This list shows 176 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. Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
3. Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
4. Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
5. Whorled Tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata
6. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
7. Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
8. Hairawn Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
9. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
10. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
11. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
12. Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
13. Heartleaf Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
14. Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
15. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
16. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
17. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
18. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
19. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
20. American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
21. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
22. White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
23. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
24. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
25. Clustered Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum muticum
26. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
27. Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
28. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
29. Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
30. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
31. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
32. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
33. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
34. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
35. Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus
36. Green And Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
37. Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
38. Wild Sweetwilliam
Phlox maculata
39. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
40. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
41. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
42. Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
43. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
44. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
45. Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
46. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
47. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
48. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
49. Eastern Teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
50. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
51. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
52. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
53. Maypop
Passiflora incarnata
54. Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
55. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
56. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
57. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
58. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
59. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
60. Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
Penstemon laevigatus
61. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
62. Bigleaf Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
63. Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
64. Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
65. Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
66. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
67. Sweet Fern
Comptonia peregrina
68. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
69. Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
70. Alpine Violet
Viola labradorica
71. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
72. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
73. Eastern Hay-Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
74. Plantainleaf Sedge
Carex plantaginea
75. Creeping Sedge
Carex laxiculmis
76. Horseflyweed
Baptisia tinctoria
77. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
78. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
79. Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima
80. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
81. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
82. Hoary Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum incanum
83. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
84. Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
85. Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
86. Maryland Goldenaster
Chrysopsis mariana
87. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
88. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
89. Running Serviceberry
Amelanchier stolonifera
90. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
91. New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
92. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
93. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
94. American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
95. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
96. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
97. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
98. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
99. Low Serviceberry
Amelanchier spicata
100. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
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