Leaves

For other uses, see Leaves (disambiguation).

Leaves

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tools
Blast resistance	0.2
Hardness	0.2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Partial (diffuses sky light)
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	Yes (30)
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color	: JE:  7 PLANT BE: (Foliage tint)  7 PLANT  20 COLOR_PINK  6 METAL  28 COLOR_RED  15 COLOR_ORANGE  18 COLOR_YELLOW
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Leaves are transparent blocks that generate as part of trees and are sources of their respective saplings. They dissipate over time when not attached to logs, but persist when placed by players. Falling leaf particles occasionally drop from leaves.

Variants

Obtaining

Breaking

Hoes are the default tools for breaking leaves, but leaves can be obtained only with shears or tools enchanted with Silk Touch.

Block	Leaves
Hardness	0.2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Wooden	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Stone	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Copper	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Iron	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Diamond	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Netherite	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Golden	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Shears	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Sword	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Drop	Source	No Fortune	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III
Jungle Saplings	Jungle Leaves	2.5% (1⁄40)	2.78% (1⁄36)	3.125% (1⁄32)	4.17% (1⁄24)
Azalea or other Saplings	Azalea Leaves or other leaves	5% (1⁄20)	6.25% (1⁄16)	8.33% (1⁄12)	10% (1⁄10)
1-2 Sticks	All leaves	2% (1⁄50)	2.22% (1⁄45)	2.5% (1⁄40)	3.33% (1⁄30)
Apples	Oak and Dark Oak Leaves Dark Oak Leaves	0.5% (1⁄200)	0.556% (1⁄180)	0.625% (1⁄160)	0.833% (1⁄120)

Natural generation

Each type of leaves occurs naturally on their respective type of trees throughout the Overworld. In addition to this:

Oak

Oak leaves generate as part of:

• Jungle bushes
• Plains villages
• Trial chambers
• Abandoned camps

Spruce

Spruce leaves generate as part of abandoned camps in old growth pine taigas, old growth spruce taigas, snowy taigas, taigas and windswept forests.

Dark Oak

Dark oak leaves generate as part of woodland mansions.

Birch

Birch leaves generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests and forests.

Jungle

Jungle leaves generate as part of abandoned camps in bamboo jungles.

Acacia

Acacia leaves generate as part of abandoned camps in savannas.

Mangrove

Mangrove leaves generate as part of trial chambers.

Cherry

Cherry leaves generate as part of abandoned camps in cherry groves.

Pale Oak

Pale oak leaves generate as part of abandoned camps in pale gardens.

Poplar

Poplar leaves generate as part of abandoned camps in dappled forests.

Post-generation

Leaves generate as part of trees grown from saplings, azaleas, or mangrove propagules.

Usage

Leaves from trees spontaneously decay (disappear) when they receive a block tick if they are not connected to any log or wood blocks, stripped or otherwise, either directly or via other leaf blocks, with a maximum distance of 6 blocks‌^{[Java Edition only]} or 4 blocks‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}. In Java Edition, this is determined using the prevents_nearby_leaf_decay block tag, whereas in Bedrock Edition, the list of blocks is hardcoded. The distance is taxicab distance, but can cross corners. Leaves placed by players never decay. Bamboo does not count as a log for this purpose.

Leaves that decay have the same drop chances as when broken by players, yielding saplings 5% (¹⁄₂₀) of the time, sticks 2% of the time, and otherwise nothing. Jungle leaves drop saplings 2.5% (¹⁄₄₀) of the time. Oak and dark oak leaves also have a separate but additional 0.5% (¹⁄₂₀₀) chance of dropping an apple, making it extremely rare but possible for a single leaf to drop a sapling, two sticks and an apple at the same time. Leaves that are burned do not yield saplings or apples.

Leaves are always transparent to light but cannot be seen through when the graphics is set to "Fast" or fancy leaves are turned off; the transparent regions are instead dark green. Leaves that are entirely surrounded by full blocks also render opaque in Bedrock Edition. They diffuse sky light, causing the shadows they cast under trees.

