List of partial sun/partial shade groundcover species (sorted by common name)
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Common name	Scientific name
Alum root	Heuchera sanguinea
American cranberry	Vaccinium macrocarpon
American germander	Teucrium canadensis
Astilbe	Astilbe x arendsii
August lily	Hosta plantaginea
Barren myrtle	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bearberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bear's grape	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bigroot cranesbill	Geranium macrorrhizum
Bigroot geranium	Geranium macrorrhizum
Bilberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Black-eyed susan	Rudbeckia fulgida
Black peppermint	Mentha piperita
Blue leadwood	Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Blue lily-turf	Liriope muscari
Blue sedge	Carex glauca (syn. C. flacca, C. firma)
Blue star creeper	Laurentia fluviatilis
Blue wood sedge	Carex flaccosperma
Bonytip fleabane	Erigeron karvinskianus
Campion	Silene caroliniana
Carnation grass	Carex glauca (syn. C. flacca, C. firma)
Catchfly	Silene caroliniana
Catmint	Nepeta subsessilis
Christmas fern	Polystichum acrostichoides
Climbing hydrangea	Hydrangea anomala
Common periwinkle	Vinca minor
Coral bells	Heuchera sanguinea
Cranberry	Vaccinium macrocarpon
Creashak	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Creeping charley	Lysimachia nummularia
Creeping jenny	Lysimachia nummularia
Creeping lily-turf	Liriope spicata
Creeping mazus	Mazus reptans
Creeping phlox	Phlox stolonifera
Creeping speedwell	Veronica repens
Creeping thyme	Thymus praecox
Crimson bells	Heuchera sanguinea
Crowbars	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Cypress	Microbiota decussata
Deertongue	Dichanthelium clandestinum (syn. Panicum c.)
Dwarf deutzia	Deutzia gracilis
Dwarf periwinkle	Vinca minor
Dwarf plumbago	Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Early daylily	Hemerocallis dumortieri
Early sedge	Carex pennsylvanica
Fairy wings	Epimedium x perralchicum
False miterwort	Tiarella cordifolia
False rockcress	Aubrieta deltoides
False spirea	Astilbe x arendsii
Feited cranesbill	Geranium macrorrhizum
Foamflower	Tiarella cordifolia
Fox plum	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Fragrant hosta	Hosta plantaginea
Fragrant plantain lily	Hosta plantaginea
Fragrant sumac	Rhus aromatica
Glaucous sedge	Carex glauca (syn. C. flacca, C. firma)
Golden dead nettle	Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Golden coneflower	Rudbeckia fulgida
Gray rockcress	Arabis caucasica
Hardy geranium	Geranium macrorrhizum
Harewell speedwell	Veronica prostrata
Heartleaf bergenia	Bergenia cordifolia
Heath aster	Aster ericoides
Heath sedge	Carex glauca (syn. C. flacca, C. firma)
Hog cranberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Hybrid anemone	Anemone x hybrida
Japanese anemone	Anemone x hybrida
Japanese pachysandra	Pachysandra terminalis
Japanese painted fern	Athyrium nipponicum
Junegrass	Koeleria cristata (syn. K.macrantha, K. pyramidata)
Kinnikinick	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Koeler grass	Koeleria cristata (syn. K.macrantha, K. pyramidata)
Lady's mantle	Alchemilla mollis
Lamiastrum	Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Late low blueberry	Vaccinium angustifolium
Largeleaf brunnera	Brunnera macrophylla
Latin American fleabane	Erigeron karvinskianus
Laurentia	Laurentia fluviatilis
Leadwort	Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Lenten rose	Helleborus orientalis
Lilacbush	Aubrieta deltoidea
Loosestrife	Lysimachia nummularia
Lowbush blueberry	Vaccinium angustifolium
Low sweet blueberry	Vaccinium angustifolium
Maiden pink	Dianthus deltoides
Manzanita	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Meal plum	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Mealberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Miterwort	Tiarella cordifolia
Moneywort	Lysimachia nummularia
Moss sandwort	Minuartia verna
Mother-of-thyme	Thymus praecox
Mountain box	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Mountain sandwort	Arenaria montana
Myrtle	Vinca minor
Northern maidenhair fern	Adiantum pedatum
Penn sedge	Carex pennsylvanica
Pennsylvania sedge	Carex pennsylvanica
Peppermint	Mentha piperita
Pig squeak	Bergenia cordifolia
Plantainleaf pussytoes	Antennaria plantaginifolia
Plumbago	Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Prairie junegrass	Koeleria cristata
Pratia	Laurentia fluviatilis
Purple rockcress	Aubrieta deltoides
Pussytoes	Antennaria plantaginifolia
Rapper dandies	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Red bearberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Rockberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Running myrtle	Vinca minor
Russian arborvitae	Microbiota decussata
Sandberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Scented cranesbill	Geranium macrorrhizum
Siberian bugloss	Brunnera macrophylla
Siberian cypress	Microbiota decussata
Slender deutzia	Deutzia gracilis
Snow flurry aster	Aster ericoides
Speedwell-creeping	Veronica peduncularis
Stonecrop	Sedum spurium
Swamp isotoma	Laurentia fluviatilis
Texoka buffalograss	Buchloe dactyloides
Thinfruit sedge	Carex flaccosperma
Two-row stonecrop	Sedum spurium
Universe plant	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Uva-ursi	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Variegated yellow archangel	Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Vernal stitchwort	Minuartia verna
Wall rock cress	Arabis caucasica
Wavy-leaved platain lily	Hosta undulata
Whorled loosestrife	Lysimachia punctata
Wild germander	Teucrium canadensis
Woman's tobacco	Antennaria plantaginifolia
Wood sage	Teucrium canadensis
Woolly thyme	Thymus praecox
Yellow archangel	Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Yellow loosestrife	Lysimachia punctata
Yellow sedge	Carex pennsylvanica

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