This list shows 100 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. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
9. Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
10. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
11. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
12. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
13. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
14. American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
15. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
16. Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
17. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
18. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
19. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
20. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
21. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
22. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
23. Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
24. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
25. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
26. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
27. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
28. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
29. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
30. Maypop
Passiflora incarnata
31. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
32. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
33. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
34. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
35. Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum
36. Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
37. Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
38. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
39. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
40. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
41. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
42. Plantainleaf Sedge
Carex plantaginea
43. Creeping Sedge
Carex laxiculmis
44. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
45. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
46. Hoary Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum incanum
47. Star Tickseed
Coreopsis pubescens
48. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
49. Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
50. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
51. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
52. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
53. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
54. American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
55. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
56. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
57. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
58. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
59. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
60. Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
61. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
62. Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis
63. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
64. Narrowleaf Silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia
65. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
66. Pale Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus
67. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
68. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
69. Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis
70. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
71. Azure Bluet
Houstonia caerulea
72. Blue Sedge
Carex glaucodea
73. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
74. Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
75. American Dittany
Cunila origanoides
76. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
77. Hairy Solomon’s Seal
Polygonatum pubescens
78. Violet Wood-Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
79. Narrowleaf Vervain
Verbena simplex
80. Blue Ridge Blueberry
Vaccinium pallidum
81. Slender Lespedeza
Lespedeza virginica
82. Early Blue Violet
Viola palmata
83. Smooth Hedgenettle
Stachys tenuifolia
84. Hairy Lespedeza
Lespedeza hirta
85. Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
86. Man Of The Earth
Ipomoea pandurata
87. White Bear Sedge
Carex albursina
88. Creek Sedge
Carex amphibola
89. Downy Wood Mint
Blephilia ciliata
90. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
91. Crested Sedge
Carex cristatella
92. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
93. Striped Prince’s Pine
Chimaphila maculata
94. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
95. Northern Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
96. Star Chickweed
Stellaria pubera
97. Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
98. Summer Grape
Vitis aestivalis
99. Perplexing Ticktrefoil
Desmodium perplexum
100. Common Yellow Woodsorrel
Oxalis stricta
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