Leaf blocks can be waterlogged although they are full blocks. Water does not spread out‌^{[Java Edition only]}, and waterlogged leaves follow the same rules as any other waterlogged block. When concrete powder is placed on any side of the waterlogged leaves it turns into concrete, and the leaf block remains waterlogged.

Although leaves behave as solid blocks by preventing entities from moving through them, they also behave as non-solid, in that leaves do not prevent chests from opening.

Applying bone meal to mangrove leaves with a space beneath produces a hanging mangrove propagule with age=0.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Leaf Litter	Any Leaves block	0.1

Redstone component

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

The state of a leaves block—including a player-placed block—changes after 1 game tick (half a redstone tick) when the distance to the nearest log or wood block changes, up to 6 blocks of leaves away. Observers facing away from the leaves detect this change and transmit a redstone signal in the same game tick, making leaves useful for redstone signal transmission.

Piston interactivity

Leaves are destroyed when pushed by pistons. They do not stick to sticky pistons, slime blocks, or honey blocks.

Composting

Most types of leaves have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. A stack of leaves yields an average of 3.05 bone meal. The exception are flowering azalea leaves, which have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level (a stack of those yields 4.92 pieces of bone meal on average).

Bees

Flowering azaleas leaves and cherry leaves function like any other flowers in their interaction and uses with bees.

Color

• In the inventory, oak, jungle, acacia, and dark oak leaves are colored
   #48b518 in Java Edition, or use pre-colored textures in Bedrock Edition.
• In the inventory, mangrove leaves are colored
   #92c648 in Java Edition, or use pre-colored textures in Bedrock Edition..
• Spruce leaves are colored
   #619961, and are not affected by biome or inventory color.^[1]
• Birch leaves are colored
   #80a755, and are not affected by biome or inventory color.^[1]
• Azalea, flowering azalea, cherry, pale oak, and poplar leaves are not colored.

Biome colors

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. In Bedrock Edition, biome colors also appear on maps.

Biome	Color	Renders
		Oak Leaves	Jungle Leaves	Acacia Leaves	Dark Oak Leaves	Mangrove Leaves
Badlands‌[JE only]	#9E814D
Eroded Badlands‌[JE only]
Wooded Badlands‌[JE only]
Desert	#AEA42A
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Windswept Savanna
Nether Wastes
Soul Sand Valley
Crimson Forest
Warped Forest
Basalt Deltas
Badlands‌[BE only]
Eroded Badlands‌[BE only]
Wooded Badlands‌[BE only]
Badlands Plateau‌[BE only]
Modified Badlands Plateau‌[BE only]
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau‌[BE only]
Desert Hills‌[BE only]
Desert Lakes‌[BE only]
Stony Peaks	#82AC1E
Shattered Savanna Plateau‌[BE only]	#64b216
Jungle	#30BB0B
Bamboo Jungle
Jungle Hills‌[BE only]
Modified Jungle‌[BE only]
Bamboo Jungle Hills‌[BE only]
Sparse Jungle	#3EB80F
Modified Jungle Edge‌[BE only]
Lush Caves‌[BE only]	#A6A432
Mushroom Fields	#2BBB0F
Mushroom Field Shore‌[BE only]
Plains	#77AB2F
Sunflower Plains
Beach
Dripstone Caves‌[JE only]
Deep Dark
Sulfur Caves
Swamp	#6A7039
Swamp Hills‌[BE only]
Mangrove Swamp	#8DB127
Forest	#59AE30
Flower Forest
Dark Forest
Wooded Hills‌[BE only]
Tall Birch Hills‌[BE only]
Dark Forest Hills‌[BE only]
Pale Garden	#878D76
Birch Forest	#6BA941
Old Growth Birch Forest
Birch Forest Hills‌[BE only]
Dappled Forest	#e68e30
Ocean	#71A74D
Deep Ocean
Warm Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
River
Lush Caves‌[JE only]
The End
Small End Islands‌[JE only]
End Barrens‌[JE only]
End Midlands‌[JE only]
End Highlands‌[JE only]
The Void‌[JE only]
Deep Warm Ocean‌[BE only]
Meadow‌[JE only]	#63A948
Cherry Grove	#B6DB61
Meadow‌[BE only]	#68A55F
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Giant Tree Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Taiga	#68A464
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Taiga Mountains‌[BE only]
Dripstone Caves‌[BE only]	#70A26C
Windswept Hills	#6DA36B
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Forest
Stony Shore
Gravelly Mountains+‌[BE only]
Mountain Edge‌[BE only]
Snowy Beach	#64A278
Snowy Plains	#60A17B
Ice Spikes
Ice Caves​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]
Snowy Taiga
Frozen Ocean
Frozen River
Grove
Snowy Slopes
Frozen Peaks
Jagged Peaks
Snowy Mountains‌[BE only]
Legacy Frozen Ocean‌[BE only]
Snowy Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Snowy Taiga Mountains‌[BE only]

