Ferns, Herbs, Grasses and Sedges: Forests where deer abound still have a few plants – deer don't like ferns, most grasses or sedges. ... Sedges (Carex family): With a large variety to choose from, these grass-like plants can provide interest in gardens, and a large variety of native sedge plants grow in shade.
Is sedge grass deer resistant?
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Miscanthus, Hakonechloa, Panicum, Pennisetum, Schizachyrium and Carex are reported to be especially deer resistant, though many other types grasses are rarely damaged by deer browsing, too.
What grasses will deer not eat?
Most ornamental grasses are deer-resistant, including:
- Fescue (Festuca sp.)
- Flame grass (Miscanthus sp.)
- Fountain Grass (Pennisetum sp.)
- Giant Reed (Arundo donax)
- Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana)
- Purple Moor grass (Molinia caerulea)
- Sedge (Carex sp.)
- Silver grass (Miscanthus sp.)
