| Selective
Native Food Plants for Whitetail Deer in the Southeastern
Ecological Region |
FIRST
CHOICE
(Preferred Foods)
Alabama Supplejack
Greenbrier
Blackberry
Lespedeza
Common Ragweed |
SECOND
CHOICE
(Tertiary Foods)
Red Maple
American Beautyberry
Flowering Dogwood
Red Mulberry
Smooth Sumac |
THIRD
CHOICE
(Stuffer/Emergency Foods)
Eastern Redbud
Sweetgum
Hickory
Blackjack Oak
Eastern Red Cedar |
| High
Preference Native Food Plants for Whitetail Deer in
the Southeast |
FORBS
Gerardia
Common Ragweed
Dayflower
Desmodium
Geranium
Sunflower
Lespedza
Ludwigia
Pokeberry
Snoutbean
Pusley
Wild bean
Vetch |
GRASSES
Muhly Grass
Sorghum Grass
WOODY (SEMI) VINES
Alabama Supplejack
Trumpet Creeper
Blackberry
Dewberry
Brambles
Greenbrier
Poison Sumac/oak
Wild grape |
SHRUBS
Wild rose
Sweetshrub
Pepperbush
Buckwheat Tree
Hydrangea
Wild rose |
| Low/Moderate
Preference Native Food Plants for Whitetail Deer in
the Southeast |
| FORBES |
GRASSES/SEDGES/RUSHES |
Three-Sided
Mercury
Butterfly Pea
Beggar Ticks
Partridge Pea
Milkpea
Aster
Horseweed
Tickseed
Goldenweed
Buttonweed
Fireweed
Fleabanes
Spurge
Wood Sorrel
Rustweed
False Dandelion
Coneflower
Rosinweed
Goldenrod
Pencliflower
Spiderwort
Violet
St. John's wort |
Bedstraw
Cudweed
Sneezeweed
Hawkweed
Pinewood
Morning Glory
Gayfeather
Lobelia
Ludwegia
Sensitive Briar
Horsemint
Toadflax
Evening Primrose
Plantain
W ild Basil
Meadowbeauth
Skullcap
Nightshade
Sow Thistle
Goat's Rue
Vervain
Bedstraw
t. Peter's Wort |
Andropogon
Sedge
Spikegrass
Panicgrass
Crabgrass
Paspalum
Foxtail
Purpletop
WOODY (SEMI) VINES
Peppervine
Crossvine
Jessamine Vine
St. John's Wort
Partridge Berry
Virginia Creeper |
| SHRUBS |
Aralia
American Beautyberry
Baccharis
Redroot
Buttonbush
Hazel
Hawthorn |
Strawberry
Bush
Buckthorn
Mountain Laurel
Viburnum
Lyonia
Waxmyrtle |
Ninebark
Azalea
Sumac
Elberberry
Vaccinium |
| NATIVE
PLANTS TOLERANT TO *IMAZAPYR |
Sensitive
Briar
Partridge Pea
Sesbania
Indigo Bush
Samson Snakeroot
Pencil Flower
Beggarweeds
Trailing Wild Bean |
Wild
Indigo
Goats Rue
Spike Tephrosia
Narrowleaf Vetch
Ground Nut
Butterfly Pea
Dollar Weed
Hairy Rhynchosia |
Wild
Pea
Milk Pea
Erect Milk Pea
Hog Peanut
Redbud
Black Locust
Common Lespedza
Blackberry/Dewberry |
| Native
Plants That Typically Recolonize After Clear Cutting |
Panic
Grasses
Broomsedges
Pokeweed
Pigweed
Carpet Weed
Common Chickweed
Greenbrier
Smartweed
Sheep Sorrel
Wild Geranium
Dove Weed
Wolly Croton |
Flowering
Spurge
Poison Ivy
Winged/Smooth Sumac
New Jersey Tea
Virginia Creeper
Muscadine Grape
Violets
Maypop
Evening Primrose
Fireweed
Love Vine
Morning Glory |
American
Beautyberry
Blue Curls
Ground Cherry
Trumpet Vine
PoorJoe
Florida Purslane
Giant Ragweed
Common Ragweed
Sunflowers
Beggarticks |
