diff --git a/src/iterate.c b/src/iterate.c
index 2c0f1da..1828409 100644
--- a/src/iterate.c
+++ b/src/iterate.c
@@ -155,7 +155,12 @@ generate_pseudo_data(RenderState *state, unsigned char ancilData) {
     int x = state->x, y = state->y, z = state->z;
     unsigned char data = 0;
     
-    if (state->block == 9) { /* water */
+    if (state->block == 2) { /* grass */
+        /* return 0x10 if grass is covered in snow */
+        if (z < 127 && getArrayByte3D(state->blocks, x, y, z+1) == 78)
+            return 0x10;
+        return ancilData;
+    } else if (state->block == 9) { /* water */
         /* an aditional bit for top is added to the 4 bits of check_adjacent_blocks */
         if ((ancilData == 0) || (ancilData >= 10)) { /* static water, only top, and unkown ancildata values */
             data = 16;
@@ -393,7 +398,7 @@ chunk_render(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
                     PyObject *tmp;
                     
                     unsigned char ancilData = getArrayByte3D(blockdata_expanded, state.x, state.y, state.z);
-                    if ((state.block == 85) || (state.block == 9) || (state.block == 55) || (state.block == 54) ) {
+                    if ((state.block == 85) || (state.block == 9) || (state.block == 55) || (state.block == 54) || (state.block == 2)) {
                         ancilData = generate_pseudo_data(&state, ancilData);
                     }
                     
diff --git a/src/rendermode-normal.c b/src/rendermode-normal.c
index c656d2e..be14a92 100644
--- a/src/rendermode-normal.c
+++ b/src/rendermode-normal.c
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ rendermode_normal_draw(void *data, RenderState *state, PyObject *src, PyObject *
         
         switch (state->block) {
         case 2:
-            /* grass */
+            /* grass -- skip for snowgrass */
+            if (state->z < 127 && getArrayByte3D(state->blocks, state->x, state->y, state->z+1) == 78)
+                break;
             color = PySequence_GetItem(self->grasscolor, index);
             facemask = self->grass_texture;
             alpha_over(state->img, self->grass_texture, self->grass_texture, state->imgx, state->imgy, 0, 0);
diff --git a/textures.py b/textures.py
index 2564a97..1b9e3a1 100644
--- a/textures.py
+++ b/textures.py
@@ -429,9 +429,14 @@ def generate_special_texture(blockID, data):
     # all need to behandled here (and in chunkpy)
     
     if blockID == 2: # grass
-        img = _build_block(terrain_images[0], terrain_images[3], 2)
-        colored = tintTexture(biome_grass_texture, (115, 175, 71))
-        composite.alpha_over(img, colored, (0, 0), colored)
+        # data & 0x10 means SNOW sides
+        side_img = terrain_images[3]
+        if data & 0x10:
+            side_img = terrain_images[68]
+        img = _build_block(terrain_images[0], side_img, 2)
+        if not data & 0x10:
+            colored = tintTexture(biome_grass_texture, (115, 175, 71))
+            composite.alpha_over(img, colored, (0, 0), colored)
         return (img.convert("RGB"), img.split()[3])
 
 
@@ -1327,10 +1332,11 @@ special_map[92] = range(6) # cake!
 # grass and leaves are graysacle in terrain.png
 # we treat them as special so we can manually tint them
 # it is unknown how the specific tint (biomes) is calculated
-special_map[2] = range(11)       # grass, grass has not ancildata but is used
-                                # in the mod WildGrass, and this small fix
-                                # shows the map as expected, and is harmless
-                                # for normal maps
+# also, 0x10 means SNOW sides
+special_map[2] = range(11) + [0x10,]  # grass, grass has not ancildata but is
+                                      # used in the mod WildGrass, and this
+                                      # small fix shows the map as expected,
+                                      # and is harmless for normal maps
 special_map[18] = range(16) # leaves, birch, normal or pine leaves (not implemented)