Unfortunately, there is no definitive list of plants resistant to deer browsing. If the deer population is large, the territory they have to roam is small, and/or the understory has been overbrowsed, the deer will eat just about anything, including plants that are poisonous to them. However, some plants can deter deer from eating them based on being strongly aromatic which confuses the deer and they will generally eat somewhere else. Other plants are coarse or hairy, prickly or have milky, sticky sap and the deer rarely eat these plants. A few other plants may be browsed by deer but they grow so fast or spread so much that they will still survive and still remain attractive.

Deer can damage a plant in two different ways: by eating the foliage to the browse line (up to about 5-1/2 feet), or the bucks can polish the fuzz from their antlers on small saplings. If you have antler rubbing, it is best to protect young trees with wire cages or other deer fence.

More information can be found at:

Camouflage Gardening: http://www.npsot.org/plant_lists/deer_resistant.html

Prevent Deer Damage: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/natres/06520.html