Just because something is a native species doesn't mean it can be a traditional lawn. https://content.yardmap.org/learn/native-grasses-for-your-native-lawn/ ht

Just because something is a native species doesn't mean it can be a traditional lawn. https://content.yardmap.org/learn/native-grasses-for-your-native-lawn/ https://content.yardmap.org/learn/native-grasses-for-your-na... But its true that a lot of the ecological benefit would be forgone by a traditional lawn even with native grasses. But it does have the advantage of limiting the spread of non-native species that can (but no always) have harmful affects on local ecologies.