diff --git a/Materials/regions/materials.xml b/Materials/regions/materials.xml
index e80485099..38158dff5 100644
--- a/Materials/regions/materials.xml
+++ b/Materials/regions/materials.xml
@@ -4045,7 +4045,6 @@
     <effect>Effects/cropgrass</effect>
     <name>CropGrassCover</name>
     <name>CropGrass</name>
-    <name>Grassland</name>
     <texture>Terrain/cropgrass1.png</texture>
     <texture>Terrain/cropgrass2.png</texture>
     <texture>Terrain/cropgrass3.png</texture>
@@ -4078,6 +4077,48 @@
     <tree-width-m>12.0</tree-width-m>
   </material>
 
+  <material>
+    <condition>
+      <equals>
+        <property>sim/startup/season</property>
+        <value>summer</value>
+      </equals>
+    </condition>
+    <effect>Effects/cropgrass</effect>
+    <name>Grassland</name>
+	<texture-set>
+     <texture>Terrain/dry_pasture4.png</texture>
+	 <texture n="12">Terrain/tundra-hawaii-green.png</texture>
+	</texture-set>
+    <xsize>2000</xsize>
+    <ysize>2000</ysize>
+    <light-coverage>2000000.0</light-coverage>
+    <diffuse>
+      <r>0.93</r>
+      <g>0.95</g>
+      <b>0.93</b>
+      <a>1.0</a>
+    </diffuse>
+    <specular>
+      <r>0.1</r>
+      <g>0.12</g>
+      <b>0.1</b>
+      <a>1.0</a>
+    </specular>
+    <shininess>1.2</shininess>
+    <solid>1</solid>
+    <friction-factor>0.7</friction-factor>
+    <rolling-friction>0.1</rolling-friction>
+    <bumpiness>0.3</bumpiness>
+    <load-resistance>1e30</load-resistance>
+    <wood-coverage>150000.0</wood-coverage>
+    <tree-texture>Trees/mixed.png</tree-texture>
+    <tree-varieties>8</tree-varieties>
+    <tree-range-m alias="/params/forest/tree-range-m"/>
+    <tree-height-m>20.0</tree-height-m>
+    <tree-width-m>12.0</tree-width-m>
+  </material>
+
   <material>
     <condition>
       <equals>
diff --git a/Nasal/local_weather/local_weather.nas b/Nasal/local_weather/local_weather.nas
index b176dd118..11102b8b2 100644
--- a/Nasal/local_weather/local_weather.nas
+++ b/Nasal/local_weather/local_weather.nas
@@ -4396,7 +4396,7 @@ var ec = "/environment/config/";
 
 # a hash map of the strength for convection associated with terrain types
 
-var landcover_map = {BuiltUpCover: 0.35, Town: 0.35, Freeway:0.35, BarrenCover:0.3, HerbTundraCover: 0.25, GrassCover: 0.2, CropGrassCover: 0.2, EvergreenBroadCover: 0.2, EvergreenNeedleCover: 0.2, Sand: 0.25, Grass: 0.2, Ocean: 0.01, Marsh: 0.05, Lake: 0.01, ShrubCover: 0.15, Landmass: 0.2, CropWoodCover: 0.15, MixedForestCover: 0.15, DryCropPastureCover: 0.25, MixedCropPastureCover: 0.2, IrrCropPastureCover: 0.15, DeciduousBroadCover: 0.1, DeciduousNeedleCover: 0.1, Bog: 0.05, pa_taxiway : 0.35, pa_tiedown: 0.35, pc_taxiway: 0.35, pc_tiedown: 0.35, Glacier: 0.03, SnowCover: 0.04, DryLake: 0.3, IntermittentStream: 0.2, DryCrop: 0.2, Lava: 0.3, GolfCourse: 0.2, Rock: 0.3, Construction: 0.35, PackIce: 0.04, NaturalCrop: 0.2};
+var landcover_map = {BuiltUpCover: 0.35, Town: 0.35, Freeway:0.35, BarrenCover:0.3, HerbTundraCover: 0.25, GrassCover: 0.2, CropGrassCover: 0.2, EvergreenBroadCover: 0.2, EvergreenNeedleCover: 0.2, Sand: 0.25, Grass: 0.2, Grassland: 0.2, Ocean: 0.01, Marsh: 0.05, Lake: 0.01, ShrubCover: 0.15, Landmass: 0.2, CropWoodCover: 0.15, MixedForestCover: 0.15, DryCropPastureCover: 0.25, MixedCropPastureCover: 0.2, IrrCropPastureCover: 0.15, DeciduousBroadCover: 0.1, DeciduousNeedleCover: 0.1, Bog: 0.05, pa_taxiway : 0.35, pa_tiedown: 0.35, pc_taxiway: 0.35, pc_tiedown: 0.35, Glacier: 0.03, SnowCover: 0.04, DryLake: 0.3, IntermittentStream: 0.2, DryCrop: 0.2, Lava: 0.3, GolfCourse: 0.2, Rock: 0.3, Construction: 0.35, PackIce: 0.04, NaturalCrop: 0.2};
 
 # a hash map of average vertical cloud model sizes