This list shows 110 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. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
15. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
16. Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
17. Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
18. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
19. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
20. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
21. Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
22. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
23. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
24. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
25. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
26. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
27. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
28. Maypop
Passiflora incarnata
29. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
30. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
31. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
32. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
33. Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
Penstemon laevigatus
34. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
35. Lobed Tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata
36. Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
37. Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
38. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
39. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
40. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
41. Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima
42. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
43. Cedarglade St. Johnswort
Hypericum frondosum
44. Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
45. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora
46. Thickleaf Phlox
Phlox carolina
47. Star Tickseed
Coreopsis pubescens
48. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
49. Prostrate Blue Violet
Viola walteri
50. Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
51. Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
52. Maryland Goldenaster
Chrysopsis mariana
53. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
54. Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
55. Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
56. Lapham’s Phlox
Phlox divaricata subsp. laphamii
57. Eastern Gamagrass
Tripsacum dactyloides
58. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
59. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
60. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
61. Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
62. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
63. Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
64. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
65. Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis
66. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
67. Narrowleaf Silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia
68. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
69. Pale Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus
70. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
71. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
72. Helmet Flower
Scutellaria integrifolia
73. Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
74. Blue Sedge
Carex glaucodea
75. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
76. Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
77. Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
78. St. Andrew’s Cross
Hypericum hypericoides
79. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
80. Violet Wood-Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
81. Narrowleaf Vervain
Verbena simplex
82. Slender Lespedeza
Lespedeza virginica
83. False Sunflower
Heliopsis buphthalmoides
84. Early Blue Violet
Viola palmata
85. Smooth Hedgenettle
Stachys tenuifolia
86. Hairy Lespedeza
Lespedeza hirta
87. Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
88. Sidebeak Pencilflower
Stylosanthes biflora
89. Man Of The Earth
Ipomoea pandurata
90. Mountain Oatgrass
Danthonia compressa
91. Fleur Petard
Ruellia ciliatiflora
92. Tenpetal Thimbleweed
Anemone berlandieri
93. Downy Phlox
Phlox pilosa
94. Downy Wood Mint
Blephilia ciliata
95. Common Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
96. Leavenworth’s Sedge
Carex leavenworthii
97. Low Woodland Sedge
Carex socialis
98. Field Wormwood
Artemisia campestris
99. Whitemouth Dayflower
Commelina erecta
100. Northern Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
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