Do deer eat evergreen trees? Yes, deer eat evergreen trees, although some more than the others. Deer usually avoid trees with a pungent odor, toxin, or thick sap. They also avoid trees with gray, tough, prickly, thorny, or pubescent leaves and stems.

What evergreens will deer not eat?

• Common boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) …
• Japanese pieris (Pieris japonica) …
• Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) …
• Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) …
• Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) …
• Inkberry (Ilex glabra)

Are evergreen trees deer resistant?

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