This list shows 86 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. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
4. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
5. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
6. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
7. Large-Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
8. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
9. Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
10. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
11. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
12. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
13. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
14. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
15. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
16. Purple Poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata
17. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
18. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
19. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
20. Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
21. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
22. Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
23. Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
24. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
25. Rose Mock Vervain
Glandularia canadensis
26. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
27. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
28. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
29. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
30. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
31. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
32. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
33. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
34. Muskingum Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
35. Maypop
Passiflora incarnata
36. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
37. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
38. Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa
39. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
40. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
41. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
42. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
43. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
44. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
45. Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
46. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
47. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
48. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
49. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
50. Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
51. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
52. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
53. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
54. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
55. Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis
56. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
57. Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
58. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
59. Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia minor
60. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
61. Longbract Spiderwort
Tradescantia bracteata
62. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
63. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
64. Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
65. Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
66. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
67. St. Andrew’s Cross
Hypericum hypericoides
68. Fringed Poppy Mallow
Callirhoe digitata
69. Violet Wood-Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
70. Narrowleaf Vervain
Verbena simplex
71. Slender Lespedeza
Lespedeza virginica
72. Smooth Hedgenettle
Stachys tenuifolia
73. Hairy Lespedeza
Lespedeza hirta
74. Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Lithospermum incisum
75. Man Of The Earth
Ipomoea pandurata
76. Light Poppymallow
Callirhoe alcaeoides
77. Downy Phlox
Phlox pilosa
78. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
79. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
80. Prairie Ragwort
Packera plattensis
81. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
82. Northern Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
83. Cutleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera laciniata
84. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
85. Kiss Me Quick
Portulaca pilosa
86. Summer Grape
Vitis aestivalis
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