Sugar
is produced from
sugar cane, a giant
tropical grass.
Maize
is used for all
sorts of food products,
including tortillas.
Wheat
is used for flour
to make bread and cakes,
and for pasta.
Texas bluebonnet
Grassland trees often
have flat bottoms, where
animals have grazed.
A sea of grass
The grass we eat
Grass doesn’t just provide
food for animals, it
provides food for us. In
fact, most people’s main
food comes from grasses.
Rice
is a major food in
Asia, and is eaten around
the world.
Rye
is mixed with wheat
to make a heavy flour
that is used for bread.
Spring flowers
While tropical
grasslands burst
into life in the
rainy season,
northern grasslands
burst to life in the
spring. The fields
often contain
colourful flowers.
Acacia tree
Grass attack
Walk through grass and
you may find seeds
clinging to your clothes.
Some seeds cling on
with tiny hooks that
work like Velcro.
Giraffe
Baobab trees
In Africa, the baobab
tree survives the blistering
heat of the dry season by
swelling and storing water
in its trunk.
Goosegrass seed
Some of them have been growing there for 3,000 years.
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