This list shows 139 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. Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
7. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
8. Large-Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
9. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
10. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
11. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
12. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
13. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
14. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
15. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
16. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
17. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
18. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
19. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
20. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
21. Purple Poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata
22. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
23. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
24. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
25. Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
26. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
27. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
28. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
29. Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
30. Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
31. Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra
32. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
33. Rose Mock Vervain
Glandularia canadensis
34. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
35. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
36. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
37. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
38. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
39. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
40. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
41. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
42. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
43. Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
44. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
45. Maypop
Passiflora incarnata
46. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
47. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
48. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
49. Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa
50. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
51. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
52. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
53. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
54. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
55. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
56. Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
57. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
58. Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
59. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
60. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
61. Richardson’s Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
62. Stiff Tickseed
Coreopsis palmata
63. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
64. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
65. Ozark Bluestar
Amsonia illustris
66. Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
67. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
68. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
69. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
70. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
71. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
72. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
73. Hairy Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum pilosum
74. Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
75. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
76. Prairie Rose
Rosa arkansana
77. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
78. Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
79. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
80. Prairie Violet
Viola pedatifida
81. Western Silver Aster
Symphyotrichum sericeum
82. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
83. Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
84. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
85. Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia minor
86. Largeflower Fameflower
Phemeranthus calycinus
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. American Beakgrain
Diarrhena obovata
92. Whorled Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum verticillatum
93. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
94. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica var. serotina
95. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
96. Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
97. Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
98. Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
99. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
100. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
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