What is this ground cover?

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  1. peplow

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    Can anyone identify this plant/weed? It's growing as a nice ground cover in a patch of woods behind my apartment (in southwest Ohio, US). I scanned a sample of the plant and an individual leaf. I notice the leaves are paired and are perpendicular to the next pair as you go up the stem. Appears to propagate with underground runners.
     

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  2. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    This looks and sounds a lot like periwinkle (or creeping myrtle), Vinca minor.

    Vinca minor from the USDA Plants Database

    Ohio State University's Vinca minor Plant Facts

    Note under "liabilities" on the latter resource:
     

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