The phrase "grow on the ground" is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, you can use it in a sentence such as, "The mushrooms were growing on the ground beneath the shade of the trees."
Its vines grow on the ground and have branched tendrils, deeply cut leaves, and flowers borne singly in the axil of a leaf (e.g., where the leaf joins the stem).
Some mushrooms grow on the ground or in the grass, some in the open forest floor and others on live or dead trees (or even at the base of a fallen tree).
Fruit bodies grow on the ground, scattered or grouped together.
Fruit bodies of the fungus grow on the ground in deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests.
Mushrooms grow on the ground solitarily, scattered, or in groups in mixed coniferous and deciduous forests.
Fruit bodies grow on the ground singly, scattered, or in small groups among leaves in woods.
This account of his growing on-the-ground understanding of his 'Orient' and his later dealings with warlords, deciders, intelligence officers, policymakers, and a wide public is an essential and pleasurable must-read.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told members of the House Armed Services Committee that months of U.S. and allied airstrikes and growing on-the-ground support for Iraq's military had stalled or reversed the Islamist group's advance in certain areas of Iraq.
Twenty-two of the trees they planted still grow on the grounds, including a magnificent giant sequoia.
Trees from the original rootstock still grow on the grounds, as does El Rey Nogal, a 150-year-old black walnut tree.
Described as new to science in 2009, it is found only in the Gulf Coast of the Florida Panhandle, where it grows on the ground in coastal sand dunes, one of only three North American boletes known to favor this habitat.
