Minecraft:Birch

A birch is a Minecraft:tree that appears similar to a common Minecraft:oak in terms of height and Minecraft:leaves, but with light bark and pale wood. It is most commonly found in Minecraft:birch forest biomes and a regular Minecraft:forest. Super birches are tall birch trees found only in Minecraft:old growth birch forest biomes and cannot be grown with saplings. As with oaks and Minecraft:cherries, a birch tree grown near flowers can generate with a Minecraft:bee nest attached.

Appearance

Birches come in two different variants:

• Shorter birches can be grown by the player using birch saplings and are found in Minecraft:forest, Minecraft:birch forest, and Minecraft:dark forest biomes.
• A taller, rare tree that can only be found in Minecraft:old growth birch forests and rarely in meadows.

Birches that are grown from saplings grow to be 5 to 7 blocks tall, while birches in the old growth birch forest biome can generate with trunks up to 13 blocks in height.

Generation

The birch variants spawn naturally in the indicated biomes, ordered by density.

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Any type of birch tree naturally generated in Minecraft:forests and Minecraft:dark forests (and variants) places Minecraft:leaf litter on the ground.

Blocks and items

These items can be obtained from birches:

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• Template:BlockLink (created from a log in the inventory crafting grid)
• Template:BlockLink (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
• Template:BlockLink (created by Template:Control an Minecraft:axe on a log)
• Template:ItemLink (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)

Planting

Birch Minecraft:saplings can be planted on:

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Only normal birches can be grown from saplings. Tall birches only generate naturally in the world.

Birches require a 3×3 column of unobstructed space at least 6 blocks above the sapling to grow (7 blocks including the sapling itself). Additionally, birches require 5×5 layers without obstruction for the top 3 layers of its final height. No horizontal clearance is needed at the base of the tree (a sapling planted in a hole 1 block deep can still grow).

A birch grown from a sapling and within 2 blocks of a flower has a 5% chance of having a bee nest containing 2–3 bees.

Fallen birches

• Fallen birch
  Fallen birch
• Stump with log and mushrooms
  Stump with log and mushrooms

A fallen birch may consist of a single upright log, or a stump. Logs lying on their side are often found 1–2 blocks from the stump. They occasionally have mushrooms on top.

A fallen birch has a log length of 5–8 blocks. A fallen tall birch has a log length of 5–15 blocks. The stump is never covered in Minecraft:vines.

Foliage colors

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Data values

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History

Gallery

• A fallen birch tree.
  A fallen birch tree.
• An acacia tree that grew through a birch tree.
  An acacia tree that grew through a birch tree.
• Tall birch trees in a old growth birch forest biome.
  Tall birch trees in a old growth birch forest biome.

Odd generation

• A lone birch tree in a cavern.
  A lone birch tree in a cavern.
• A birch tree that generated on a stone block over a lava pit.
  A birch tree that generated on a stone block over a lava pit.
• A birch tree on the sand, caused when the dirt it was on was replaced by sand.
  A birch tree on the sand, caused when the dirt it was on was replaced by sand.
• A fallen birch where most of the logs are higher than the base.
  A fallen birch where most of the logs are higher than the base.