Important Deer Food Plants by Family

Appendix C Plants of the Noble Foundation Wildlife Unit^a Listed by family name See Also: Photos Indexed by Common Name \| Photos Indexed by Scientific Name
Family	Scientific name	Common name	Relative occurrence^b
Aceraceae	Acer negundo	Box elder	Common
Anacardiaceae	Rhus aromatica	Fragrant sumac, skunkbush	Common
Anacardiaceae	Rhus copallina	Winged sumac, dwarf sumac	Scattered
Anacardiaceae	Rhus glabra	Smooth sumac	Scattered
Anacardiaceae	Toxicodendron radicans	Poison ivy	Common
Apiaceae	Torilis arvensis	Hedge parsley	Common
Asteraceae	Ambrosia artemisiifolia	Common ragweed	Common
Asteraceae	Ambrosia bidentata	Lanceleaf ragweed	Common
Asteraceae	Ambrosia psilostachya	Western ragweed	Abundant
Asteraceae	Ambrosia trifida	Giant ragweed, horseweed	Common
Asteraceae	Antennaria parlinii	Plainleaf pussytoes	Common
Asteraceae	Bidens aristosa	Coreopsis beggar-ticks	Scattered
Asteraceae	Conyza canadensis	Horseweed, mare’s tail	Common
Asteraceae	Eclipta prostrata	Yerba de tajo	Scattered
Asteraceae	Gnaphalium obtusifolium	Sweet everlasting, fragrant cudweed	Scattered
Asteraceae	Gnaphalium purpureum	Purple cudweed	Scarce
Asteraceae	Verbesina alternifolia	Yellow ironweed, wingstem	Scattered
Asteraceae	Verbesina helianthoides	Crownbeard	Scarce
Asteraceae	Verbesina virginica	White crownbeard, frostweed	Scattered
Caprifoliaceae	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	Coralberry, buckbrush	Abundant
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium glomeratum	Clammy chickweed	Scattered
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria media	Common chickweed	Scarce
Cornaceae	Cornus drummondii	Rough-leaved dogwood	Scattered
Cornaceae	Cornus florida	Flowering dogwood	Scattered
Euphorbiaceae	Acalypha gracilens	Three-seeded mercury	Common
Euphorbiaceae	Acalypha virginica	Three-seeded mercury	Scattered
Euphorbiaceae	Croton capitatus	Woolly croton, hogwort	Scattered
Euphorbiaceae	Croton glandulosus	Croton, tropic croton	Common
Euphorbiaceae	Croton lindheimerianus	Three-seeded croton	Scattered
Euphorbiaceae	Croton monanthogynus	One-seeded croton	Scattered

Family	Scientific name	Common name	Relative occurrence^b
Fabaceae	Amorpha fruticosa	False indigo	Scattered
Fabaceae	Cassia fasciculata	Partridge pea	Common
Fabaceae	Cassia nictitans	Sensitive pea	Scattered
Fabaceae	Desmodium canescens	Hoary tick clover, beggar’s-lice	Scattered
Fabaceae	Desmodium ciliare	Tick trefoil, littleleaf tick clover	Common
Fabaceae	Desmodium cuspidatum	Longleaf tick clover	Scarce
Fabaceae	Desmodium paniculatum	Panicled tick clover	Common
Fabaceae	Desmodium sessilifolium	Sessile tick clover	Common
Fabaceae	Gleditsia triacanthos	Honey locust	Common
Fabaceae	Lespedeza capitata	Bush clover, roundhead lespedeza	Scarce
Fabaceae	Lespedeza cuneata	Sericea lespedeza	Common
Fabaceae	Lespedeza procumbens	Trailing lespedeza	Common
Fabaceae	Lespedeza repens	Creeping lespedeza	Scattered
Fabaceae	Lespedeza stipulacea	Korean clover, Korean lespedeza	Scattered
Fabaceae	Lespedeza striata	Japanese clover, common lespedeza	Common
Fabaceae	Lespedeza stuevei	Stuve’s lespedeza	Scattered
Fabaceae	Lespedeza virginica	Slender lespedeza	Scattered
Fabaceae	Medicago orbicularis	Button clover, button medic	Scarce
Fabaceae	Melilotus albus	White sweet clover	Common
Fabaceae	Melilotus officinalis	Yellow sweet clover	Common
Fabaceae	Strophostyles helvola	Wild bean	Scattered
Fabaceae	Strophostyles leiosperma	Smooth seed wild bean	Common
Fabaceae	Trifolium campestre	Plains clover, low hop clover	Common
Fabaceae	Trifolium dubium	Small hop clover, shamrock	Scattered
Fabaceae	Trifolium repens	White clover, ladino clover	Common
Fabaceae	Vicia minutiflora	Small-flowered vetch	Scarce
Fabaceae	Vicia sativa	Narrowleaf vetch, common vetch	Scattered
Fabaceae	Vicia villosa	Hairy vetch, woollypod vetch	Scattered
Fagaceae	Quercus macrocarpa	Bur oak	Scattered
Fagaceae	Quercus marilandica	Blackjack oak	Common
Fagaceae	Quercus muhlenbergii	Chinquapin oak	Scattered
Fagaceae	Quercus shumardii	Shumard’s oak, southern red oak	Scattered
Fagaceae	Quercus stellata	Post oak	Abundant
Fagaceae	Quercus velutina	Black oak	Common

