ground cover
Example Sentences
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Landslides would close PCH fairly regularly, and, indeed, last week, the immolation of ground cover sent rocks onto parts of PCH.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025
They mingle with puffy red and fuchsia dahlias and purple phlox, as well as hydrangeas, sedum and Creeping Jenny, a ground cover that doubles as paths for strolling.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024
The accuracy of climate models depends on many factors -- greenhouse gas emissions from industrial and transportation activity, farm animal "emissions," urban growth and loss of forests, and solar reflections off snow and ground cover.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024
The “zombie fires” persist during winter because porous peat and moss ground cover in northern areas act as underground fuel for them.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024
Through its sheer, fat torso, Clare could see the forest beyond—the weedy tangle of ground cover, the moonlight falling in jagged shafts through the trees.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
