TL;DR
Landscape fabric is the woven or spun-bonded sheet rolled out under mulch, gravel, and rock beds to suppress weeds while letting some water and air reach the soil, anchored with staples and overlapped at seams. It performs best under inorganic mulches and walkway gravel; under bark and organic mulch, soil forms on top within a few seasons and weeds root into the cloth itself, which is why many landscapers reserve it for stone applications.
What it means
Landscape fabric is the woven or spun-bonded sheet rolled out under mulch, gravel, and rock beds to suppress weeds while letting some water and air reach the soil, anchored with staples and overlapped at seams. It performs best under inorganic mulches and walkway gravel; under bark and organic mulch, soil forms on top within a few seasons and weeds root into the cloth itself, which is why many landscapers reserve it for stone applications. Around trees and shrubs it can restrict water penetration and root gas exchange, so heavy-duty woven grades go where longevity matters.
Where it sits in the glossary
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