This list shows 147 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. Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
4. Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
5. Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
6. Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
7. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
8. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
9. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
10. Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
11. Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
12. Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
13. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
14. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
15. Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
16. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
17. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
18. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
19. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
20. White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
21. Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
22. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
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. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
30. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
31. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
32. Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus
33. Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
34. Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra
35. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
36. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
37. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
38. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
39. Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
40. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
41. Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
42. Spreading Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
43. Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
44. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
45. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
46. Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
47. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
48. Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
49. Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
50. Old Man’s Whiskers
Geum triflorum
51. Muskingum Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
52. Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
53. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
54. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
55. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
56. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
57. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
58. Bigleaf Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
59. Kalm’s St. John’s Wort
Hypericum kalmianum
60. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
61. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
62. Alpine Violet
Viola labradorica
63. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
64. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
65. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
66. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
67. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
68. Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima
69. White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
70. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
71. Richardson’s Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
72. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
73. Stiff Tickseed
Coreopsis palmata
74. Large Beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus
75. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
76. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
77. Sand Cherry
Prunus pumila
78. Large Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
79. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
80. Purple-Flowering Raspberry
Rubus odoratus
81. Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
82. American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
83. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
84. Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
85. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
86. Smooth Rose
Rosa blanda
87. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
88. Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides
89. Low Serviceberry
Amelanchier spicata
90. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
91. Prairie Rose
Rosa arkansana
92. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
93. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
94. Prairie Violet
Viola pedatifida
95. Western Silver Aster
Symphyotrichum sericeum
96. Prairie Sundrops
Oenothera pilosella
97. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
98. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
99. Common Juniper
Juniperus communis var. depressa
100. Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
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