Snowy leaves

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

In any biome with a base temperature of below 0.15, all biome-tinted leaves gradually fade to white once snowfall begins, giving them a frosted appearance for the storm's duration. During transition, the white color is blended with the regular color in eight steps. After snowfall ends, leaves gradually fade back to their normal coloration.

This does not affect leaves in biomes with a higher base temperature, even at altitudes that allow snowfall. Cherry, azalea, flowering azalea, pale oak, and poplar leaves are not affected as their colors are based on the texture instead of colormaps.^[2][3] The change is entirely invisible to the client if the graphics mode is set to Simple, though it still takes place, and leaves are the correct color phase for the time if the option is re-enabled.

Particles

All types of leaves (except spruce)‌^{[JE only]} have their own falling leaves particle which are produced underneath the leaf block, where they slowly fall to the ground.

Leaf particles from biome-tinted leaves have the same color as the leaves they're falling from, which can change with the biome or during snowfall.‌^{[BE only]} Cherry, pale oak, and all poplar leaves have pre-colored textures, azalea leaves use a hard-coded color.​

• 
  Particles falling from cherry leaves
• 
  Particles falling from pale oak leaves

Ambient sounds

Poplar leaves occasionally emit ambient sounds when they are surrounded by a non-stripped log of any kind and 3 poplar leaves of the same color in all 4 horizontal directions.

The ambient sounds emitted can be heard from up to 12 blocks.

• 
  Requirements for the central red poplar leaves to emit ambient sounds

Sounds

Other leaves

Java Edition:

grass sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.grass.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

grass sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.grass	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.7	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.grass	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.grass	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.3	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Shovel flattens	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	use.grass	subtitles.item.shovel.flatten​	1.0	0.8
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.11	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.21	1.0

Azalea leaves

Java Edition:

azalea_leaves sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.azalea_leaves.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.85	0.8/0.736	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.azalea_leaves.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.85	0.8/0.736	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.azalea_leaves.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.2	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.azalea_leaves.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.azalea_leaves.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.1275	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

azalea_leaves sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.azalea_leaves	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.azalea_leaves	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.azalea_leaves	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.249	0.65
	​Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.azalea_leaves	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	Walking on the block	step.azalea_leaves	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	Jumping from the block	step.azalea_leaves	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Friendly Mobs	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.azalea_leaves	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Cherry leaves

Java Edition:

cherry_leaves sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.cherry_leaves.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.cherry_leaves.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.cherry_leaves.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.2	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.cherry_leaves.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.cherry_leaves.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

cherry_leaves sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.cherry_leaves	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.cherry_leaves	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.cherry_leaves	​ ?	0.8	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.cherry_leaves	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks[sound 1]	Walking on the block	step.cherry_leaves	​ ?	0.2	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks[sound 1]	Jumping from the block	step.cherry_leaves	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks[sound 1]	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.cherry_leaves	​ ?	0.18	1.0

