Sapling

A sapling is an item that can be grown into trees.

Obtaining
Saplings can be broken using any tool, and will always drop itself.

Leaves
When leaves are broken by any tool except shears, they will have a 5% chance of dropping a sapling. Jungle leaves instead have a 2.5% chance of dropping a sapling.

Bone meal can be used to speed up the growth of the sapling. It takes 2–4 uses of bone meal to grow a tree. If there is not enough space, the sapling will not grow.

Breaking blocks
Dark oak saplings may grow downwards if there are parts of a previously grown dark oak trees above. When they grow downwards, it will replace any blocks that are in the way including normally unbreakable blocks like bedrock. This mechanic is a little inconsistent, and is likely to be patched in the future.

Data values
A sapling has the ID name  and is further defined by its block data. A sapling also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

Trivia

 * If the player stands on the same block as a placed sapling, the tree will still grow over the player, which will cause suffocation as it pushed the player out of the block.
 * Saplings can grow without the required amount of light if bone meal is used.

Gallery
Setzling Brote Pousse d'arbre Facsemeték Arboscello 묘목 Kiemplant Sadzonka Саженец 树苗