Shrub

For the natural block, see Dead Bush.

Shrub

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	?
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Yes (60)
Catches fire from lava	Yes

Shrubs are variants of grass that do not generate naturally‌^{[Java Edition only]} and are currently only obtainable in Legacy Console Edition via the creative inventory. They have the same characteristics as grass and ferns, but use the texture of dead bushes.

Green shrubs were an additional and independent variant of shrubs in Java Edition whose color changed depending on the biome. They were eventually changed to look the same as normal shrubs. Later, both were removed from Java Edition completely.

Obtaining

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.

Appearance

Shrubs placed in an intersection between a taiga, a dark forest and a desert.

The shrub uses an identical texture to the dead bush.

The only visual difference between the shrub and the dead bush is that the shrub appears shorter, or sunk into the ground by 1 pixel.

List of colors

While the normal shrub was not tinted per biome,^[verify] the green shrub was, giving rise to many visually distinct colorations:

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  Badlands

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  Desert

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  Jungle

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  Jungle Edge

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  Forest

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  Birch Forest

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  Dark Forest

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  Swamp

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  Swamp (cold areas)

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  Swamp (prior to 13w36a)

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  Plains

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  Ocean

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  Mushroom Fields

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  Mountains

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  Snowy Beach

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  Giant Tree Taiga

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  Taiga

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  Snowy Tundra

Data values

ID

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

Block data

See also: Data values

	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

See also: Block states

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

History

Shrub (0)

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.[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			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.

Green Shrub (3-15)

Java Edition Beta
1.6		Test Build 3			Added green shrubs.
					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.
					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.
					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.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13		17w47a			The ID of shrubs has now been merged with the regular dead bush's (dead_bush) to match Bedrock Edition, effectively removing the shrub completely. Shrubs placed before 17w47a are converted to dead bushes

Unsorted

Java Edition
1.8		14w25a			Green colored shrubs (damage value 3 or greater) now look like normal shrubs. The inventory model is now missing.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added shrubs.
TU24	CU12	1.16			Shrubs can now be placed in flower pots.
TU60	CU51	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Shrubs now have a different texture.
		1.90			The texture of shrubs has now been changed.

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.

Removed features

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