decumbent

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Most arrived more or less by acceptable means, but the suburban affliction defined as "a grass with creeping or decumbent stems which root freely at the nodes" sneaked in.

From Time Magazine Archive

The root of the hoary, decumbent, and less elegant, but larger-flowered Hedysarum mackenzii is poisonous, and nearly killed an old Indian woman at Fort Simpson, who had mistaken it for that of the preceding species.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Much branched, decumbent, 6´ high or less; spikes terminal and lateral, 1–4´ long, the base included in the broad sheath.—Borders of brackish marshes, Md. to S. Va., and on ballast northward.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

The fertile flocci were decumbent, probably from the weight of the spores, and the tufts were a little elevated above the surface of the matrix.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

Stems.—Much branched; ascending or decumbent; one to three feet long.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth