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2. These Low-Maintenance Ground Cover Plants Will Protect ... - AOL

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   There are lots of varieties of this gorgeous ground cover plant, which range anywhere from six inches to two feet tall. Zones: 3 to 8 Care requirements: Full sun; well-draining soil

3. Groundcover - Wikipedia

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   Groundcover of Vinca major. Groundcover or ground cover is any plant that grows low over an area of ground, which protects the topsoil from erosion and drought.In an terrestrial ecosystem, the ground cover forms the layer of vegetation below the shrub layer known as the herbaceous layer, and provides habitats and concealments for (especially fossorial) terrestrial fauna.

4. Cover crop - Wikipedia

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   Agriculture portal. v. t. e. In agriculture, cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil rather than for the purpose of being harvested. Cover crops manage soil erosion, soil fertility, soil quality, water, weeds, pests, diseases, biodiversity and wildlife in an agroecosystem —an ecological system managed and shaped by humans.

5. Vegetation - Wikipedia

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   Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide. [ 2] It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. It is broader than the term flora which refers to species composition.

6. Stratification (vegetation) - Wikipedia

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   Besides the superposition of different plants growing on the same soil, there is a lateral impact of the higher layers on adjacent plant communities, for example, at the edges of forests and bushes. This particular vegetation structure results in the growth of certain vegetation types such as forest mantle and margin communities. [citation needed]

7. Lichen - Wikipedia

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   Lichen. A tree covered with leafy foliose lichens and shrubby fruticose lichens. Common lichen growth forms. Letharia vulpina, wolf lichen, grows like a multiple-branched tuft or leafless mini-shrub, so it has a fruticose growth form. Flavoparmelia caperata has leaf-like structures, so it is foliose.