Those are called "runners".
Rhizomes
Those are called "runners". Rhizomes
Those long slender stems are called runners or stolons. They are horizontal above-ground stems that produce new plants at nodes along their length. They help plants propagate vegetatively and spread across the ground.
Horizontal stems that grow on the surface of the ground are called runners or stolons. Ex: ginnger, grass,strawbery,ferns
Corms have thick, vertical, underground stems Rhizomes have horizontal stems lying along, or just under the ground.
Corms have thick, vertical, underground stems Rhizomes have horizontal stems lying along, or just under the ground.
stolon-sometimes called runners,are thin,above-ground,horizontal stems of indeterminate growth and long internodes that grow out from a parent plant.
Plant stems that are used as vegetables are called stem vegetables. This term is used for vegetables that are above-ground stems.
Roots grow down, into the soil and stems have leaves on them which need sunlight to grow so therefore they grow up out of the soil.
rhizomes
the above portion of the earth is called the earth's crust
The underground stem of a club moss is called a rhizome. Rhizomes are horizontal, underground stems that produce roots and shoots to reproduce and spread.
Runners are thin stems that grow along the ground and produce new plants at nodes. They help the plant reproduce asexually by producing new roots and shoots where they come in contact with the soil. Examples include strawberry plants and spider plants.