Deer Resistant Rarely Damaged Ferns

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As a group,ferns are generally deer resistant. However, if deer are starving, there are no ferns are completely deer proof. Looking through this chart of Rarely Damaged Ferns you will be pleased to find that there are many different species of ferns with a large variety of colors, sizes, and foliage types to choose from that are deer resistant. A deer proof garden may not be totaly possible, but this is chart of deer resistant ferns, combined with deer resistant annuals Rarely Damaged Annuals and deer resistant perennials Rarely Damaged Perennials will give you a well rounded deer resistant landscape.

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BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME	COMMENTS	ZONE OR STATE SOURCE
Adiantum capillus-veneris	Southern Maidenhair	Evergreen	NC
Asparagus springerii	Asparagus Fern	Deer resistant Fern	TX
Athyrium 'Branford Beauty'	Branford Beauty Fern	Deer resistant Fern	MI
Athyrium filix-femina	Lady Fern	Evergreen	NC
Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae'	Frizelliae Lady Fern	Deer resistant Fern	MI
Athyrium nipponicum 'Burgundy Lace'	Burgundy Lace Painted Fern	FerDeer resistant Fernn	MI
Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum'	Japanese Painted Fern	Evergreen	VT,NC,NJ,
Athyrium nipponicum 'Silver Falls'	Silver Falls Painted Fern	Deer resistant Fern	MI
Athyrium nipponicum pictum 'Ursula's Red'	Ursula's Red Painted Fern	Deer resistant Fern	MI
Cyrtomium falcatum	Holly Fern	Deer resistant Fern	NC,NJ
Dennstaedtia punctilobula	Hay-scented Fern	Deer resistant Fern	VT,NJ
Dryopteris erythrosora	Autumn Fern	Deer resistant Fern	NC,MI,
Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'	Brilliance Autumn Fern	Deer resistant Fern	MI
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Parsley'	Parsley Fern	Deer resistant Fern	MI
Dryopteris ludoviciana	Florida Shield Fern	Deer resistant Fern	NC
Dryopteris marginalis	Wood Fern	Deer resistant Fern	MD,VT,NJ,
Matteuccia struthiopteris	Ostrich Fern	Deer resistant Fern	MD,VT,NJ
Onoclea sensibilis	Sensitive Fern	Deer resistant Fern	MD,VT,NJ
Osmunda cinnamomea	Osmunda, Cinnamon Fern	Evergreen	VT,NC,NJ,MI
Osmunda claytonia	Interrupted Fern	Deer resistant Fern	VT
Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis	Royal Fern,	Evergreen	MD,VT,NC,NJ
Polystichum acrostichoides	Christmas Fern	Deer resistant Fern	VT,NC,NJ,MI
Polystichum polyblepharum	Tassel Fern	Deer resistant Fern	NV
Pteridium auilinum	Bracken Fern	Toxic	TX
Thelypteris kunthii	Southern Shield Fern	Evergreen	NC
Thelypteris noveboracensis	New York Fern	Deer resistant Fern	VT,NJ,
Thelypteris palustris	Marsh Fern	Navtive to Marshes	MI

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Rarely Damaged Bulbs
Rarely Damaged Roses
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