[header] How to remove white clover from a lawn [title] Understand why white clover grows to remove it properly. [step] To understand how to remove clover, you must understand why it is there in the first place. Clover is a natural grass that at one time covered most of the open prairie north america. 
[substeps] Being an edible plant, the clover was encouraged to grow in open fields to provide food for livestock. It flourished in these areas, and subsequently spread as a weed to local lawns where it isn't as welcome.