This list shows 147 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. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
7. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
8. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
9. Heartleaf Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
10. Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
11. Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
12. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
13. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
14. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
15. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
16. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
17. American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
18. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
19. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
20. Clustered Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum muticum
21. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
22. Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
23. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
24. Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
25. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
26. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
27. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
28. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
29. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
30. Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus
31. Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
32. Wild Sweetwilliam
Phlox maculata
33. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
34. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
35. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
36. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
37. Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
38. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
39. Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
40. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
41. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
42. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
43. Eastern Teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
44. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
45. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
46. Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
47. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
48. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
49. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
50. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
51. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
52. Bigleaf Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
53. Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum
54. Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
55. Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
56. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
57. Sweet Fern
Comptonia peregrina
58. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
59. Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
60. Alpine Violet
Viola labradorica
61. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
62. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
63. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
64. Eastern Hay-Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
65. Plantainleaf Sedge
Carex plantaginea
66. Horseflyweed
Baptisia tinctoria
67. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
68. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
69. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
70. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
71. Hoary Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum incanum
72. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
73. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
74. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
75. Large Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
76. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
77. Purple-Flowering Raspberry
Rubus odoratus
78. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
79. American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
80. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
81. Smooth Rose
Rosa blanda
82. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
83. Low Serviceberry
Amelanchier spicata
84. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
85. Sticky Catchfly
Silene caroliniana
86. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
87. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
88. Prairie Sundrops
Oenothera pilosella
89. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
90. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
91. Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
92. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
93. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
94. Pale Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus
95. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
96. Whorled Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum verticillatum
97. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
98. Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis
99. Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
100. Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
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