Groundcover or ground cover is any plant that grows over an area of ground. Groundcover provides protection of the topsoil from erosion and drought. In...
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as groundcover. Common names include Chinese bramble, groundcover bramble, creeping bramble, Korean raspberry, Himalayan bramble, and groundcover raspberry...
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Stratification (vegetation) (redirect from Groundcover layer)
Stratification in the field of ecology refers to the vertical layering of a habitat; the arrangement of vegetation in layers. It classifies the layers...
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common uses of oats is as livestock feed; the crop can also be grown as groundcover and ploughed in as a green manure. Phylogenetic analysis using molecular...
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Tradescantia zebrina (category Groundcovers)
cultivation due to its fast growth and attractive foliage. It is used as a groundcover in warm winter climates, and as a houseplant elsewhere. Tradescantia...
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hedges, and has been used for topiary. It is easily grown in pots. The groundcover cultivars spread widely, with a dense and durable texture. Numerous cultivars...
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Vinca major (category Groundcovers)
indefinitely, it is an evergreen perennial, frequently used in cultivation as groundcover. The genus name probably derives from the Latin word vincire, meaning...
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Christopher Taylor (born 1967) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan since 2014. He has earned four...
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native gardening, is the use of native plants including trees, shrubs, groundcover, and grasses which are local to the geographic area of the garden. Natural...
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Indigofera tinctoria (category Groundcovers)
alfalfa and beans are. The plant is also widely grown as a soil-improving groundcover. Dye is obtained from the processing of the plant's leaves. They are...
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Whipper Snipper, is a garden tool for cutting grass, small weeds, and groundcover. It uses a whirling monofilament line instead of a blade, which protrudes...
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Lantana montevidensis (category Groundcovers)
climbing 'vine' form, when on edge a trailing form, and on the flat a groundcover form. The inflorescence is a circular head of several purple to lavender...
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closed canopy forest, consisting of many closely-spaced trees and mossy groundcover. In clearings in the forest, shrubs and wildflowers are common, such...
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The surrounding garden contains a collection of unusual conifers and groundcovers. Dry Stone Sphere—A stacked stone sculpture, by stone artist Devin Devine...
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Pachysandra terminalis (category Groundcovers)
terminalis is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use as a massed groundcover, low grouped element, or accent plant in the ground. It is a suitable...
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species. Passiflora caerulea is widely cultivated as a wall-climber or as groundcover. Though hardy down to −10 °C (14 °F), it requires a sheltered position...
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Vaccinium vitis-idaea (category Groundcovers)
Vaccinium vitis-idaea, the lingonberry, partridgeberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry, is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family Ericaceae. It is...
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Arborist M.D. Vaden next to the coastal redwood Ilúvatar in 2008. The groundcover plants are western sword fern and redwood sorrel. Species Coast redwood...
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flowering plant Any of the Asarum species, especially A. caudatum, a groundcover with kidney- or heart-shaped leaves and a small maroon flower and ginger-scented...
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forerunner of the scythe String trimmer, a garden tool for cutting grass and groundcover which uses a flexible monofilament line instead of a blade War scythe...
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moss garden was created by removing shrubby underbrush and herbaceous groundcovers, thinning trees, and allowing mosses to fill in naturally. Mosses are...
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Liriope spicata (category Groundcovers)
foliage and is commonly used in landscaping in temperate climates as groundcover. Creeping lilyturf has white to lavender flowers which produce single-seeded...
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throughout the Neotropics. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental groundcover. Spreading, mat-forming perennial herb up to 30 cm in height. Has rounded...
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Liriope muscari (category Groundcovers)
sidewalks, trails, driveways, shrubbery, and trees) and mass plantings as groundcover. Lilyturf can be established on steep slopes where erosion control is...
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Zoysia (category Groundcovers)
Zoysia (UK: /ˈzɔɪziə/; US: /ˈzɔɪsiə/, -/ziə/, -/ʃə/, -/ʒə/) is a genus of creeping grasses widespread across much of Asia and Australia, as well as various...
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (category Groundcovers)
"bear grapes"). Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a small procumbent woody groundcover shrub growing to 5–30 centimetres (2–12 inches) high. Wild stands of...
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A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only...
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nematodes, and earthworms. Soil surface/groundcover: Overlaps with the herbaceous layer and the groundcover layer; however plants in this layer grow...
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Tradescantia pallida (category Groundcovers)
Tradescantia pallida is a species of spiderwort native to the Gulf Coast region of eastern Mexico. The cultivar T. pallida 'Purpurea' is commonly called...
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part of the Dearborn Truck plant, consisting of sedum, a low-growing groundcover. The sedum retains and cleanses rainwater and moderates the internal...
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