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. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
6. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
7. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
8. Heartleaf Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
9. Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
10. Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
11. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
12. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
13. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
14. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
15. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
16. American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
17. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
18. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
19. Clustered Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum muticum
20. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
21. Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
22. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
23. Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
24. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
25. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
26. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
27. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
28. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
29. Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus
30. Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
31. Wild Sweetwilliam
Phlox maculata
32. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
33. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
34. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
35. Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
36. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
37. Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
38. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
39. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
40. Eastern Teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
41. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
42. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
43. Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
44. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
45. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
46. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
47. Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
Penstemon laevigatus
48. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
49. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
50. Bigleaf Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
51. Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum
52. Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
53. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
54. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
55. Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
56. Alpine Violet
Viola labradorica
57. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
58. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
59. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
60. Eastern Hay-Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
61. Plantainleaf Sedge
Carex plantaginea
62. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
63. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
64. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
65. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
66. Hoary Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum incanum
67. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
68. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
69. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
70. Large Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
71. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
72. Purple-Flowering Raspberry
Rubus odoratus
73. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
74. American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
75. Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
76. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
77. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
78. Low Serviceberry
Amelanchier spicata
79. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
80. Sticky Catchfly
Silene caroliniana
81. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
82. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
83. Prairie Sundrops
Oenothera pilosella
84. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
85. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
86. Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
87. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
88. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
89. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
90. Whorled Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum verticillatum
91. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
92. Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis
93. Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
94. Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
95. Broadleaf Sedge
Carex platyphylla
96. Azure Bluet
Houstonia caerulea
97. Blue Sedge
Carex glaucodea
98. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
99. Little Evening Primrose
Oenothera perennis
100. Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
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