Big Leaf Maple is not deer resistant.

Hard Maple

Acer saccharum

Northern sugar maple is a deciduous tree in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) native to Eastern and central North America from Canada south through the Appalachian Mountains to Georgia and west to Minnesota to northeast Texas.

Florida Maple

Acer floridanum

Southern sugar maple is a deciduous tree in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) and is native to NC and much of the southeast and west to TX.

Carolina Maple

Acer rubrum

Red maple is a native, deciduous tree in the maple family (Sapindaceae).

Common Shagbark Hickory

Carya ovata

The Shagbark Hickory is a large deciduous tree that is native to eastern and central USA and parts of Canada.

Black Oak

Quercus nigra

Water oak is native medium sized fast growing deciduous tree; however, sometimes it is considered an evergreen in the deep south.

Chinese Scholar Tree

Styphnolobium japonicum

The Japanese pagoda tree is a showy, medium to large, deciduous flowering tree that is a member of the Fabaceae or pea/legume/bean family.

Bowwood

Maclura pomifera

Osage-orange is a deciduous tree in the Moraceae (mulberry family) native to the central southern U.S.A.

Big-bud Hickory

Carya tomentosa

Mockernut Hickory is a large deciduous tree that is native to eastern and central USA and can be found in all areas of NC.

Common Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Honey locust is a rapidly growing, large deciduous tree in the Fabaceae (bean) family and found scattered throughout North Carolina, except for the high mountains.

Hackberry

Celtis laevigata

Sugarberry is a medium deciduous tree native to North America in the hemp family (Cannabaceae) and is found in the coastal and eastern Piedmont areas of NC often along stream banks.