Poplar leaves

Generic

Java Edition:

poplar_leaves sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.poplar_leaves.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.poplar_leaves.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.poplar_leaves.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.2	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.poplar_leaves.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	block.poplar_leaves.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

poplar_leaves sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.poplar_leaves.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.8	1.2
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.poplar_leaves.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Players	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.poplar_leaves.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	1.0	0.8
	​Something falls on a block	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.poplar_leaves.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	1.0	0.75
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	block.poplar_leaves.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Jumping	Players	Jumping from the block	block.poplar_leaves.jump	subtitles.block.generic.jump​	0.4	1.0
	​Landing	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	block.poplar_leaves.land	subtitles.block.generic.land​	0.4	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Oak Leaves	oak_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.oak_leaves
Spruce Leaves	spruce_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.spruce_leaves
Birch Leaves	birch_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.birch_leaves
Jungle Leaves	jungle_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.jungle_leaves
Acacia Leaves	acacia_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.acacia_leaves
Dark Oak Leaves	dark_oak_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.dark_oak_leaves
Mangrove Leaves	mangrove_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.mangrove_leaves
Cherry Leaves	cherry_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.cherry_leaves
Pale Oak Leaves	pale_oak_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.pale_oak_leaves
Red Poplar leaves	red_poplar_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.red_poplar_leaves
Orange Poplar Leaves	orange_poplar_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.orange_poplar_leaves
Yellow Poplar Leaves	yellow_poplar_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.yellow_poplar_leaves
Azalea Leaves	azalea_leaves	Block & Item	lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	leaves	block.minecraft.azalea_leaves
Flowering Azalea Leaves	flowering_azalea_leaves	Block & Item	flowers lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace leaves mineable/hoe	flowers leaves	block.minecraft.flowering_azalea_leaves

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Translation key
Oak Leaves	oak_leaves	leaves / 0	18	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.leaves.oak.name
Spruce Leaves	spruce_leaves	leaves / 1	1055	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -800)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.leaves.spruce.name
Birch Leaves	birch_leaves	leaves / 2	1056	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -801)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.leaves.birch.name
Jungle Leaves	jungle_leaves	leaves / 3	1057	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -802)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.leaves.jungle.name
Acacia Leaves	acacia_leaves	leaves2 / 0	161	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.leaves2.acacia.name tile.leaves.acacia.name
Dark Oak Leaves	dark_oak_leaves	leaves2 / 1	1058	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -803)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.leaves2.big_oak.name tile.leaves.big_oak.name
Mangrove Leaves	mangrove_leaves	None	727	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -472)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.mangrove_leaves.name
Cherry Leaves	cherry_leaves	None	803	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -548)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.cherry_leaves.name
Pale Oak Leaves	pale_oak_leaves	None	1262	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1007)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.pale_oak_leaves.name
Red Poplar Leaves	red_poplar_leaves	None	1400	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1145)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.red_poplar_leaves.name
Orange Poplar Leaves	orange_poplar_leaves	None	1399	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1144)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.orange_poplar_leaves.name
Yellow Poplar Leaves	yellow_poplar_leaves	None	1401	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1146)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.yellow_poplar_leaves.name
Azalea Leaves	azalea_leaves	None	579	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -324)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.azalea_leaves.name
Flowering Azalea Leaves	azalea_leaves_flowered	None	580	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -325)	minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible minecraft:leaves	tile.azalea_leaves_flowered.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History

For the different historical leaf decay algorithms, see History of leaf decay.

