Groundcover - Wikipedia 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 a 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 The most widespread
Ground cover - definition of ground cover by The Free Dictionary Define ground cover ground cover synonyms, ground cover pronunciation, ground cover translation, English dictionary definition of ground cover also ground·cov·er n 1 Small plants other than saplings, such as mosses, ferns, grasses, and low shrubs, growing on a forest floor 2 a A low-growing
GROUND COVER definition in American English | Collins English . . . Definition of 'ground cover' ground cover in American English any of various low, dense-growing plants, as ivy, pachysandra, etc , used for covering the ground, as in places where it is difficult to grow grass