Family	Scientific name	Common name	Relative occurrence^b
Geraniaceae	Geranium carolinianum	Carolina cranesbill	Common
Gramineae	Bromus japonicus	Japanese brome	Common
Gramineae	Bromus pubescens	Canada brome	Scarce
Gramineae	Bromus tectorum	Downy brome	Common
Gramineae	Bromus unioloides	Rescue grass	Scattered
Gramineae	Dichanthelium clandestinum	Deertongue dichanthelium	Scarce
Gramineae	Dichanthelium lanuginosum	Woolly dichanthelium	Common
Gramineae	Dichanthelium laxiflorum	Open flower dichanthelium	Scattered
Gramineae	Dichanthelium oligosanthes	Scribner’s dichanthelium	Common
Gramineae	Dichanthelium ravenelii	Bosc dichanthelium	Scattered
Gramineae	Dichanthelium scoparium	Velvet dichanthelium	Scattered
Gramineae	Eragrostis curvula	Weeping love grass	Abundant
Gramineae	Festuca arundinacea	Tall fescue	Abundant
Gramineae	Secale cereale	Rye	Scarce
Gramineae	Sorghum bicolor	Sorghum	Scarce
Gramineae	Triticum aestivum	Wheat	Scattered
Liliaceae	Smilax bona-nox	Greenbrier, catbrier, bullbrier	Common
Liliaceae	Smilax tamnoides	Bristly greenbrier	Scattered
Malvaceae	Callirhoe involucrata	Purple poppy mallow, wine-cup	Common
Menispermaceae	Cocculus carolinus	Carolina snail-seed, moonseed	Common
Moraceae	Maclura pomifera	Osage orange, bois d’arc	Abundant
Oxalidaceae	Oxalis dillenii	Yellow wood sorrel	Common
Polygonaceae	Polygonum aviculare	Prostrate knotweed	Scarce
Polygonaceae	Polygonum convolvulus	Wild buckwheat, dullseed cornbind	Scarce
Polygonaceae	Polygonum hydropiperoides	Mild water pepper, swamp smartweed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Polygonum lapathifolium	Curltop smartweed, pale smartweed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Polygonum pensylvanicum	Pennsylvania smartweed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Polygonum persicaria	Lady’s thumb, spotted smartweed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Polygonum punctatum	Water smartweed, dotted smartweed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Polygonum virginianum	Virginia knotweed, jumpseed	Scattered
Rosaceae	Geum canadense	White avens, redroot	Scattered
Rosaceae	Prunus angustifolia	Chickasaw plum, sandhill plum	Scarce
Rosaceae	Prunus mexicana	Big-tree plum, Mexican plum	Common
Rosaceae	Prunus rivularis	Creek plum, hog plum	Scarce
Rubiaceae	Galium aparine	Catchweed bedstraw	Scattered
Rubiaceae	Galium circaezans	Weed bedstraw, wild licorice	Scattered
Rubiaceae	Galium pilosum	Hairy bedstraw	Scattered
Ulmaceae	Ulmus alata	Winged elm	Abundant
Verbenaceae	Verbena urticifolia	White vervain, white verbena	Scattered
Vitaceae	Vitis spp.	Grapes	Scattered
^a Contains all terrestrial and emersed aquatic flowering plants identified on the NFWU. Also includes a few miscellaneous plants such as mushrooms and ferns. ^b The relative occurrence of plant species is based on subjective evaluation. The following categories are used to classify relative occurrence: Abundant—Easy to find; often a dominant over large areas. Common—Easy to find; seldom a dominant over large areas. Scattered—Not extremely difficult to find, but more so than ”common”; often thick with patchy distribution or sparse with good distribution; not dominant in the plant community Scarce—Difficult to find; often found in relatively small pockets; not well distributed. Unknown—Plants have been identified on the NFWU, but the authors are unfamiliar with them; most of these plants would probably be categorized as "scarce."

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