Shrub

For the extant plant, see Red Shrub. For the natural block, see Dead Bush. For the extreme metadata variant, see Green Shrub.

This page describes content that has been removed from Minecraft.

In Java Edition, shrubs convert to dead bushes when updated, whereas in Bedrock Edition, they convert to short grass.

This feature is exclusive to Legacy Console Edition.

This article describes content that has been officially made unobtainable in New Nintendo 3DS Edition.

It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.

Shrub

View all renders (Biome colors)

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Yes (60)
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

The shrub was an unused variant of short grass that did not generate naturally. In Bedrock Edition, it used the name fern and took the appearance of short grass.

Obtaining

In Legacy Console Edition, the shrub can be obtained only through the creative menu. In Java and Bedrock editions, it could be obtained only by using commands such as /give or placed in the world using commands such as /setblock.

Breaking

When broken normally, shrubs have a ¹⁄₈ chance of dropping wheat seeds, due to being a type of grass. This drop rate is affected by Fortune like normal grass as well. Shrubs can be obtained as an item using shears.

Usage

Bone meal

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

Bone meal can be used on short grass to create large fern.

Appearance

In Java Edition, the shrub used the texture of a dead bush. The only visual difference between the shrub and the dead bush was that the shrub appeared randomly off-centered and sunk into the ground, like short grass and ferns.

In Bedrock Edition, the "fern" used the texture of short grass, which was also biome-colored.

Color

In Legacy Console Edition, shrubs appear similar to Java Edition, but they change color based on the biome they are placed in, similar to the green shrub.

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm, which depends on the biome's temperature and downfall. See biome colors for more information.

Biome	Color	Block
Badlands	#90814D
Eroded Badlands
Wooded Badlands
Badlands Plateau
Modified Badlands Plateau
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau
Desert	#BFB755
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Windswept Savanna
Shattered Savanna Plateau
Nether Wastes
Desert Hills
Desert Lakes
Jungle	#59C93C
Bamboo Jungle
Jungle Hills
Modified Jungle
Bamboo Jungle Hills
Sparse Jungle	#64C73F
Modified Jungle Edge
Mushroom Fields	#55C93F
Mushroom Field Shore
Swamp Swamp Hills	#6A7039[n 1]
	#4C763C[n 2]
Plains	#91BD59
Sunflower Plains
Beach
Forest	#79C05A
Flower Forest
Wooded Hills
Tall Birch Hills
Dark Forest	#507A32
Dark Forest Hills
Birch Forest	#88BB67
Old Growth Birch Forest
Birch Forest Hills
Ocean	#8EB971
Deep Ocean
Warm Ocean
Deep Warm Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
River
The End
Old Growth Pine Taiga	#86B87F
Giant Tree Taiga Hills
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills
Taiga	#86B783
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Taiga Hills
Taiga Mountains
Windswept Hills	#8AB689
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Forest
Stony Shore
Gravelly Mountains+
Mountain Edge
Snowy Beach	#83B593
Snowy Plains	#80B497
Ice Spikes
Snowy Taiga
Frozen Ocean
Frozen River
Snowy Mountains
Snowy Taiga Hills
Snowy Taiga Mountains

Sounds

This section uses a sound table which may not accurately represent the sounds associated with this feature.

Because of MC-177082, subtitles for falling on blocks may not have existed at this point in development, so a dedicated sound table accounting for this may be required.

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition (until 17w47a):

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Shrub	tallgrass	31	tile.tallgrass.shrub.name

Bedrock Edition (until preview 1.21.0.20):

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Fern	tallgrass	31	tile.tallgrass.fern.name

Block data

	DV	Description
	0	Shrub (identical in appearance to block dead bush when placed, but acts like grass or fern)
	1	Grass
	2	Fern
	3	Grass (identical to the shrub, but colors are affected by biome)

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
type	?	dead_bush	Shrub
		fern	Fern
		tall_grass	Grass

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
tall_grass_type	0x1 0x2	default	default	0	Fern (Unused variant which looks identical to grass, but turns into a large fern when bone meal is used)
			tall	1	Grass
			fern	2	Fern
			snow	3	Fern (looks identical to actual fern, but turns into double tallgrass when bone meal is used)

