This list shows 106 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. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
6. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
7. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
8. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
9. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
10. Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
11. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
12. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
13. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
14. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
15. American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
16. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
17. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
18. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
19. Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
20. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
21. Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
22. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
23. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
24. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
25. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
26. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
27. Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus
28. Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
29. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
30. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
31. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
32. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
33. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
34. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
35. Maypop
Passiflora incarnata
36. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
37. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
38. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
39. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
40. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
41. Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum
42. Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
43. Lobed Tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata
44. Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
45. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
46. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
47. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
48. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
49. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
50. Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima
51. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
52. Hoary Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum incanum
53. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
54. Maryland Goldenaster
Chrysopsis mariana
55. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
56. Meehan’s Mint
Meehania cordata
57. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
58. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
59. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
60. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
61. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
62. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
63. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
64. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
65. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
66. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
67. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
68. Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
69. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
70. Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis
71. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
72. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
73. Pale Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus
74. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
75. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
76. Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis
77. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
78. Broadleaf Sedge
Carex platyphylla
79. Blue Sedge
Carex glaucodea
80. Lance Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
81. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
82. Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
83. American Dittany
Cunila origanoides
84. Hairy Solomon’s Seal
Polygonatum pubescens
85. Violet Wood-Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
86. Narrowleaf Vervain
Verbena simplex
87. Blue Ridge Blueberry
Vaccinium pallidum
88. Early Blue Violet
Viola palmata
89. Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
90. Long-Leaved Bluet
Houstonia longifolia
91. Man Of The Earth
Ipomoea pandurata
92. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
93. Creek Sedge
Carex amphibola
94. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
95. Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
96. Canby’s Mountain-Lover
Paxistima canbyi
97. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
98. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
99. Northern Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
100. Star Chickweed
Stellaria pubera
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