This list shows 102 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. Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
3. Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
4. Anise Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
5. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
6. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
7. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
8. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
9. Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
10. Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
11. Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
12. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
13. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
14. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
15. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
16. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
17. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
18. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
19. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
20. Bunchberry Dogwood
Cornus canadensis
21. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
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. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
27. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
28. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
29. Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
30. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
31. Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
32. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
33. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
34. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
35. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
36. Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
37. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
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. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
47. Alpine Violet
Viola labradorica
48. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
49. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
50. Creeping Sedge
Carex laxiculmis
51. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
52. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
53. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
54. Richardson’s Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
55. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
56. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
57. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
58. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
59. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
60. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
61. Smooth Rose
Rosa blanda
62. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
63. Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides
64. Low Serviceberry
Amelanchier spicata
65. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
66. Prairie Rose
Rosa arkansana
67. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
68. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
69. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
70. Common Juniper
Juniperus communis var. depressa
71. Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
72. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
73. Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis
74. Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
75. Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
76. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
77. Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
78. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
79. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
80. Hairy Solomon’s Seal
Polygonatum pubescens
81. Woodbine
Parthenocissus vitacea
82. Jersey Tea
Ceanothus herbaceus
83. Sweet White Violet
Viola blanda
84. Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
85. Rock Polypody
Polypodium virginianum
86. Long-Leaved Bluet
Houstonia longifolia
87. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
88. Downy Phlox
Phlox pilosa
89. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
90. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
91. Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
92. Tall Cinquefoil
Drymocallis arguta
93. Northern Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
94. Bur-Reed Sedge
Carex sparganioides
95. Velvetleaf Huckleberry
Vaccinium myrtilloides
96. Hairy Evening Primrose
Oenothera villosa
97. Pubescent Sedge
Carex hirtifolia
98. Quill Sedge
Carex tenera
99. Shaved Sedge
Carex tonsa
100. Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
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