Sentences with phrase «tolerant grass planted»

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The company stopped watering its lush lawns last year, and though the type of grass it planted is supposed to be drought - tolerant, the grass has browned in some areas.

One promising area of study: Funguses that live within the plants, known as endophytes, that appear to make turf grasses more resistant to insects and more heat - tolerant.

I planted trees 10 years ago, nurtured the ones that were already on the property, and overseeded for three years with drought - tolerant grass.

Double CO2 climate scenarios increase wildfire events by 40 - 50 % in California (Fried et al., 2004), and double fire risk in Cape Fynbos (Midgley et al., 2005), favouring re-sprouting plants in Fynbos (Bond and Midgley, 2003), fire - tolerant shrub dominance in the Mediterranean Basin (Mouillot et al., 2002), and vegetation structural change in California (needle - leaved to broad - leaved trees, trees to grasses) and reducing productivity and carbon sequestration (Lenihan et al., 2003).

Instead of the typical lawn that needs a lot of water and maintenance (hence more negative impacts due to the machinery), there are special drought - tolerant turf grasses that can be combined with other, less water needing plants to reduce the lawn area.

Some rocks, pebbles, boulders, drought - tolerant plants, and ornamental grasses will generate more kudos, especially in drought areas.