Native Ground Covers
Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.
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Bamboo, Golden Striped
Pleioblastus viridistriatus
Carex
Carex spp.
Foothill Sedge
Carex tumulicola
Carex Sedge
Carex spp.
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Dichondra
Dichondra repens
Dwarf Hairgrass
Eleocharis acicularis
Dwarf Hairgrass
Eleocharis acicularis var. mini (Eleocharis mini)
Liriope
Liriope muscari
Liriope (Lilyturf)
Liriope muscari
Liriope Monroe White
Liriope muscari 'Monroe White'
Lilyturf
Liriope muscari
Variegated Lilyturf
Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
Mondo Grass
Ophiopogon japonicus
Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers
Various species (e.g., Trifolium repens, Medicago lupulina, Vicia sativa)
Ornamental Grasses
Poaceae (family)
Sedge Black Mondo
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Evergold Sedge
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
White Dutch Clover
Trifolium repens
White Winter Wheat
Triticum aestivum
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