This list shows 142 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. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
7. Large-Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
8. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
9. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
10. Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
11. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
12. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
13. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
14. Hairy Alumroot
Heuchera villosa
15. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
16. American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
17. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
18. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
19. Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
20. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
21. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
22. Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
23. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
24. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
25. Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
26. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
27. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
28. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
29. Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
30. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
31. Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
32. Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
33. Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra
34. Rose Mock Vervain
Glandularia canadensis
35. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
36. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
37. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
38. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
39. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
40. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
41. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
42. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
43. Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
44. Maypop
Passiflora incarnata
45. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
46. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
47. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
48. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
49. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
50. Bigfruit Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa
51. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
52. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
53. Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
54. Eastern Beebalm
Monarda bradburiana
55. Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
56. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
57. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
58. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
59. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
60. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
61. Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
62. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
63. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
64. Stiff Tickseed
Coreopsis palmata
65. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
66. Star Tickseed
Coreopsis pubescens
67. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
68. Autumn Onion
Allium stellatum
69. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
70. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
71. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
72. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
73. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
74. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
75. Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
76. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
77. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
78. Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis
79. Hairy Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum pilosum
80. Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides
81. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
82. Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
83. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
84. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
85. Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
86. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
87. Missouri Coneflower
Rudbeckia missouriensis
88. Largeflower Fameflower
Phemeranthus calycinus
89. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
90. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
91. Pale Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus
92. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
93. Whorled Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum verticillatum
94. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
95. Bush’s Poppymallow
Callirhoe bushii
96. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
97. Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
98. Blue Sedge
Carex glaucodea
99. Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
100. Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
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