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List of Groundcover
species (sorted by Scientific name)
(click here to sort by Common name)
| Scientific
name |
Common name(s) |
| Achillea
tomentosa |
Woolly yarrow |
| Agropyron
cristatum |
Crested wheatgrass, Fairway wheatgrass, Fairway
crested wheatgrass, Wheatgrass |
| Alchemilla
mollis |
Lady's mantle |
| Ammophila
breviligulata |
American beachgrass, Dunegrass, Marram Grass |
| Andropogon
gerardii |
Big bluestem, Turkey foot bluestem |
| Antennaria
plantaginifolia |
Plantain-leaf pussy-toes, Pussytoes, Woman's
tobacco |
| Arabis
caucasica |
Rock cress, Wall rock cress |
| Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi |
Bearberry, Kinnikinick, Bilberry, Bear's grape,
Barren myrtle, Crowbars, Hog cranberry, Creashak, Fox plum, Meal
plum, Mountain box, Mealberry, Rapper dandies, Sandberry, Red
bearberry, Rockberry, Universe plant, Uva-ursi, Manzanita |
| Arenaria
montana |
Mountain sandwort |
| Asclepias
tuberosa |
Butterfly weed, Chigger flower, Indian paintbrush,
Pleurisy root |
| Aster
ericoides |
Heath aster, Snow flurry aster |
| Aubrieta
deltoidea |
False rockcress, Lilac bush, Purple rockcress |
| Aurinia
saxatilis |
Basket-of-gold, Goldentuft, Rock madwort, Goldentuft
alyssum, Madwort |
| Buchloe
dactyloides |
Texoka buffalograss |
| Calamagrostis
canadensis |
Bluejoint reedgrass, Canadian reedgrass, Marsh
pinegrass, Marsh reedgrass, Meadow pinegrass |
| Carex
firma |
Blue sedge, Carnation grass, Glaucous sedge;
Heath sedge |
| Carex
flacca |
Blue sedge, Carnation grass, Glaucous sedge;
Heath sedge |
| Carex
flaccosperma |
Blue wood sedge |
| Carex
glauca |
Blue sedge, Carnation grass, Glaucous sedge,
Heath sedge |
| Carex
morrowi |
Variegated Japanese sedge, Japanese sedge, Morrow's
sedge |
| Carex
pennsylvanica |
Early sedge, Penn sedge, Pennsylvania sedge,
Yellow sedge |
| Cerastium
tomentosum |
Snow-in-summer |
| Ceratostigma
plumbaginoides |
Blue leadwood, Dwarf plumbago, Leadwort, Plumbago |
| Chrysogonum
virginianum |
Goldenstar, Green and Gold |
| Delosperma
nubigenum |
Trailing ice plant, Hardy ice |
| Deutzia
gracilis |
Dwarf deutzia, Slender deutzia |
| Dianthus
deltoides |
Maiden pink |
| Dianthus
myrtinervius |
Carnation, Pink |
| Dichanthelium
clandestinum |
Deertongue |
| Elymus
canadensis |
Canadian wild rye |
| Epimedium
x perralchicum |
Fairy wings |
| Erigeron
glaucus |
Seaside daisy, Beach fleabane |
| Erigeron
karvinskianus |
Bonytip fleabane |
| Fragaria
x sp. |
Wild strawberry |
| Geranium
macrorrhizum |
Bigroot cranesbill, Bigroot geranium, Feited
cranesbill, Hardy Geranium, Scented cranesbill |
| Gypsophila
cerastioides |
none |
| Gypsophila
repens |
Creeping baby's breath |
| Heuchera
americana |
American alumroot |
| Houstonia
serpyllifolia |
Thymeleaf bluet, Creeping bluet |
| Hydrangea
anomala |
Climbing hydrangea |
| Iberis
saxatilis |
Perennial candytuft |
| Imperata
cylindrica |
Japanese blood grass, Red baron blood, Red cogon |
| Koeleria
cristata |
Junegrass, Koeler grass, Prairie junegrass |
| Koeleria
macrantha |
Junegrass, Koeler grass, Prairie junegrass |
| Koeleria
pyramidata |
Junegrass, Koeler grass, Prairie junegrass |
| Lamiastrum
galeobdolon |
Variegated yellow archangel, Yellow archangel,
Golden dead nettle, Lamiastrum |
| Laurentia
fluviatilis |
Blue star creeper, Laurentia, Pratia, Swamp Isotoma |
| Lavandula
angustifolia |
True lavender, English lavender, Lavender |
| Lanvandula
hybrida |
Lavandin, Lavender |
| Leymus
arenarius |
Blue lyme grass, Blue-downy lyme grass, Sea lyme
grass, Narrow bent, Rancheria grass, Marram sea grass |
| Liriope
muscari |
Blue lily-turf |
| Liriope
spicata |
Creeping lily-turf |
| Lysimachia
nummularia |
Creeping jenny, Moneywort, Creeping charley,
Loosestrife |
| Lysimachia
punctata |
Whorled loosestrife, Yellow loosestrife |
| Mazus
reptans |
Creeping mazus |
| Mentha
piperita |
Peppermint, Black Peppermint |
| Microbiota
decussata |
Cypress, Russian arborvitae, Siberian cypress |
| Minuartia
verna |
Moss sandwort |
| Nepeta
x faassenii |
Catmint, Mauve catmint, Blue catmint |
| Nepeta
subsessilis |
Catmint |
| Oenothera
pallida |
Sundrops, Evening primrose |
| Panicum
clandestinum |
Deertongue |
| Petrorhagia
saxifraga |
Saxifrage tunicflower, Coat flower |
| Phlox
stolonifera |
Creeping phlox |
| Phlox
subulata |
Moss pink |
| Potentilla
nepalensis |
Nepal cinquefoil |
| Rhus
aromatica |
Fragrant sumac |
| Rubus
calycinoides |
none |
| Rudbeckia
fulgida |
Black-eyed susan , Golden coneflower |
| Schizachyrium
scoparium |
Little bluestem |
| Sedum
reflexum |
Spruced-leaved stonecrop, Spruce stonecrop |
| Sedum
spurium |
Stonecrop, Two-row stonecrop |
| Silene
caroliniana |
Campion, Catchfly |
| Silene
saxifraga |
Tufted catchfly |
| Silene
uniflora |
Double bladder campion |
| Solidago
cutleri |
Alpine goldenrod |
| Solidago
sphacelata |
Goldenrod |
| Sporobolus
heterolepis |
Northern dropseed, Prairie dropseed |
| Stachys
byzantina |
Lamb's ears, Woolly betony, Woolly woundwort |
| Teucrium
canadensis |
American germander, Wild germander, Wood sage |
| Thymus
praecox |
Woolly thyme, Creeping thyme, Mother-of-thyme |
| Thymus
serpyllum |
Wild thyme, Creeping thyme, Creeping red thyme,
Mother-of-thyme |
| Tiarella
cordifolia |
False miterwort, Foamflower, Miterwort |
| Trifolium
repens |
Dutch clover, Shamrock, White clover |
| Vaccinium
angustifolium |
Late Low Blueberry, Lowbush blueberry, Low sweet
blueberry |
| Vaccinium
macrocarpon |
American cranberry |
| Veronica
prostrata |
Harewell speedwell |
| Veronica
repens |
Creeping speedwell |
| Veronica
'Waterperry Blue' |
Speedwell-creeping |
| Veronica
x 'Goodness Grows' |
none |
| Vinca
minor |
Common periwinkle, Dwarf periwinkle, Running
myrtle, Myrtle |
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