J. R. R. Tolkien. J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of the most famous and influential of swords-and-sorcery fiction works: The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
Generally it wonât if you try to ignite it first. The greeness represents moisture in the grass, reducing or limiting its burning. In a brush or wild land fire, the flames will preheat and dry out the grass and brush in front of it allowing it to burn, but then it isnât as green as it was from the preheating. Remember to that heat rises.
Burned grass occurs, most of the time, as a result of using a fast-release fertilizer on wet grass. The fertilizer does not have the chance to wash away in time and nitrogen burns the grass. Dog excrement and urine in small and large quantities can also burn grass, and so can road salt, as well as too much sun. Whatever the cause, the burns ruin the visual appeal of the lawn.