Cherry

"Blossom" redirects here. For the petals on the ground, see Pink Petals.

"Cherries" redirects here. For the red berries, see Sweet Berries.

Cherry

Tree

Sapling

Biomes	Cherry Grove
Generates in existing chunks	Yes
Consists of	Cherry Log Cherry Leaves Bee Nest

Cherry trees are found only in cherry groves with distinct pink leaves and curved branches. As with oaks and birches, a cherry tree grown near flowers can generate with a bee nest attached.

Appearance

A cherry tree has one trunk which curves horizontally and sometimes splits into two branches, before they grow upward again and create the canopy. The main branch can also continue to create a third canopy. The canopies are mostly cubic with some leaves hanging downward, dropping many leaf particles below.

Generation

Cherry trees spawn naturally only in the cherry grove biome at a density high enough to create a closed canopy, although clearings are common. 5% of cherry trees have a bee nest with 2-3 bees.

Planting

Cherry saplings can be planted on:

• Dirt
• Grass Block
• Coarse Dirt
• Podzol
• Mycelium
• Rooted Dirt
• Moss Block
• Pale Moss Block
• Farmland
• Mud
• Muddy Mangrove Roots

A cherry tree requires a 5×5 area of unobstructed space 8 blocks above its sapling to grow (9 blocks including the sapling itself). No horizontal clearance is needed at the base of the tree (a sapling planted in a hole 1 block deep can still grow). Their growth is not hindered by logs, leaves or saplings.

Based on 1000+ iterations of using a command block to replace the cherry log trunk with a sapling and spamming bone meal, the maximum dimensions of a cherry tree is 11 blocks tall, 17×17 wide, consisting of leaves that are 9×9 rounded tubes whose center is 6 blocks off of the ground, spreading north south east and west, with some hanging leaves underneath. The branches can spread as far as 5 blocks from the center trunk, however the south and west side is missing the 5th block at the 3rd layer. The trunk of the tree is always at least 2 blocks tall, with branches beginning as low as the 3rd Y layer and extending up to the 8th Y layer.

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier
[No displayed name]	cherry_bees_005
[No displayed name]	cherry

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier
[No displayed name]	cherry_tree_feature
[No displayed name]	cherry_tree_with_beehive_feature

Config

History

Development

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added cherry blossom trees.
			1.19.4 Pre-release 4				Updated the texture of the cherry leaves.
1.20			23w12a				Cherry trees are now out of the experimental data pack.
							Updated the texture of the particles falling underneath.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.20				Added cherry blossom trees.
			Preview 1.19.80.21				Updated the texture of the cherry leaves.
			Preview 1.19.80.22				Updated the texture of the particles falling underneath.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.21				Cherry trees are now out of the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.

Issues

Issues relating to "Cherry tree" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• In real life, cherry blossoms are the flowers of trees in the Cerasus subgenus of the genus Prunus.
• During early development of the cherry grove biome, the developers used the pigs texture as a placeholder for the leaves.^[1]

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A cherry tree with one branch and one with two branches
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  A cherry with a bee nest
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  Cherry trees with a dappled forest near the snow
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  Some cherry trees generated on tall mountain slopes
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  A lone cherry in a tiny cherry grove biome

Mojang images

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  Makena standing below a small cherry tree, with Ari nearby
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  Production screenshot with pig models as a placeholder for the cherry leaves texture
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  Two cherry trees in a very small cherry grove biome

In other media

• 
  Kai and their pet wolf walking with two cherry trees visible behind them
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  Kai crafting some cherry planks in front of some cherry trees
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  Valentine's art of a cherry tree
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  The "Trails & Tales Cherry Blossom Sniffer" T-shirt design (Berry background)
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  The "Trails & Tales Cherry Blossom Sniffer" T-shirt design (Kelly background)
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  The "Trails & Tales Cherry Blossom Sniffer" T-shirt design (White background)

References