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...

as groundcover. Common names include Chinese bramble, groundcover bramble, creeping bramble, Korean raspberry, Himalayan bramble, and groundcover raspberry...

Stratification in the field of ecology refers to the vertical layering of a habitat; the arrangement of vegetation in layers. It classifies the layers...

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...

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...

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...

indefinitely, it is an evergreen perennial, frequently used in cultivation as groundcover. The genus name probably derives from the Latin word vincire, meaning...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

closed canopy forest, consisting of many closely-spaced trees and mossy groundcover. In clearings in the forest, shrubs and wildflowers are common, such...

The surrounding garden contains a collection of unusual conifers and groundcovers. Dry Stone Sphere—A stacked stone sculpture, by stone artist Devin Devine...

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...

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...

Vaccinium vitis-idaea, the lingonberry, partridgeberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry, is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family Ericaceae. It is...

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...

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...

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...

moss garden was created by removing shrubby underbrush and herbaceous groundcovers, thinning trees, and allowing mosses to fill in naturally. Mosses are...

foliage and is commonly used in landscaping in temperate climates as groundcover. Creeping lilyturf has white to lavender flowers which produce single-seeded...

throughout the Neotropics. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental groundcover. Spreading, mat-forming perennial herb up to 30 cm in height. Has rounded...

sidewalks, trails, driveways, shrubbery, and trees) and mass plantings as groundcover. Lilyturf can be established on steep slopes where erosion control is...

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...

"bear grapes"). Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a small procumbent woody groundcover shrub growing to 5–30 centimetres (2–12 inches) high. Wild stands of...

A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only...

nematodes, and earthworms. Soil surface/groundcover: Overlaps with the herbaceous layer and the groundcover layer; however plants in this layer grow...

Tradescantia pallida is a species of spiderwort native to the Gulf Coast region of eastern Mexico. The cultivar T. pallida 'Purpurea' is commonly called...

part of the Dearborn Truck plant, consisting of sedum, a low-growing groundcover. The sedum retains and cleanses rainwater and moderates the internal...