Minecraft:Azalea Tree

An azalea tree is a rare Minecraft:tree that can generate above a Minecraft:lush cave biome, marking the biome's presence aboveground. They extend their roots underground into the cave beneath.

Appearance

Azalea trees are made of Minecraft:oak logs and (sometimes flowering) Minecraft:azalea leaves on the surface. Their trunks grow straight up then on a diagonal halfway up the tree. Below the tree, rooted dirt replaces random blocks going all the way down to the Minecraft:lush caves where some hanging roots generate.

Generation

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The rooted dirt and hanging roots that generate under an azalea tree

Azalea trees generate on any empty space above a Minecraft:lush cave, including inside other caves or in biomes that are not grassy.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> This can sometimes produce jarring scenery, such as when the trees generate in Minecraft:snowy plains or Minecraft:mushroom fields.

Azalea trees can generate in water up to 2 blocks deep, similarly to Minecraft:swamp oaks. Unlike all other trees, however, the maximum depth is limited by the azalea's unique Minecraft:root system feature config rather than a surface_water_depth_filter placement modifier.

Planting

Template:Expand sectionAzalea trees can be grown by using Minecraft:bone meal on Minecraft:azalea or Minecraft:flowering azalea. They do not automatically grow into an azalea tree, so bone meal must be used. Application of bone meal gives an azalea or flowering azalea a 45% chance to grow into an azalea tree, provided there is a 3×5×3 area above it that is clear of all blocks that are not leaves or logs.

Azaleas and flowering azaleas can be planted on:

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Azalea trees requires a 3×3 column of unobstructed space at least 5 blocks above the sapling (6 blocks including the sapling itself). No horizontal clearance is needed at the base of the tree (an azalea planted in a hole 1 block deep can still grow). Growing an azalea tree replaces the block below its trunk with rooted dirt. This only generates one block of rooted dirt and no hanging roots.<ref>Template:Cite bug</ref> Azalea trees do not need to be grown over a lush caves biome; they can grow anywhere, like Minecraft:saplings.

Interestingly, azaleas and flowering azaleas produce identical trees with the same proportion of flowering leaves.

Azalea trees can grow underwater, just like Minecraft:mangrove trees.Template:Only

Azalea trees always grow in one of the four cardinal directions with the extra branches offset by one to two blocks to the middle at the third to fifth log layer. They have two branches at the fifth block layer unless grown in a 5×5 cuboid.

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History

Gallery

• Azalea trees as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2020. This no longer occurs naturally, due to lush caves being unable to generate beneath plains biomes.
  Azalea trees as seen in Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2020. This no longer occurs naturally, due to lush caves being unable to generate beneath plains biomes.
• An azalea tree that was generated underwater in Bedrock Edition
  An azalea tree that was generated underwater in Bedrock Edition
• Azalea trees on the surface, indicating the location of the lush caves
  Azalea trees on the surface, indicating the location of the lush caves
• An azalea tree in a desert. A jungle and a warm ocean are in the background.
  An azalea tree in a desert. A jungle and a warm ocean are in the background.
• Azalea tree next to 2 oak trees
  Azalea tree next to 2 oak trees
• An azalea tree in an old growth taiga
  An azalea tree in an old growth taiga
• An azalea tree in a mushroom fields biome
  An azalea tree in a mushroom fields biome