This list shows 85 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. Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
3. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
4. Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
5. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
6. Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
7. Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
8. Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
9. Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
10. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
11. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
12. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
13. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
14. Creeping Barberry
Mahonia repens
15. Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
16. Woods’ Rose
Rosa woodsii
17. Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
18. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
19. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
20. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
21. Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
22. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
23. Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
24. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
25. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
26. Bluebell Bellflower
Campanula rotundifolia
27. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
28. Old Man’s Whiskers
Geum triflorum
29. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
30. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
31. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
32. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
33. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
34. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
35. Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
36. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
37. Richardson’s Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
38. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
39. Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
40. Large Beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus
41. Hookedspur Violet
Viola adunca
42. Sandberg Bluegrass
Poa secunda
43. Scarlet Globemallow
Sphaeralcea coccinea
44. Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
45. Sand Cherry
Prunus pumila
46. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
47. Aspen Fleabane
Erigeron speciosus
48. Smooth Rose
Rosa blanda
49. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
50. Fringed Sagebrush
Artemisia frigida
51. Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
52. Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides
53. Prairie Rose
Rosa arkansana
54. Prairie Violet
Viola pedatifida
55. Common Juniper
Juniperus communis var. depressa
56. Prickly Wild Rose
Rosa acicularis
57. Western Snowberry
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
58. Longbract Spiderwort
Tradescantia bracteata
59. Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis
60. Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
61. Silvery Lupine
Lupinus argenteus
62. Brittle Pricklypear
Opuntia fragilis
63. Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium montanum
64. Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
65. Spearleaf Stonecrop
Sedum lanceolatum
66. Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
67. Woodbine
Parthenocissus vitacea
68. Jersey Tea
Ceanothus herbaceus
69. Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Lithospermum incisum
70. Prairie Onion
Allium textile
71. Bradbury’s Beardtongue
Penstemon bradburyi
72. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
73. Stemless Four-Nerve Daisy
Tetraneuris acaulis
74. Hairy Goldenaster
Heterotheca villosa
75. Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia
76. Tall Cinquefoil
Drymocallis arguta
77. Small-Leaf Pussytoes
Antennaria parvifolia
78. Prairie Ragwort
Packera plattensis
79. Prairie Fleabane
Erigeron strigosus
80. Cutleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera laciniata
81. Whitest Evening Primrose
Oenothera albicaulis
82. Western Oak Sedge
Carex inops
83. Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
84. Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha
85. Common Yellow Woodsorrel
Oxalis stricta
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