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Why prairies matter and lawns don't
Crumpler, J. http://healthylandethic.com/2013/11/17/why-prairies-matter-and-lawns-dont/
Publisher: The Roaming Ecologist
Date Written: 17/11/2013
Year Published: 2013
Resource Type: Article
Prairies matter because of their immense root systems; dense, sprawling, complex biological systems that store one third of the world’s carbon and subsequently clean our future water as it precipitates from moisture-laden clouds onto diverse plant communities, and filters down through the mass of litter, roots, soil organisms, and soil horizons. Water quality always follows soil carbon levels, and prairies are the best soil carbon factories in the world. Lawns do not compare and never will.
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