Deer

White-tailed deer are plentiful in Florida. While beautiful and peaceful, deer often find garden and landscape plants tasty, much to homeowners' displeasure. Methods guaranteeing to prevent deer from damaging gardens abound, but only a few are effective, with physical barriers (fences) being the best.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
• Florida Master Naturalist Program: Deer

UF/IFAS Publications

• Coping with Deer Damage in Florida
• Dealing with Unwanted Wildlife in an Urban Environment
• Flowers and Grasses That Deer Generally Won't Eat (PDF)
• Laws that Protect Florida's Wildlife
• Management of Pine Forests for Selected Wildlife in Florida
• Ornamental Plant Susceptibility to Damage by Deer in Florida
• Topics: Animal / Human Conflicts
• Supplies: Mammal Damage Control
• What to Do About Orphaned, Injured, and Sick Wildlife
• White-tailed Deer of Florida
• Wildlife / Human Conflict--Living Green

Other Sites

• Controlling Deer Damage in Missouri--University of Missouri Extension
• Deer--Colorado State University Extension Service
• Deer--eXtension.org
• Deer Control in Home Gardens--West Virginia University Cooperative Extension Service (PDF)
• Deer-resistant Ornamental Plants--Oregon State University Extension Service
• Deer-tolerant Ornamental Plants in Georgia--University of Georgia Cooperative Extensio
• Landscape Plants Rated by Deer Resistance--Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
• Reduce Deer Damage in Your Yard--Oregon State University Extension Service (PDF)