1) Epigeous 2) Living near the ground level 3) On the ground surface 
Epigeal, epigean, epigeic and epigeous are biological terms describing an organism`s activity above the soil surface. In botany, a seed is described as showing epigeal germination when the cotyledons of the germinating seed expand, throw off the seed shell and become photosynthetic above the ground. The opposite kind, where the cotyledons remain ....
on or above the soil
living near or in the ground
• (a.) Epigaeous.
Of germination, having the cotyledon emerging from the seed coat and becoming photosynthetic. ... Compare: hypogeal. ... (09 Oct 1997) ... 
Ep`i·ge'al adjective (Botany) Epigæous. [ R.]
Cotyledons rising into the air in germination.
on or above the soil
Epigeic - the name given to an organism living on the soil surface.
living near the surface of the ground, as on low herbs or other surface vegetation. · epigeous.