Ohio

Native Alternatives to Groundcover Species

Alternatives to Ohio's invasive groundcover species.

INVASIVE SPECIES 

Coronilla varia (crown-vetch)

Euphorbia esula (leafy spurge)

Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort)

Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed) (P. reynoutria or Fallopia japonica)

Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine)

Vinca minor (periwinkle or myrtle)

NATIVE ALTERNATIVES

Asarum canadensis (wild ginger)

Carex muskingumensis (Muskingum sedge)

Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)

Euonymus obovatus (strawberry bush)

Hypericum hypericoides (St. Andrew's cross)

Hypericum pyramidatum (great St. John's wort)

Mitchella repens (partridgeberry, twinberry)

Oenothera missouriensis (Missouri primrose)*

Phlox stolonifera (creeping flox)

Phlox subulata (moss-pink)

Rhus aromatica (fragrant sumac, cultivar gro-low)

Sedum ternatum (wild stonecrop)

Solidago sphacelata (golden fleece)

Viola sororia (common blue violet)

Viola striata (creamy violet)

 

* indicates native to region, but not Ohio

March 10, 2011

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