Since it's possible to draw unique tiles for each type of grass, but since that's kind of a lot to do, I've been trying to classify the grasses into similar groups for drawing a grass tile for each order or family or whatever.
The 34 above-ground "plant_grasses" that are probably based on real-life plants can be grouped into 5 orders or 8 families or 12 subfamilies or 17 tribes.
Sorted by taxonomy:
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Order: Asterales
- Family: Asteraceae - the aster/daisy/composite/sunflower family
- Order: Caryophyllales
- Family: Aizoaceae - the fig-marigold family
- Order: Ericales
- Family: Ericaceae - the heath/heather family
- Subfamily: Cassiopoideae
- WHITE MOUNTAIN HEATHER (Cassiope, guess)
- Order: Poales
- Family: Cyperaceae - the grass-like family
- Family: Juncaceae - the rush family
- Family: Poaceae - the true grass family
- Subfamily: Arundinoideae
- Subfamily: Bambusoideae
- Tribe: Arundinarieae
- Tribe: Bambuseae
- Subfamily: Chloridoideae
- Tribe: Cynodonteae
- Tribe: Zoysieae
- Subfamily: Panicoideae
- Supertribe: Andropogonodae
- Tribe: Andropogoneae
- Tribe: Paspaleae
- Supertribe: Panicodae
- Subfamily: Pooideae
- Tribe: Poeae
- Subtribe: Agrostidinae (or some other that begins with an "A")
- Subtribe: Agrostidinae
- Subtribe: Holcinae
- Subtribe: Loliinae
- Subtribe: Poinae
- MEADOW-GRASS (Poa, guess)
- Tribe: Stipeae (guess - could also be of the Aristidoideae or Chloridoideae subfamilies)
- Family: Typhaceae - the cattail family
- Order: Rosales
- Family: Rosaceae - the rose family
By location:
MEADOW-GRASS, HAIR GRASS, BENTGRASS, FESCUE GRASS
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SAVANNA_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:ANY_TEMPERATE_FOREST]
[BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
[BIOME:TUNDRA]
[BIOME:TAIGA]
RYEGRASS, REEDGRASS, KNOTGRASS
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SAVANNA_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:ANY_TEMPERATE_FOREST]
ZOYSIA, DOG'S TOOTH GRASS, DALLISGRASS, CARPETGRASS, SATINTAIL
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:SAVANNA_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL]
[BIOME:ANY_TROPICAL_FOREST]
GRAMA, DROPSEED GRASS
[BIOME:ANY_GRASSLAND]
[BIOME:ANY_SAVANNA]
[BIOME:ANY_SHRUBLAND]
[BIOME:ANY_FOREST]
NEEDLE GRASS
[BIOME:ANY_GRASSLAND]
[BIOME:ANY_SAVANNA]
[BIOME:ANY_DESERT]
BABY TOES SUCCULENT, PEBBLE PLANTS
[BIOME:ANY_DESERT]
BLUE SEDGE, FIELD SEDGE, PURPLE MOOR GRASS, VELVET GRASS, MEADOWSWEET
[BIOME:ANY_TEMPERATE_MARSH]
[BIOME:GRASSLAND_TEMPERATE]
RUSH
[BIOME:ANY_TEMPERATE_WETLAND]
MARSH THISTLE
[BIOME:ANY_TEMPERATE_MARSH]
COMMON REED, CATTAIL, SAWGRASS
[BIOME:ANY_WETLAND]
COTTONGRASS, WHITE MOUNTAIN HEATHER
[BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
[BIOME:TUNDRA]
MOUNTAIN AVENS, CLOUDBERRY
[BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
[BIOME:TUNDRA]
[BIOME:TAIGA]
WORMY TENDRILS, EYEBALL, BUBBLE BULBS, DOWNY GRASS
[BIOME:NOT_FREEZING]
[BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
[BIOME:TUNDRA]
BAMBOO, ARROW
[BIOME:FOREST_TEMPERATE_CONIFER]
BAMBOO, GOLDEN, BAMBOO, HEDGE
[BIOME:FOREST_TEMPERATE_BROADLEAF]
[BIOME:FOREST_TROPICAL_DRY_BROADLEAF]
By colors:
[GRASS_COLORS:2:0:1:2:0:1:2:0:1:6:0:0]- BAMBOO, ARROW
- BAMBOO, GOLDEN
- BAMBOO, HEDGE
[GRASS_COLORS:2:0:1:2:0:0:2:0:0:6:0:0]- BABY TOES SUCCULENT
- PEBBLE PLANTS
[GRASS_COLORS:2:0:1:2:0:0:6:0:1:6:0:0]- MEADOW-GRASS
- HAIR GRASS
- BENTGRASS
- RYEGRASS
- FESCUE GRASS
- REEDGRASS
- KNOTGRASS
- ZOYSIA
- DOG'S TOOTH GRASS
- DALLISGRASS
- CARPETGRASS
- SATINTAIL
- GRAMA
- DROPSEED GRASS
- NEEDLE GRASS
- BLUE SEDGE
- FIELD SEDGE
- PURPLE MOOR GRASS
- VELVET GRASS
- MEADOWSWEET
- RUSH
- MARSH THISTLE
- COMMON REED
- CATTAIL
- SAWGRASS
- COTTONGRASS
- WHITE MOUNTAIN HEATHER
- MOUNTAIN AVENS
- CLOUDBERRY
[GRASS_COLORS:5:0:1:5:0:1:5:0:0:0:0:1][GRASS_COLORS:7:0:1:7:0:0:7:0:0:0:0:1][GRASS_COLORS:3:0:1:3:0:0:3:0:0:0:0:1][GRASS_COLORS:7:0:1:6:0:1:7:0:0:0:0:1][GRASS_COLORS:5:0:1:5:0:0:5:0:0:0:0:1]
By tiles:
All grasses and moss use the same tileset with the exceptions of the three bamboo (which share a tileset) and the grasses of good and evil.
By growth:
These grasses have both buds and flowers:
- BABY TOES SUCCULENT
- PEBBLE PLANTS
- MEADOWSWEET
- RUSH
- MARSH THISTLE
- COTTONGRASS
- CLOUDBERRY
This grass has only flowers:
The rest of the grasses have neither buds nor flowers.
However, WHITE MOUNTAIN HEATHER looks as if it was intended to have growth, but it needs timing.