Sapling

A sapling is one of seven types of plant; six of which can be grown into a tree and one which grows into bamboo.

Obtaining
Saplings can be broken using any tool, and (with the exception of bamboo saplings) will always drop themselves.

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

The Fortune enchantment increases the rate to 6.25% (2.78% for jungle leaves) at level I, 8.33% (3.125% for jungle leaves) at level II, and 10% (4.17% for jungle leaves) at level III.

Natural generation
Oak saplings can be found in 25.6% of village blacksmith chests in stacks of 3–7.

In Bedrock Edition, all saplings can be found in 16.7% of bonus chests in stacks of 4.

Dark oak saplings generate naturally in a certain room in woodland mansions. They are also found inside a chest in that room.

Potted spruce saplings generate in some taiga and snowy taiga village houses.

Acacia saplings generate in some savanna village houses.

Oak saplings can be found in village cartographer and plains village house chests.

Acacia saplings can be found in savanna village house chests.

Spruce saplings can be found in taiga and snowy taiga village house chests.

Trading
Each type of sapling is sold by the wandering trader for 5 emeralds.

Growing trees
Saplings come in seven varieties, one for each of six trees: oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, and dark oak. There is also the bamboo sapling, linked to the bamboo plant.

Tree saplings can grow into trees when placed on dirt, podzol or a grass block. Oak, birch, and (normal) spruce can also grow on farmland, and 2×2 trees only check for dirt or grass under the northwestern-most sapling. The sapling requires a light level of at least 9, and require a certain amount of space around the sapling, based on its type:
 * Oak needs at least 5 spaces above
 * Birch needs at least 6 spaces above
 * Spruce needs at least 7 spaces above when placing a single sapling
 * Giant spruce needs at least 14 spaces above when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square
 * Jungle needs at least 5 spaces above when placing a single sapling
 * Giant jungle needs at least 11 spaces above and 1 space adjacent when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square
 * Acacia needs at least 6 spaces above
 * Dark oak needs at least 7 spaces above and must be planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square

Bone meal can be used to speed up the growth of the sapling, and to grow the tree without sufficient light.

Tree saplings have two growth stages (with no visible difference between them) before growing into trees. When a tree is to be grown, a height is chosen and then the ground and space are checked; if the ground is bad or there is not space for the chosen height, the tree will not grow.

Oak saplings will grow through dirt, replacing it with wood trunks.

Single and giant trees will not grow when they have an adjacent block next to them above ground, including half blocks. Single trees will allow objects to be placed at their diagonals without impeding growth, giant trees will not. Oak trees ignore adjacent blocks and will grow anyway, provided there is enough space above.

Decoration
Any kind of tree sapling can be placed in a flower pot.

Fuel
Tree saplings can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.5 items per sapling.

Composting
Placing saplings into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Block data
In Bedrock Edition, saplings use the following data values:

Trivia

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

Gallery
Sazenice Setzling Brote Pousse d'arbre Facsemete Arboscello 苗木 묘목 Kiemplant Sadzonka Mudas Саженец 树苗