Groundcover

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English ivy

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Groundcover is any plant used for the purpose of growing over an area of ground to hide it or to protect it from erosion or drought.

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Strictly speaking, the most widespread groundcover are grasses of various types. In common parlance, however, the term groundcover refers to non-grass plants that are used in place of grasses.

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Three general types of plants are commonly used as groundcovers:

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• Vines, which are woody plants with slender, spreading stems
• Herbaceous plants, or non-woody plants
• Shrubs of a low-growing, spreading variety

Of these three types, some of the most common groundcovers include:

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Groundcover: Vines ►