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.6			Test Build 3				Added shrubs.
							The item form has no name, and uses the grass texture instead.
1.8			Pre-release				Shrubs can now be harvested with shears, allowing for its acquisition from its block form.
							The item now appears with the correct sprite in the inventory, and, unlike its block form, is tinted with  #7cbd6b.
			Pre-release 2 ;)				The item is now called "Grass" in the inventory.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				Shrubs are no longer tinted as items.
							The item is now called "Shrub" in the inventory.
1.8			14w07a				The texture planes and pixels of shrubs are now completely square.
			14w10a				Shrubs no longer have a model.
			14w25a				Shrubs now have a model again. The texture planes are slightly stretched once again, and affected by directional shading.
			14w26a				Shrubs are no longer subject to shading.
1.13			17w47a				Removed shrubs. Existing shrub blocks and items in old worlds are converted into dead bushes.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0							Added shrubs.
							The item form uses the grass texture and it renders with the red background in the inventory and the hotbar.
v0.5.0							With the addition of tooltips, the block now displays the name "Grass".
v0.8.0			build 1				The shrub now displays the name "Fern".
							Shrubs now resemble grass instead of dead bushes.
							Shrubs are now affected by biome coloring.
							The item texture of shrubs has been changed. It no longer renders with a red background in the inventory.
							Shrubs still use this texture when held in first or third person view.
v0.9.0			build 1				The grass texture has been brightened, changing the shrub's appearance as a result.
							The tint of shrubs now changes depending on the biome.
			build 3				Bone meal can now be applied to shrubs to create large ferns.
v0.11.0			build 14				Shrubs now have a random height.
v0.12.1			build 1				Shrubs can now be snowlogged.
							Shrubs are obtainable by mining grass or actual ferns with a Silk Touch-enchanted tool.
			build 2				Shrubs are no longer obtainable through Silk Touch.
v0.14.0			build 3				Shrub hitboxes no longer occupies an entire block.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.2				Shrubs are now properly tinted when held in first or third-person view.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of grass has been changed, changing the shrub's appearance as a result.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Shrubs can now be used to fill a composter.
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.52				Applying bone meal to moss blocks can cause shrubs to generate on surrounding blocks.[1]
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.230.54				Applying bone meal to moss blocks now generates grass instead of shrubs.
1.17.40			beta 1.17.40.20				Shrubs are able to generate naturally in meadow biomes.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.20				Removed shrubs. Existing unused shrubs in old worlds are converted into short grass.

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 shrubs.
							The item form is named "Tall Grass", uses the short grass texture, and is tinted with  #7cbd6b while in the inventory.
TU5							Shrubs can be obtained from the Creative inventory, or harvested with shears once placed.
							The item now appears with the correct sprite in the inventory, and, unlike its block form, it is still tinted.
TU7							Shrubs are no longer tinted as items.
							The item is now called "Shrub" in the inventory.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Shrubs can now be placed in flower pots.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Shrubs can no longer be placed in flower pots. Potted shrubs in old worlds are retained.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		The block model of shrubs is now affected by biome colors. The item form remains unaffected.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	The item form is once again tinted with  #7cbd6b.
			1.90				The texture of dead bushes has been changed, changing the shrub's appearance as a result.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added shrubs. The item form is named "Fern".

Data history

Issues

"Shrub" is a removed block and as such issues relating to it cannot be fixed.

Trivia

• Shrubs can be seen on the cliff edge at the beginning of the Glide map "Cavern" in Legacy Console Edition.
• On the Tutorial World created for the TU31 update, 5 shrubs can be found in the backyard of the firework building.

Gallery

For Bedrock Edition renders, see Short Grass § Color. For Legacy Console Edition renders, see  § Color.

Renders

Java Edition

• 
  Potted Shrub

PlayStation 4 Edition

• 
  Shrub

Screenshots

• 
  Shrubs placed in the world. These would have been converted into dead bushes in 17w47a.

See also

• Bush (conceptually the same as a shrub)

References