Cool Lawn facts
- Grass plants are 70 to 80% water and clippings are 90% water
- 90% of the weight of grass is in its roots
- A 10,000 square foot lawn will contain: 6 grass plants per square inch, 850 plants per square foot, 8.5 million plants total
- The front lawns of 8 average houses have the same cooling effect as 24 (3-4 ton capacity) home central air conditioning units
- Lawn grasses trap much of an estimated 12 million tons of dust and dirt released annually into the U.S. atmosphere.
- Grass helps to purify water entering underground aquifers by its root mass and soil microbes acting as a filter to capture and breakdown many types of pollutants.
- A dense lawn is 6 times more effective than a wheat field and 4 times better than a hayfield at absorbing rainfall.
- A 50 by 50 foot of lawn (2,500 square feet) releases enough oxygen for a family of four, while absorbing carbon dioxide, hydrogen fluoride and perosyacetyle nitrate.
- The grass and trees along the U.S. interstate highway system release enough oxygen to support 22 million people.
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