epigeic

Epigeic - plants with stolons on the surface of the ground.

The opposite terms are epigean, epigeic and epigeous.

Epigeal, epigean, epigeic and epigeous are biological terms describing an organism's activity above the soil surface.

Like its sibling species, it is epigeic, i.e. it prefers to live in compost or leaf litter rather than mineral soils.

She plans to display the common epigeic worms, known as red wigglers, and anecic worms, popularly called nightcrawlers.

Another invasive worm, an Asian species, Amynthas hawayanus, is epigeic, meaning it stays close to the earth's surface, living in the topsoil and the duff layer.

The red compost worms, such as the well known red wiggler or the exotic European nightcrawler, are better candidates, as they are epigeic or surface dwellers.

Epigeic earthworms live on the surface of the soil in leaf litter and tend not to make burrows but live in and feed on the leaf litter.

Cladonia stellaris is described as mat-forming and fruticose (shrub-like) in appearance, and as terrestrial, terricolous, or epigeic, because it grows on the surface of bare soil or gravel.

Composting worms which are detritivorous (eaters of trash), such as the red wiggler Eisenia fetidae, are epigeic (surface dwellers) together with symbiotic associated microbes are the ideal vectors for decomposing food waste.