Announcement

August 25, 2009							Demonstrated that leaves now drop saplings.
October 3, 2020							Azalea and flowering azalea leaves are shown as part of lush caves at Minecraft Live 2020.
October 16, 2021							Mangrove leaves were shown at Minecraft Live 2021.
September 28, 2024							Pale oak leaves were shown at Minecraft Live 2024.
May 30, 2026							Poplar leaves were shown at Minecraft Live – May 2026 with three color variants, each appearing in two iterations

Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
0.0.14a							Added leaves.
							The bottom texture of leaves is mirrored vertically.
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)							The texture of leaves has been changed.
0.0.19a							Leaves can now be selected on the hotbar, rather than strictly requiring a number key as placeable blocks did previously.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Leaves now drop saplings.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091223-1459				Leaves now produce shadows.
			20100107-1947				Leaves texture is now solid.
20100218-0011							Leaves now decay.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1414							Leaves no longer decay.
20100325-1545							Leaves now decay again.
20100413-1951							Leaves no longer decay due to the addition of big trees.
20100615							Leaves now decay again.
20100616-1808							Leaves now use an opaque texture and act like opaque solid blocks when the graphics setting is set to "Fast".
							Blocks like torches, doors and ladders can now be placed on leaves with fast graphics.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.6							Leaves no longer decay.
							Leaves now have a 1⁄20 chance of dropping a sapling instead of 1⁄10.
v1.0.6_01							Leaves now decay again when not connected to the ground or to a tree trunk.
v1.2.0			preview				With the addition of biomes, the color of leaves have been changed.
							Leaves no longer decay.
v1.2.1							Leaf breaking particle colors now reflect the biome, instead of the grayscale texture.
v1.2.3							Leaf decay has been re-introduced.
v1.2.3_01							Leaf decay is now disabled, due to an infinite loop in the code.
Java Edition Beta
1.0							Leaf decay has been re-introduced with the new behavior.
1.1							Leaf decay has been rewritten, once again.
1.2							Added spruce and birch leaves, which are colored  #619961 and  #80a755 respectively, and do not vary across biomes.
							Spruce and birch leaves that decay, or are destroyed, drop oak saplings.
1.5							Spruce and birch leaves now drop their respective saplings.
1.6			Test Build 3				Leaves are no longer considered solid with Fast graphics, meaning that certain blocks can no longer be placed on leaves and mobs cannot spawn on top of them.
1.7							Added shears, which collect leaves. Before, leaves could be obtained only via inventory editing.
							Leaves no longer appear gray (blank and uncolored, default texture before the application of biome coloration) in the inventory.
1.8			Pre-release				Leaves placed by the player or an enderman no longer decay like normal leaves do.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				The Silk Touch enchantment can now be used to collect leaves.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				Silk Touch now preserves the data value of broken leaves rather than always dropping oak. This now includes non-species metadata, allowing for the collection of invalid data value leaves as an item.
							Spruce and birch leaves are now available directly in the creative inventory.
1.1			11w48a				Oak leaves now have a 1⁄200 chance of dropping an apple.
1.2.1			12w03a				Added jungle leaves.
							Oak leaves now generate in jungle bushes.
1.3.1			12w18a				Jungle leaves now have a small chance of dropping cocoa beans.
							Each type of leaves now has a unique name.
			12w19a				Jungle leaves no longer drop cocoa beans.
			12w22a				Water now slowly drips through leaves during rain.
1.4.6			12w49a				Leaves now always drop the correct data values when collected via Silk Touch, making invalid data value leaves unobtainable in survival from this point onwards.
1.7.2			13w43a				Added acacia and dark oak leaves, which use separate but identical textures to oak leaves.
			1.7				Acacia and dark oak leaves now drop acacia and dark oak saplings, rather than oak and spruce saplings.[4]
1.8			14w25a				Jungle leaves now use the texture of oak leaves.[5] This is an issue with the model, as it points to the exact same texture file as oak leaves do, making the jungle leaves texture file unused in this version.
							Leaves now render differently with the "Fast" graphics setting.
							Leaves no longer have distinct texture files for fast and fancy graphics.
			14w25b				Jungle leaves now use their own texture again.[5]
							Leaves now render differently in the "Fast" graphics setting - all transparent pixels are rendered fully opaque, causing them to appear black with the default textures.[6]
1.11			16w39a				Dark oak leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13			18w22a				Naturally-generated leaves now survive at a distance of up to 6 blocks from logs, instead of 4.
1.14			18w43a				Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
