# Picnic on Grass - Source: StoryWeaver (storyweaver.org.in), CC BY, Pratham Books, StoryWeaver, CC BY 4.0 - Reading level: Grades 1 and 2 - Subjects: Plants, Nature - Topics: grass, india, bamboo, bermuda, elephant, kerala - Length: 119 words, about 1 min - By: Venkataraghavan Subha Srinivasan - Original: - Page: - Open in Sprouts: ![Children rolicking on grass with animals](https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/media/storyweaver-picnic-on-grass-f237b313bd.jpg) You can tumble · You can sleep · You can smell · You can roll You can taste and you can picnic on grass, that is... Sweet and juicy like sugarcane Lemony and sweet-scented like lemongrass Soft and smooth like munja grass Short and tough like Bermuda grass Bushy and healthy like Sewan grass Hollow and strong like bamboo Tall and wavy like elephant grass Deep-rooted and tufty like vetiver ![A map of India with grass found in the country](https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/media/storyweaver-picnic-on-grass-7b12bf3ac5.jpg) **Munja grass** Along riverbanks in North India · **Bermuda grass** · **Bamboo grass** Northeast India · **Sewan grass** The Thar desert **Elephant grass** Kaziranga National Park, Assam. **Vetiver grass** Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh **Lemongrass** The Malabar region in northern Kerala **Sugarcane** The Deccan Plateau in Central and South India ## Picture credits - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 () - Annada Menon, CC BY 4.0 ()