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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
Adiantum pedatum Northern maidenhair
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, Bluejoint, Turkeyfoot
Anemone x hybrida Hybrid anemone, Japanese anemone
Antennaria plantaginifolia Plantainleaf pussytoes, Pussytoes, Woman's tobacco
Arabis caucasica Gray rockcress, 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
Astilbe x arendsii Astilbe, False spirea
Athyrium nipponicum Japanese painted fern
Aubrieta deltoidea False rockcress, Lilacbush, Purple rockcress
Aurinia saxatilis Basket-of-gold, Goldentuft, Rock madwort, Goldentuft alyssum, Madwort
Bergenia cordifolia Heartleaf bergenia, Pig squeak
Brunnera macrophylla Largeleaf brunnera, Siberian bugloss
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, Thinfruit 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 Canada wildrye
Epimedium x perralchicum Fairy wings
Erigeron glaucus Seaside daisy, Beach fleabane
Erigeron karvinskianus Bonytip fleabane, Latin American 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
Helleborus orientalis Lenten rose
Hemerocallis dumortieri Early daylily
Heuchera americana American alumroot
Heuchera sanguinea Alum root, Coral bells, Crimson bells
Hosta plantaginea August lily, Fragrant hosta, Fragrant plantain lily
Hosta undulata Wavy-leaved plantain lily
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
Lavandula 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, Vernal stitchwort
Nepeta x faassenii  Catmint, Mauve catmint, Blue catmint 
Nepeta subsessilis Catmint
Oenothera pallida Sundrops, Pale evening primrose
Pachysandra terminalis Japanese pachysandra
Panicum clandestinum Deertongue
Petrorhagia saxifraga Coat flower, Saxifrage pink, Saxifrage tunicflower
Phlox stolonifera Creeping phlox
Phlox subulata Moss phlox, Moss pink
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern
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 hedgenettle, Woolly woundwort
Teucrium canadensis American germander, Wild germander, Wood sage
Thymus praecox Creeping thyme, Mother-of-thyme, Woolly thyme
Thymus serpyllum Creeping thyme, Creeping red thyme, Mother-of-thyme, Wild 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, Cranberry
Veronica prostrata Harewell speedwell
Veronica repens Creeping speedwell
Veronica peduncularis Speedwell-creeping
Veronica x 'Goodness Grows' none
Vinca minor Common periwinkle, Dwarf periwinkle, Running myrtle, Myrtle

 

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