Beginner Gardening: 1st Post! Ideas for ground cover underneath oak on incline?, 1 by BhamGreen

BhamGreen wrote:
Good Morning, I have a large oak in my very slanted front yard. The previous owner mulched the area but when it rains the mulch just runs down the hill over the sidewalk. I have made a rock barrier between the tree bed area and the sidewalk which does a decent job of holding off the mulch but eventually the mulch wins. So i don't want to mulch it again. Recently i have been thinking of planting a ground cover. Maybe Ivy but i think that'll take a while. Any suggetions? I live in Birmingham, AL on a hill in a fairly wooded area where my yard doesn't get a lot of direct sunlight. Thanks!