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.
At the golf course where I play, there are many beautiful tall Fountain grasses. At the end of the fall, they cut them down and then sprinkle some gasoline on them and burn them. I know this sounds crazy but the grasses come back in the spring with a flourish. Canât believe the gasoline doesnât kill the roots or at least cause damage.