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• n  low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow
• n  small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor

• groundcover

News & Articles

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• Secrets of biological soil crusts uncovered
  Biologists have performed a molecular level analysis of desert biological soil crusts -- living ground cover formed by microbial communities -- to reveal how long-dormant cyanobacteria become activated by rainfall then resume dormancy when the precipitation stops.
  June 14, 2013 - Science Daily
• Berkeley Lab team uncovers secrets of biological soil crusts
  ( DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ) A team of Berkeley Lab researchers has performed molecular level analysis of desert biological soil crusts -- living ground cover formed by microbial communities -- to reveal how long-dormant cyanobacteria become activated by rainfall then resume dormancy when the precipitation stops.
  June 14, 2013 - EurekAlert!