This list shows 86 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. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
9. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
10. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
11. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
12. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
13. American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
14. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
15. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
16. Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
17. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
18. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
19. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
20. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
21. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
22. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
23. Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
24. Wild Sweetwilliam
Phlox maculata
25. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
26. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
27. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
28. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
29. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
30. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
31. Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
32. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
33. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
34. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
35. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
36. Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum
37. Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
38. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
39. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
40. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
41. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
42. Plantainleaf Sedge
Carex plantaginea
43. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
44. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
45. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
46. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
47. Large Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
48. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
49. Purple-Flowering Raspberry
Rubus odoratus
50. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
51. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
52. Low Serviceberry
Amelanchier spicata
53. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
54. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
55. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
56. Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
57. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
58. Pale Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus
59. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
60. Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
61. Azure Bluet
Houstonia caerulea
62. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
63. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
64. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
65. Hairy Solomon’s Seal
Polygonatum pubescens
66. Common Woodrush
Luzula multiflora
67. Blue Ridge Blueberry
Vaccinium pallidum
68. Early Blue Violet
Viola palmata
69. Smooth Hedgenettle
Stachys tenuifolia
70. Hairy Lespedeza
Lespedeza hirta
71. Sweet White Violet
Viola blanda
72. Rock Polypody
Polypodium virginianum
73. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
74. Running Strawberry Bush
Euonymus obovatus
75. Creek Sedge
Carex amphibola
76. Downy Wood Mint
Blephilia ciliata
77. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
78. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
79. Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
80. Appalachian Barren Strawberry
Geum fragarioides
81. Striped Prince’s Pine
Chimaphila maculata
82. Prairie Fleabane
Erigeron strigosus
83. Pubescent Sedge
Carex hirtifolia
84. Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
85. Summer Grape
Vitis aestivalis
86. Common Yellow Woodsorrel
Oxalis stricta
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