How Does Salt Affect Lawn Grass & Prairie Grass Growth?

Question

Ok i have a project due next week about the question above and with all the things going on i haven't time to do it . So can somebody please tell me what happens , and elaborate on it .
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Answer 1

Yes salt does affect grass growth and most other types of vegetation for that matter. Sodium in extremely small amounts is needed for plant growth. Typically it is available in acceptable quantities in the soil already.



However if grass is exposed to too much high concentration salt quantities this will probably kill the vegetation because the cells of grass contain a certain amount of water and other dissolved things. When surrounded by water that contains a larger amount of salt there is a general rule that water will try to move between the inside and the outside of the cell wall to make the amount of dissolved things equal. So a high concentration of salt outside the cell wall will suck the water out of the cell and eventually cause the cell to collapse.



This is one of many reasons plantation close to the shore (salt water shore) do not grow to great heights. Generally this vegetation has managed to adapt to its environment so it can cope with the salt concentrations but has restricted growth.