This source is a review and analysis of the role turf grasses play in environmental protection and also the benefits to human’s turf grasses can have. This article was produced by James B Beard and Robert L Green. An example of the type of information provided in this work is the functional benefits turf grasses have on soil erosion, soil improvement and restoration, noise reduction, and organic chemical decomposition. There is data presented on the many pollutants that are found within impervious surface runoff in urban areas, also Beard and Green present statistics that state the time required for an area of soil to reach 99% soil organic matter equilibrium. Coupled with that type of information is information on positive impacts that turf grasses can have on soil quality. This data is relevant my project because grasses are found along side of many impervious surfaces in any type of human environment be that an urban landscape or a rural one. This allows me to analyze what role these grasses may play in the existence of the microbial biomass within the soils alongside impervious surfaces and also gives me information about what type of chemicals are found in urban runoff water.
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