This list shows 135 groundcover plants that are native to your location, and are carried in nurseries. Plants are ordered by their popularity in gardening applications.
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1. Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
2. Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
3. Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
4. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
5. Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
6. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
7. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
8. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
9. Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
10. Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
11. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
12. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
13. Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
14. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
15. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
16. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
17. American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
18. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
19. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
20. Bunchberry Dogwood
Cornus canadensis
21. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
22. Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
23. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
24. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
25. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
26. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
27. Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus
28. Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
29. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
30. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
31. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
32. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
33. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
34. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
35. Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
36. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
37. Eastern Teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
38. Bluebell Bellflower
Campanula rotundifolia
39. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
40. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
41. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
42. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
43. Muskingum Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
44. Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
45. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
46. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
47. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
48. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
49. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
50. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
51. Bigleaf Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
52. Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum
53. Kalm’s St. John’s Wort
Hypericum kalmianum
54. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
55. Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
56. Sweet Fern
Comptonia peregrina
57. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
58. Alpine Violet
Viola labradorica
59. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
60. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
61. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
62. Plantainleaf Sedge
Carex plantaginea
63. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
64. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
65. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
66. Richardson’s Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
67. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
68. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
69. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
70. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
71. Sand Cherry
Prunus pumila
72. Large Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
73. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
74. American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
75. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
76. Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
77. Smooth Rose
Rosa blanda
78. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
79. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
80. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
81. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
82. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
83. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
84. Common Juniper
Juniperus communis var. depressa
85. Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
86. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
87. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
88. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
89. Whorled Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum verticillatum
90. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
91. Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis
92. Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
93. Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
94. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
95. Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
96. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
97. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
98. Hairy Solomon’s Seal
Polygonatum pubescens
99. Eastern Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium atlanticum
100. Woodbine
Parthenocissus vitacea
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