							The textures of all leaves have changed. This also results in birch, acacia and dark oak leaves having visually distinct textures from oak leaves.
			18w48a				Oak leaves now generate at some meeting points in plains villages.
			19w03a				Placing leaves into the brand-new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Leaves now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
1.16			20w15a				Hoes can now break leaves quickly.
1.17			21w05a				Added azalea and flowering azalea leaves.
			21w10a				Both types of azalea leaves now generate as part of azalea trees above a lush cave biome.
			21w13a				Bees now see flowering azalea leaves as a pollen source.
							Endermen now pick up flowering azalea leaves.
			21w16a				Azalea can now be grown into azalea trees, making both types of azalea leaves obtainable in survival.
			pre1				Endermen no longer pick up flowering azalea leaves.
1.19			22w11a				Added mangrove leaves.
			22w12a				Leaves are now waterloggable.
							Mangrove leaves are now compostable.[7]
							Hoes can now mine mangrove leaves faster.[8]
			22w13a				Mangrove leaves now can drop sticks when broken.
			22w14a				Due to the addition of the mangrove tree and mangrove swamp, mangrove leaves were made obtainable and renewable.
			22w15a				The texture of mangrove leaves has changed.
							Mangrove leaves now drop when broken with Silk Touch.[9]
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added cherry leaves behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			pre1				Bees now see cherry leaves as flowers.
			pre4				Updated the texture of cherry leaves.
1.20			23w12a				Cherry leaves are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Oak leaves can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
1.21			24w18a				Mangrove leaves can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Added pale oak leaves behind the "Winter Drop" experimental data pack.
							Unlike in Minecraft Live, pale oak leaves are not biome colored.
1.21.4			24w44a				Pale oak leaves are now available without using the "Winter Drop" experimental data pack.
							Pale oak leaves now emit a falling leaf particle effect.
1.21.5			25w02a				Leaves can now be smelted into leaf litter.
							All leaves now emit falling leaf particles, not just cherry and pale oak.
							Pale oak leaves now have an updated map color.
1.21.11			25w41a				The transparency of leaves is now controlled by the "See-Through Leaves" setting.
			pre1				Opaque leaves render differently due to a bug.[10]
			pre2				The appearance of opaque leaves has been changed. When the "See-Through Leaves" setting is disabled, all the transparent pixels are set to the darkest opaque color, further darkened by 25%.
26.3			snap1				Added red, orange, and yellow poplar leaves.
							Unlike other leaves, poplar leaves don't use the dark_cutout mipmap strategy, resulting in an incorrect appearance when the "See-Through Leaves" setting is turned off.
							Spruce leaves no longer emit falling leaf particles.
							Oak, birch, jungle, cherry, and poplar leaves now generate as part of abandoned camps.
			snap2				Red, orange, and yellow poplar leaves have their updated map colors. Previously, they were all  7 PLANT.
			snap8				Poplar leaves now use the dark_cutout mipmap strategy.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
Demo							Added oak, spruce, and birch leaves, all of which are tinted with  #339933.
v0.1.0							Added opaque item models for the block and item form of leaves when the graphics setting is not set to "Fancy".
							Added an item model for oak leaves tinted with  #59a53f and an inventory icon.
							Oak Leaves in item form with damage value 1 and 2 use models of spruce and birch leaves, however still place oak leaves.
							Added inventory icon for oak leaves.
v0.2.0							The texture of inventory icon for oak leaves has been changed.
v0.2.1							The item model use separate but identical magenta textures when "Fancy Graphics" are enabled/disabled and no longer tinted.
							Oak leaves in item form with damage value 1 and 2 no longer use models of spruce and birch leaves.
							The texture of inventory icon for oak leaves has been changed.
v0.2.1 alpha2							The textures of oak and birch leaves have been changed.
							The textures were taken from Java Edition Alpha v1.1.2_01 and earlier.
							The textures of oak leaves in item form have been changed to pre-tinted leaves.
v0.3.0							Oak leaves now drop their item form when broken with shears.
							Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of oak leaves in the inventory.
							Breaking spruce or birch leaves with shears would drop strange leaves items that had a durability bar, and would stack to 1, sometimes appearing as infinity. Spruce leaves used the crafting table side texture on all sides on some devices.[11]
							The texture of inventory icon for oak leaves has been changed.
v0.3.2							The tints of oak, spruce, and birch leaves, have been changed to  #48b518,  #619961, and  #80a755.
							Added item form for birch and spruce leaves. They use oak leaves in item form model.
							Spruce and birch leaves no longer dropped glitched items when broken by shears.
							The item form for spruce leaves would sometimes use the crafting table texture on all sides when dropped as an item or held in the player's hand.
