Log

Wood is a naturally occurring block.

Obtaining
Wood can be broken by hand, but using an axe will speed up the process.

Natural generation
Oak wood blocks generate as part of houses in plains or savanna villages. Wood blocks also spawn as supporting beams of witch huts.

Trees
Wood blocks of all six types generate naturally as part of trees. Trees can also be grown using saplings.

Further crafting
The following table presents the amount of wood needed to produce an even multiple of a given item with no waste left over, and the quantity produced:

for oak, spruce, birch and jungle logs and  for acacia and dark oak logs.

Orientation and wood type is determined by their block data. They also have block states which may replace block data in the future.

Note that when a wood block is placed, it changes its facing parameters, placing in the direction relative to the block it is placed on.

Block data
The block data for wood blocks consists of two facing bits (high-order) and two wood type bits (low-order).

Block 17 

Block 162 

Block states
Block 17 

Block 162 

Trivia

 * Dark Oak and Acacia logs share a new block ID separate from the old logs, called log2, because all the other data values on the previous log block were occupied by rotated variants. There are still 2 remaining data values on the block that use the missing texture and cannot be crafted into anything. The next two trees, if more are added, will likely use these values.
 * If by one gets a sideways log or bark block into their inventory, the bark on the sides will be rotated upright, the block cannot be crafted into planks, they will be named Oak Wood (for oak, birch, pine and jungle) or acacia wood (for acacia and dark oak) and when placed will work like the normal block. This included the log2 block with data values 2 and 3, until they were removed.

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