Cover plant - Kabapuranto

… Also called ground cover or cover plant, it is a plant that has the property of covering the ground low to the ground and is used in landscaping as undergrowth or for greening bare ground. Based on its morphology, there are creeping types with short grass height and stems that run horizontally on the ground surface or semi-underground, creeping types with spreading vines, and clump-growing types that produce many offshoots near the ground. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cover plants" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…地被，カバープラントともいい，地表を低く覆う性質をもち，造園上は下草などに用い，また裸地の緑化用などに使われる植物をいう。形態から，草丈低く地表または半地下を横走する茎をもつ匍匐（ほふく）型，つるが広がるつる型，地際近くで多くの分茎を生ずる叢生型などがある。…

※「カバープラント」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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