							Leaves now have a small chance to drop their respective sapling type when broken.
							The texture of inventory icon for oak leaves has been changed.
v0.4.0							Spruce leaves in item form now have separate pre-tinted textures.
							The item form for spruce leaves would no longer sometimes use the crafting table texture on all sides when dropped as an item or held in the player's hand.
							Oak leaves now have a small chance to drop an apple when broken.
							The texture of inventory icon for oak leaves has been changed.
v0.5.0							The texture of inventory icon for birch leaves has been changed.
v0.6.0							The texture of inventory icon for birch leaves has been changed, once again.
v0.8.0			build 1				Added jungle leaves to the Creative inventory. If fancy graphics is enabled, the jungle leaves texture incorrectly uses a tinted still water texture for the top row of pixels. This texture is affected by the "Animated water" setting.
							The textures of oak and birch leaves have been changed.
							Leaves now use rendered item models for inventory icon.
			build 5				The texture of jungle leaves with fancy graphics has been corrected.
v0.9.0			build 1				Added acacia and dark oak leaves. They use separate but identical textures to oak leaves.
							The models of leaves have been changed. Jungle leaves are now permanently opaque.
							Jungle leaves can now be obtained in Survival mode as part of jungle trees.
							Leaves now release spiders, creating a higher amount of spiders in tree-rich biomes at night (version exclusive).
v0.12.1			build 1				Leaves in snowy biomes now gradually become frost-covered during snowfall. Jungle leaves don't have a snowy texture.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Dark oak leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.22				Jungle leaves are now transparent on higher-end devices when Fancy leaves are turned on. Jungle leaves now have a snowy texture.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
							The textures of all leaves have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Leaves can now be used to fill up composters.
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.52				Added azalea and flowering azalea leaves behind the "Caves and Cliffs" experimental toggle.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.230.50				Bees now interact with flowering azalea leaves as they do with regular flowers.
			beta 1.17.0.50				Azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves now have a chance to drop azalea or flowering azalea when broken.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Azalea leaves now have correct color on maps.
							Azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves are now available without enabling Experimental Gameplay.
1.17.10			beta 1.17.10.20				Spruce and birch leaves are affected by biome tinting if the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle is enabled.[12]
1.17.30			beta 1.17.20.20				Spruce and birch leaves are no longer affected by biome tinting.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Added mangrove leaves.
1.19.10			Preview 1.19.10.22				Renamed Flowered Azalea Leaves to Flowering Azalea Leaves to match Java Edition.
1.19.20			Preview 1.19.20.20				Azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves can now be destroyed by ravagers.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.20				Added cherry leaves.
			Preview 1.19.80.21				Updated the texture of cherry leaves.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.21				Cherry leaves are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Added pale oak leaves.
			Preview 1.21.50.28				Updated the texture of opaque mangrove leaves.
1.21.60 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.60.25				All leaves now emit falling leaf particles, not just cherry and pale oak.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Added red, orange, and yellow poplar leaves.
							Oak, birch, jungle, cherry, and poplar leaves now generate as part of abandoned camps.
			Preview 26.40.30				Updated ambient sounds for poplar leaves.
							Added custom sound events for poplar leaves. Previously, they used the same sounds as leaf litter, with no difference in sounds.
26.50 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.50.20				Poplar leaves now have unique subtitles for "jump on block" and "land on block".
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.
			Preview 26.50.24				Poplar leaves can now be transformed into leaf litter in the furnace.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added leaves.
TU5							Leaf blocks placed by the player no longer decay like normal leaves do.
							Apples now drop from leaves.
TU12							Added jungle leaves.
TU14		1.04					Water drip particles appear underneath leaves if it's raining.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added acacia and dark oak leaves.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
			1.90				Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
							The textures of all leaves have been changed.
			1.91				Leaves can now be used to fill up composters.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added leaves.

