This list shows 138 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. Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
4. Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
5. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
6. Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
7. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
8. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
9. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
10. Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
11. Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
12. Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
13. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
14. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
15. Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
16. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
17. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
18. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
19. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
20. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
21. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
22. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
23. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
24. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
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. Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
30. Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra
31. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
32. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
33. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
34. Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
35. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
36. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
37. Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
38. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
39. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
40. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
41. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
42. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
43. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
44. Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
45. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
46. Old Man’s Whiskers
Geum triflorum
47. Muskingum Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
48. Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
49. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
50. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
51. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
52. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
53. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
54. Bigleaf Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
55. Kalm’s St. John’s Wort
Hypericum kalmianum
56. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
57. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
58. Alpine Violet
Viola labradorica
59. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
60. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
61. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
62. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
63. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
64. Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima
65. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
66. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
67. Richardson’s Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
68. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
69. Stiff Tickseed
Coreopsis palmata
70. Large Beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus
71. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
72. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
73. Sand Cherry
Prunus pumila
74. Large Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
75. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
76. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
77. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
78. Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
79. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
80. Smooth Rose
Rosa blanda
81. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
82. Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides
83. Low Serviceberry
Amelanchier spicata
84. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
85. Prairie Rose
Rosa arkansana
86. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
87. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
88. Prairie Violet
Viola pedatifida
89. Western Silver Aster
Symphyotrichum sericeum
90. Prairie Sundrops
Oenothera pilosella
91. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
92. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
93. Common Juniper
Juniperus communis var. depressa
94. Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
95. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
96. Pale Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus
97. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
98. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
99. Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
100. Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
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