A prostrate shrub is a woody plant, most of the branches of which lie upon or just above the ground, rather than being held erect as are the branches of most trees and shrubs.
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👉 Prostrate shrub in the context of Subshrub
A subshrub (Latin suffrutex), undershrub, or shrublet is either a small shrub (e.g. prostrate shrubs) or a perennial that is largely herbaceous but slightly woody at the base (e.g. garden pink and florist's chrysanthemum). The term is often interchangeable with "bush".
Because the criteria are matters of degree (typically height) rather than kind, the definition of a subshrub is not sharply distinguishable from that of a shrub; examples of reasons for describing plants as subshrubs include ground-hugging stems or a low growth habit. Subshrubs may be largely herbaceous, although still classified as woody, with overwintering perennial woody growth that is much lower-growing than the deciduous summer growth. Some plants described as subshrubs are only weakly woody, and some persist for only a few years at most. Others, such as Oldenburgia paradoxa, live indefinitely (though they are still vulnerable to external effects), rooted in rocky cracks.
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Prostrate shrub in the context of Blueberries
Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. Commercial blueberries—both wild (lowbush) and cultivated (highbush)—are all native to North America. The highbush varieties were introduced into Europe during the 1930s.
Blueberries are usually prostrate shrubs that can vary in size from 10 centimeters (4 inches) to 4 meters (13 feet) in height. In the commercial production of blueberries, the species with small, pea-size berries growing on low-level bushes is known as "lowbush blueberries" (synonymous with "wild"), while the species with larger berries growing on taller, cultivated bushes is known as "highbush blueberries". Canada is the leading producer of lowbush blueberries, while the United States produces some 29% of the world's supply of highbush blueberries.