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Native Alternatives to Groundcover Species

Stonecrop

Stonecrop is one of the many species that can provide a dazzling native alternative to invasive groundcover species.
© Steve Sutherland


INVASIVE SPECIES

NATIVE ALTERNATIVES

Coronilla varia (crown-vetch)

Asarum canadensis (wild ginger)

Euphorbia esula (leafy spurge)

Carex muskingumensis (Muskingum sedge)

Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort)

Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)

Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese

Euonymus obovatus (strawberry bush)

     knotweed)

Hypericum hypericoides (St. Andrew's cross)

     (P. reynoutria or Fallopia japonica)       

Hypericum pyramidatum (great St. John's wort)

Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine)

Mitchella repens (partridgeberry, twinberry)

Vinca minor (periwinkle or myrtle)

Oenothera missouriensis (Missouri primrose) *

Phlox stolonifera (creeping phlox)

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