What is a ground cover plant?

Ground cover plants refer to those plants that are dense and low, can replace lawns to cover the ground after simple management, prevent soil erosion, adsorb dust, purify the air, reduce noise and eliminate pollution, and have certain ornamental and economic value. It includes not only perennial low herbs, but also some low, creeping shrubs and vines with strong adaptability. Some scholars set the height standard of ground cover plants as1m. They are not resistant to pruning or grow slowly at seedling stage. Through human intervention, the height can be controlled below 1m, which is also considered as a ground cover plant.

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morphological character

1. Perennial plants, evergreen or green period is longer, so as to extend the viewing and utilization time.

2. There are beautiful flowers or fruits. The longer the flowering period, the higher the ornamental value.

3. It has unique plant type, leaf type, leaf color and seasonal variation of leaf color, thus giving people a colorful feeling.

4. It has peristalsis or good plasticity, and can make full use of special environmental modeling.

5. Plants are relatively low. In garden configuration, the height of plants depends on the needs of the environment, and the height of plants can be artificially controlled by pruning or artificial modeling.

6. Wide adaptability, strong resistance to adversity, resistance to extensive management and adaptability to harsh natural environment.

7. Having a developed root system is beneficial to soil and water conservation and improving the ability of root system to absorb water and nutrients in soil, or having a variety of abnormal underground organs, such as bulbs and underground rhizomes, is beneficial to storing nutrients and preserving vegetative propagators, thus having stronger natural regeneration ability.

8. It has powerful or special air purification function. For example, some plants have a strong ability to absorb sulfur dioxide and purify the air, and some plants have a good sound insulation and noise reduction effect.

9. It has certain economic value, for example, it can be used as medicinal, edible or spice raw materials, and can extract aromatic oil, so as to combine the ecological benefits and economic benefits of planted ground cover plants if necessary or possible.

10. It has certain scientific value, mainly including two aspects, one is conducive to the popularization and promotion of botany and its related knowledge, and the other is combined with the artificial protection of rare plants and special germplasm resources.