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. 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. Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
7. Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
8. Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
9. Heartleaf Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
10. Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora fruticosa
11. Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
12. Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
13. Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
14. Spotted Geranium
Geranium maculatum
15. Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
16. American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
17. Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
18. Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
19. Bunchberry Dogwood
Cornus canadensis
20. Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
21. Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
22. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
23. Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
24. Feathery False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum racemosum
25. Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
26. Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus
27. Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis
28. Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
29. Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
30. Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
31. Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
32. Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
33. Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
34. Narrowleaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
35. Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
36. New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
37. Eastern Teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
38. Bluebell Bellflower
Campanula rotundifolia
39. Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
40. Canada Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
41. Muskingum Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
42. Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
43. Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
44. Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
45. Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
46. Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
47. Common Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris
48. Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
49. Bigleaf Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
50. Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum
51. Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
52. Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
53. Alpine Violet
Viola labradorica
54. Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
55. Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
56. Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
57. Plantainleaf Sedge
Carex plantaginea
58. Creeping Sedge
Carex laxiculmis
59. Horseflyweed
Baptisia tinctoria
60. Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
61. Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
62. Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
63. Richardson’s Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
64. Starry False Lily Of The Valley
Maianthemum stellatum
65. Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
66. Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
67. Intermediate Woodfern
Dryopteris intermedia
68. Sand Cherry
Prunus pumila
69. Large Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
70. Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata
71. American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
72. Bird’s-Foot Violet
Viola pedata
73. Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
74. Robin’s Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus
75. Smooth Rose
Rosa blanda
76. Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
77. Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides
78. Low Serviceberry
Amelanchier spicata
79. Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
80. Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
81. Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
82. Poverty Oatgrass
Danthonia spicata
83. Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
84. Common Juniper
Juniperus communis var. depressa
85. Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata
86. Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
87. Spotted St. John’s Wort
Hypericum punctatum
88. Pale Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus
89. Hairy White Oldfield Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum
90. American Beakgrain
Diarrhena obovata
91. Yellow-Fruited Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
92. Canadian White Violet
Viola canadensis
93. Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
94. Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
95. Lance Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
96. Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Goodyera pubescens
97. Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
98. Parlin’s Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii
99. Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
100. Hairy Solomon’s Seal
Polygonatum pubescens
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