Presence of pollinator‐friendly habitat on pollinator communities in managed turfgrass systems

Billeisen, Terri L.; Kilpatrick, Lauren D.; Seth-Carley, Danesha; Brandenburg, Rick

doi:10.1002/its2.56

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“…Research in recent years in pollinator‐friendly spaces (e.g., flowering bee lawns) has increased. Including flowering forbs or bulbs in turfgrass systems or adjacent to pollinator‐friendly spaces are potential methods to support pollinator foraging (Billeisen et al., 2022; Braun & Patton, 2022; Braun et al., 2022; Lane et al., 2019; Lerman et al., 2018; Ramer & Nelson, 2020; Ramer et al., 2019; Wisdom et al., 2019; Wolfin, 2020; Table 1). Results also suggest that golf courses are more supportive of pollinators than residential and industrial areas.…”

Section: Ecosystem Services and Disservicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many cool‐season and warm‐season low‐input turfgrass options may be suitable, depending on location and site expectations. This includes fine fescues and tall fescue for cool‐season turfgrasses (Braun et al., 2020; Braun, Watkins, Hollman, & Patton, 2022; DeBels et al., 2012; Braun & Patton, 2022) and specific cultivars or classification types (i.e., Kentucky bluegrass) of other cool‐season turfgrass species (Braun, Bremer, et al., 2022a, 2022b; Diesburg et al., 1997; Law et al., 2016; Watkins et al., 2011, 2014). This includes buffalograss, blue grama [ Bouteloua gracilis (Willd.…”

Section: Species and Cultivar Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Strategies for reducing inputs and emissions in turfgrass systems

Braun

Straw

Soldat

et al. 2023

Crop Forage & Turfgrass Mgmt

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Turfgrass systems (e.g., home lawns, commercial properties, golf courses, athletic fields, roadsides, sod farms, parks, and other green spaces) in the US employ 820,000 individuals, have a $60 billion economic impact, and cover nearly 2% (∼63,250 mi2; 163,800 km2) of the US. Turfgrass systems provide ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, oxygen production, water and air purification, improved soil health, pollinator habitat, and evaporative cooling. Associated disservices with turfgrass systems include nutrient and pesticide leaching, greenhouse gas and particulate matter emissions, low plant diversity, and site‐specific, high water consumption. The goal of recent research efforts is to maximize the services and minimize the disservices by focusing on sustainability initiatives to develop best management practices such reducing management inputs (e.g., mowing, irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticides), incorporating pollinator‐friendly spaces, adopting new technologies, quantitatively assessing ecosystem services provided, minimizing energy inputs and greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing carbon sequestration. This part‐review, part‐management guide summarizes these efforts, identifies knowledge gaps, and outlines how turfgrass systems can adapt to and mitigate climate change.

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Section: Ecosystem Services and Disservicesmentioning

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Section: Species and Cultivar Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategies for reducing inputs and emissions in turfgrass systems

Braun

Straw

Soldat

et al. 2023

Crop Forage & Turfgrass Mgmt

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“…Although turfgrass is highly prevalent in urban areas, studies of wild ower habitat in turfgrass are relatively few compared to that in agricultural systems (Billeisen et al 2022, Dale et al 2020, Frank and Shrewsbury 2004, Braman et al 2002. Of these studies, even fewer examine changes in arthropod taxa more than one year following habitat establishment Shrewsbury 2004, Braman et al 2002).…”

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Wildflower habitats in turfgrass systems have variable effects on arthropod functional group abundance over multiple years

Hamon

Kilpatrick

Billeisen

2023

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Urbanization is rapidly influencing the abundance and diversity of arthropods. Within urban systems, managed turfgrass is a prominent cultivated crop which can support certain arthropod populations, but is inadequate for supporting many others. In an effort to mitigate the negative effects of turfgrass on arthropod biodiversity, increasing numbers of land managers are choosing to partially convert turf habitat to wildflower habitat using commercially-available seed mixes. However, the population dynamics of diverse arthropod groups in these systems is poorly known, with consequentially little information on best long-term practices for managing wildflower habitats in turfgrass systems. To address this gap, we sampled arthropods in turfgrass systems pre- and post-implementation of wildflower habitats and examined the change in abundance of multiple taxa and functional groups. Arthropod groups had diverse responses to wildflower habitat implementation, with bees having no significant changes in abundance, butterflies being most abundant one-year post-implementation, and predatory wasps and flies being relatively more abundant one- and two-year post-implementation. These results point to the need for more research on the long-term effects of wildflower habitats on beneficial insects in turfgrass habitats, and how to optimize management of both wildflower habitats and nearby turfgrass to support arthropod biodiversity.

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The role of turfgrasses in environmental protection and their benefits to humans: Thirty years later

Braun,

Mandal,

Nwachukwu

et al. 2024

Crop Science

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Beard and Green compiled one of the earliest reviews on the environmental and societal (cultural) benefits that living turfgrass systems (e.g., home lawns, athletic fields, golf courses, roadsides, and grounds) provide to humans and associated contemporary issues with turfgrass. Today, the benefits of vegetation systems are called ecosystem services, and the associated negative aspects are called disservices. Since 1994, a significant amount of research has been conducted to further understand these ecosystem services and disservices and discover new ecosystem services and disservices, which we summarize and identify the knowledge gaps in this review. Turfgrass systems provide positive economic benefits to the US economy and help increase property values; however, many of these ecosystem services are environmental and societal. Some environmental services include (1) improving soil health, quality, and stability; (2) oxygen production; (3) reducing stormwater runoff; (4) filtering water to protect waterways and recharging groundwater; (5) providing evaporative cooling and reducing sunlight glare to improve human comfort levels; (6) offering vertebrate and invertebrate habitat; and (7) offering solutions for recycling wastewater and biosolids. Some societal (cultural) services include (1) outdoor spaces that improve human mental and physical health, (2) increasing community and social harmony, (3) helping deter crime, and (4) reducing human contact with noxious weeds and human‐disease insect vectors. Research, cooperative extension, and education efforts must be increased on these topics to continue to provide additional evidence of these ecosystem services to the public, policymakers, turfgrass practitioners, homeowners, students, and future generations.

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Presence of pollinator‐friendly habitat on pollinator communities in managed turfgrass systems

Cited by 6 publications

References 51 publications

Strategies for reducing inputs and emissions in turfgrass systems

Strategies for reducing inputs and emissions in turfgrass systems

Wildflower habitats in turfgrass systems have variable effects on arthropod functional group abundance over multiple years

The role of turfgrasses in environmental protection and their benefits to humans: Thirty years later

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