地被植物是指用于覆盖地面,防止水土流失,具有绿化、美化环境,能够吸附尘土、净化空气,并具有一定观赏和经济价值的草本或低矮木本植物。在人类栖息的生态系统中,地被植物起着不可忽视的作用。过去由于认识上存在偏差,对地被植物在改善环境、建设生态型园林等方面的作用重视不够,导致植物配置层次单一、品种单调,直接影响了城市环境的生态质量。从20世纪70年代末起,我国开始重视各类地被植物在园林绿化中的应 Ground cover is used to cover the ground, prevent soil erosion, with greening, landscaping, can absorb dust, purify the air, and have certain ornamental and economic value of herbs or low woody plants. In the habitat of human ecosystems, ground cover plants play a non-negligible role. In the past, due to the deviation of cognition, the role of ground cover plants in improving the environment and building eco-oriented gardens was not enough, which led to the single-plant configuration and the monotonous varieties, which directly affected the ecological quality of urban environment. Since the late 1970s, China began to attach importance to all kinds of cover plants in landscaping