This list shows 133 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. 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. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
10. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
11. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
12. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
13. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
14. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
15. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
16. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
17. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
18. Bunchberry Dogwood
Cornus canadensis
19. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
20. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
21. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
22. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
23. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
24. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
25. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
26. Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus
27. Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
28. Rocky Mountain Blazing Star
Liatris ligulistylis
29. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
30. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
31. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
32. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
33. Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
34. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
35. Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
36. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
37. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
38. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
39. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
40. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
41. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
42. Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
43. Old Man’s Whiskers
Geum triflorum
44. Muskingum Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
45. Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
46. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
47. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
48. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
49. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
50. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
51. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
52. Alpine Violet
Viola labradorica
53. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
54. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
55. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
56. Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima
57. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
58. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
59. Richardson’s Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
60. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
61. Stiff Tickseed
Coreopsis palmata
62. Large Beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus
63. Autumn Onion
Allium stellatum
64. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
65. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
66. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
67. Sand Cherry
Prunus pumila
68. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
69. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
70. American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
71. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
72. Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
73. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
74. Smooth Rose
Rosa blanda
75. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
76. Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides
77. Prairie Rose
Rosa arkansana
78. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
79. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
80. Prairie Violet
Viola pedatifida
81. Western Silver Aster
Symphyotrichum sericeum
82. Prairie Sundrops
Oenothera pilosella
83. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
84. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
85. Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
86. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
87. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
88. Pale Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus
89. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
90. Longbract Spiderwort
Tradescantia bracteata
91. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
92. Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis
93. Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
94. Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
95. Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
96. Lance Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
97. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
98. Little Evening Primrose
Oenothera perennis
99. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
100. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
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