aboveground stems.

Lateral extensions of plant stems along the surface of the soil.

Creeping stems.

Surface roots that travel laterally and root at the joints, growing new plants. An example is ground ivy ( Glechoma hederacea, also called creeping Charlie).

above ground stem rooting at nodes

stems growing along the ground producing new upright plants with roots

Ribbon or root-like growth extensions that adhere to the substrate and link the polyps in Stoloniferan soft corals such as Clavularia spp. (common name - Clove or Glove Polyps). Stoloniferan corals are defined as those corals that match this description (polyps linked with root-like extensions adhering to the substrate).

Stems that grow along the surface of the ground; a method of plant vegetaive propagation.

Aboveground runners from which some grasses, particularly warm-season varieties, spread.

A stem that trails along the sediment or soil surface that forms roots at the nodes (strawberries spread by stolons). See line drawing

Horizontally growing, short-lived, stems that root at the nodes. Usually at or on the surface of the soil.