This list shows 136 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. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
6. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
7. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
8. Large-Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
9. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
10. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
11. Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
12. Heartleaf Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
13. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
14. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
15. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
16. Hairy Alumroot
Heuchera villosa
17. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
18. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
19. American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
20. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
21. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
22. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
23. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
24. Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
25. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
26. Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
27. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
28. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
29. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
30. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
31. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
32. Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
33. Wild Sweetwilliam
Phlox maculata
34. Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
35. Rose Mock Vervain
Glandularia canadensis
36. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
37. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
38. Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
39. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
40. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
41. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
42. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
43. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
44. Maypop
Passiflora incarnata
45. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
46. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
47. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
48. Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
Penstemon laevigatus
49. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
50. Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
51. Lobed Tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata
52. Eastern Beebalm
Monarda bradburiana
53. Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
54. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
55. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
56. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
57. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
58. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
59. Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima
60. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
61. Cedarglade St. Johnswort
Hypericum frondosum
62. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
63. Hoary Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum incanum
64. Thickleaf Phlox
Phlox carolina
65. Star Tickseed
Coreopsis pubescens
66. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
67. Prostrate Blue Violet
Viola walteri
68. Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
69. Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
70. Maryland Goldenaster
Chrysopsis mariana
71. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
72. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
73. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
74. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
75. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
76. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
77. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
78. Yellowroot
Xanthorhiza simplicissima
79. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
80. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
81. Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
82. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
83. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
84. Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
85. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
86. Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis
87. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
88. Narrowleaf Silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia
89. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
90. Pale Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus
91. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
92. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
93. Helmet Flower
Scutellaria integrifolia
94. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
95. Azure Bluet
Houstonia caerulea
96. Blue Sedge
Carex glaucodea
97. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
98. Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
99. American Dittany
Cunila origanoides
100. St. Andrew’s Cross
Hypericum hypericoides
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