Ground cover plants, like creeping thyme and ajuga, solve garden problems. Find the best picks for areas where grass won't grow or hillsides prone to erosion.
Edible Ground Cover Plants 7Comments ShareTweetPinterest You’ve probably used groundcovers in your garden for some time now, whether it’s to control erosion, replace lawn under a shady tree, or simply to decrease garden labor. But here’s the thing — you can’t really eat ivy, mondo ...
One of the best groundcovers for erosion or weed control, even on the steepest hillsides, is Liriope spicata. If you can get it in the ground or put some dirt on the roots, it may spread aggressively by underground runners. Liriope muscari, the clumping liriope is almost as tough, but ...
However, mining under hillside terrain is likely to cause slope slippage and rupture. When there are structures such as faults in the ground, large–scale ground fissures caused by fault activation will also occur [38]. 3. What Is a Mining–Induced Ground Fissure? 3.1. Development Process ...
Soil conservation beneath grass cover in hillside vineyards under Mediterranean Climatic conditions (Madrid, Spain). Land Degrad. Dev. 2010, 21, 122–131. [CrossRef] 33. López-Vicente, M.; Álvarez, S. Stability and patterns of topsoil water content in rainfed vineyards, olive groves, and ...
The study area’s hillside, contour, slope, and aspect were mapped using the ArcGIS v10.4.1 software. The details of these maps are discussed below. 3.6.1. Hillshade Map A hillshade map is a 3D representation of a surface. It is generally rendered in greyscale. The elevation and all 3D...
Not only do ground cover plants add color and beauty to your yard, they also attract and support pollinators (like bees and hummingbirds). Certain ground covers prevent weeds from taking over an area, stop erosion on a hillside or thrive in areas where nothing else will grow, such as in...