Sustainability in Action: Ecolab's Environmentally-Friendly Landscaping

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I'd imagine that prairie is significantly less intensive than native trees, especially when considering underground infrastructure. Even in wilderness areas, fallen trees block trails, and eventually get cleared. I used to patrol a university campus, reporting any heaving of sidewalks that were being lifted by larger woody vegetation because, any uneven crack that is more than 1/2-inch is a tripping hazard. In the desert Southwest, where the soil or run-off / drainage has been disturbed, fighting exotic, invasive weeds is challenging to the reintroduction of prairie or meadow species. Archaeologists use vegetation patterns to interpret sites, which haven't been occupied for hundreds of years, because the soil fosters a different pattern, typically harboring select natives, and exotic species. Productive soils are often more effort to maintain than ones which have formed naturally.