Americas lawns are the largest irrigated crop in the United States. If your were combine all the manicured and fertilized lawns together they would cover an area larger than the size of Texas.
Together, they require enough water each year to fill the Chesapeake Bay.
They contribute to the urban heat island effect, use an estimate 17 million gallons of petroleum gasoline to mow, along with several million pounds of chemical fertilizer every single year to maintain.
A natural prairie grassland meadow provides essential habit for a variety of critters, requires little to no maintenance and typically grows to around 6” tall where it eventually just lays naturally.
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Prairie facts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie
Benefits of No-Mow Grass