Green Shrub

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This page describes content that exists only in outdated versions of Java Edition.

This feature used to be in the game, but has ever since been removed. It may or may not return in a future update.

Green shrubs were variants of the grass block ID with block metadata with a value from 3 to 15 inclusive in Java Edition. Unlike the intentionally-implemented shrub, their color changed depending on the biome.

Obtaining[]

When broken normally, green shrubs had 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. Green shrubs could be obtained as an item using shears.

Appearance[]

Unlike the normal shrub, which was not tinted per biome, the green shrub was, hence its name. This gives rise to many visually distinct colorations:

Biome	Color	Colormap Coordinate	Renders
Biome	Color	Colormap Coordinate	Green Shrub
Badlands Badlands Plateau Eroded Badlands Modified Badlands Plateau Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau Wooded Badlands Plateau	#90814D	N/A
Desert Desert Hills Desert Lakes Savanna Savanna Plateau Shattered Savanna Shattered Savanna Plateau Nether Wastes	#BFB755	(0, 255)
Jungle Jungle Hills Modified Jungle	#59C93C	(12,36)
Jungle Edge Modified Jungle Edge	#64C73F	(12, 61)
Forest Flower Forest Wooded Hills	#79C05A	(76, 112)
Birch Forest Birch Forest Hills Tall Birch Forest Tall Birch Hills	#88BB67	(101, 163)
Dark Forest Dark Forest Hills	#507A32	(76, 112) w/ additional tint
Swampbefore 13w36a	^{[more information needed]}	N/A
Swamp Swamp Hills	#6A7039	N/A
Swamp Swamp Hillswhen temp < 0.1	#4C763C	N/A
Plains Sunflower Plains Beach	#91BD59	(50, 173)
Ocean Deep Ocean River The End	#8EB971	(127, 191)
Mushroom Fields Mushroom Field Shore	#55C93F	(25, 25)
Mountains Mountain Edge Gravelly Mountains Gravelly Mountains+ Wooded Mountains Stone Shore	#8AB689	(203, 239)
Snowy Beach	#83B593	(242, 251)
Giant Tree Taiga Giant Tree Taiga Hills	#86B87F	(178, 193)
Taiga Taiga Hills Taiga Mountains Giant Spruce Taiga Giant Spruce Taiga Hills	#86B783	(191, 203)
Snowy Tundra Snowy Mountains Ice Spikes Snowy Taiga Snowy Taiga Hills Snowy Taiga Mountains Frozen Ocean Frozen River	#80B497	(255, 255)

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Grass	`tallgrass`	`31`	`tile.tallgrass.grass.name`

Block data[]

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History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.6	Test Build 3	Added green shrubs.
1.6	Test Build 3	The item form has no name, does not have a tint applied, and places shrubs instead of green shrubs even if its damage value is 3 or above as expected.
1.8	Pre-release	Green shrubs can now be harvested with shears, allowing for its acquisition from its block form.
	Pre-release	The item now appears with the correct sprite in the inventory, and is also tinted.^{[more information needed]}
	Pre-release 2 ;)	The item is now called "Grass" in the inventory.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6	The tint used for green shrubs as items has changed.^{[more information needed]}
1.5	13w02a	Green shrubs now cause a game crash if brought into view,^[verify] likely due to not having an assigned texture. This affects both its block and item forms.
	13w09b	Green shrubs no longer trigger a game crash.
	13w09b	Green shrubs now use the tinted shrub/dead bush texture, hence its common name, rather than the grass texture it used previously.
1.8	14w07a	The texture planes and pixels of green shrubs are now completely square.
	14w10a	Green shrubs no longer have a model.
	14w25a	Removed green shrubs.

Issues[]

Green Shrubs effectively were issues themselves, due to resulting from a quirk of block metadata handling at the time. As they have since been removed with several reworkings of block metadata, they can be considered already fixed.

Gallery[]

Renders[]

Plains green shrub
Taiga grass
Snowy Plains green shrub
Jungle green shrub
Desert green shrub
Swamp green shrub
Badlands green shrub

Removed features