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  Old leaves texture.

Data history

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.2							A fourth type of leaves with data value 3, 7, 11 and 15 also exists. It uses a texture of oak and birch leaves and colored  #619961.
							Leaves pre-dating this update include multiple types of leaves, as the data indicating leaf type was previously used for decay calculations.
Java Edition
1.2.1			12w03a				Oak trees pre-dating Beta 1.2 can include some jungle leaves as the data indicating leaf type had previously been used for decay calculations.
							Leaves with data value 3, 7, 11, 15 replaced with jungle leaves.
1.8			14w10a				minecraft:leaves2 blocks with numerical metadata variants 2-3, 6-7, 10-11 and 14-15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, but some of which can be obtained through glitches, now have no model rather than appearing identical to either acacia or dark oak wood.[verify for Java Edition]
			14w25a				Leaves are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of minecraft:leaves were as follows: DV Description 0 Oak Leaves 1 Spruce Leaves 2 Birch Leaves 3 Jungle Leaves 4 Oak Leaves (check decay) 5 Spruce Leaves (check decay) 6 Birch Leaves (check decay) 7 Jungle Leaves (check decay) 8 Oak Leaves (persistent) 9 Spruce Leaves (persistent) 10 Birch Leaves (persistent) 11 Jungle Leaves (persistent) 12 Oak Leaves (persistent, check decay) 13 Spruce Leaves (persistent, check decay) 14 Birch Leaves (persistent, check decay) 15 Jungle Leaves (persistent, check decay) The data values for minecraft:leaves2 were as follows: DV Description 0 Acacia Leaves 1 Dark Oak Leaves 2-3 Undefined species 4 Acacia Leaves (check decay) 5 Dark Oak Leaves (check decay) 6-7 Undefined species 8 Acacia Leaves (persistent) 9 Dark Oak Leaves (persistent) 10-11 Undefined species 12 Acacia Leaves (persistent, check decay) 13 Dark Oak Leaves (persistent, check decay) 14-15 Undefined species
			14w26a				Placed instances minecraft:leaves2 with metadata values 2-3, 6-7, 10-11 and 14-15 have now been completely removed from the game.
1.13			17w47a				The different variant block states for both the leaves and leaves2 IDs have now been split up into their own IDs.
							Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 18 and 161.

Bedrock Edition

Issues

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

Trivia

• Occasionally, leaves grow through other blocks, acting as though they are still connected to the tree. They may also completely replace blocks they try to grow into.
• Some trees seem to occasionally drop apples or saplings without being destroyed due to creation of leaf blocks not supported by logs.

Gallery

Renders

Snowy leaves

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  Oak Leaves
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  Spruce Leaves
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  Birch Leaves
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  Jungle Leaves
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  Acacia Leaves
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  Dark Oak Leaves
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  Mangrove Leaves