrissin) are deer-resistant, they are not a good choice for landscaping in North America, where they are invasive plants.
• Hawthorn trees: The thorns implied in the hawthorn's name may help deter deer from eating it.

Shade Trees or Fall-Foliage Specimens

While Sunburst honeylocust is better known for its spring foliage, tulip trees, many of the birches, and, of course, the maples are famous for their fall foliage.

• Ash (European)
• Beech (European)
• European birch, river birch, yellow birch, paper birch
• Sunburst honeylocust: Sunburst honeylocust boasts a number of other great qualities, in addition to being relatively deer-proof. The fact that it may be better suited to low-maintenance landscaping than any other deciduous specimen perhaps heads the list of those wonderful qualities, although its colorful spring-foliage display is right up there, too.
• Japanese maples
• Tulip trees
• Sugar maple, red maple

Evergreen Trees

American holly trees have broadleaf evergreens. The other evergreens are deer-resistant trees that bear needles.

• Japanese falsecypress
• Mugo pines
• Dwarf Alberta spruces
• Eastern red cedars
• Colorado blue spruces
• Japanese umbrella pines
• American holly trees