This list shows 117 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. Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
2. Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
3. Anise Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
4. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
5. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
6. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
7. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
8. Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
9. Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
10. Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
11. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
12. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
13. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
14. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
15. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
16. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
17. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
18. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
19. Bunchberry Dogwood
Cornus canadensis
20. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
21. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
22. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
23. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
24. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
25. Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
26. Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra
27. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
28. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
29. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
30. Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
31. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
32. Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
33. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
34. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
35. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
36. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
37. Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
38. Muskingum Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
39. Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
40. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
41. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
42. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
43. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
44. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
45. Bigleaf Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
46. Kalm’s St. John’s Wort
Hypericum kalmianum
47. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
48. Alpine Violet
Viola labradorica
49. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
50. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
51. Plantainleaf Sedge
Carex plantaginea
52. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
53. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
54. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
55. Richardson’s Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
56. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
57. Stiff Tickseed
Coreopsis palmata
58. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
59. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
60. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
61. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
62. American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
63. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
64. Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
65. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
66. Smooth Rose
Rosa blanda
67. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
68. Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides
69. Low Serviceberry
Amelanchier spicata
70. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
71. Prairie Rose
Rosa arkansana
72. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
73. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
74. Prairie Sundrops
Oenothera pilosella
75. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
76. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
77. Common Juniper
Juniperus communis var. depressa
78. Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
79. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
80. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
81. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
82. Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis
83. Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
84. Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
85. Brittle Pricklypear
Opuntia fragilis
86. Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
87. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
88. Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
89. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
90. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
91. Hairy Solomon’s Seal
Polygonatum pubescens
92. Common Woodrush
Luzula multiflora
93. Woodbine
Parthenocissus vitacea
94. Jersey Tea
Ceanothus herbaceus
95. Smooth Hedgenettle
Stachys tenuifolia
96. Sweet White Violet
Viola blanda
97. Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
98. Rock Polypody
Polypodium virginianum
99. Long-Leaved Bluet
Houstonia longifolia
100. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
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