This list shows 135 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. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
14. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
15. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
16. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
17. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
18. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
19. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
20. Purple Poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata
21. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
22. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
23. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
24. Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
25. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
26. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
27. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
28. Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
29. Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
30. Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra
31. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
32. Rose Mock Vervain
Glandularia canadensis
33. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
34. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
35. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
36. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
37. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
38. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
39. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
40. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
41. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
42. Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
43. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
44. Maypop
Passiflora incarnata
45. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
46. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
47. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
48. Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa
49. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
50. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
51. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
52. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
53. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
54. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
55. Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
56. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
57. Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
58. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
59. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
60. Richardson’s Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
61. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
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. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
95. Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
96. Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
97. Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
98. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
99. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
100. Violet Wood-Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
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