{{Cleanup}}
{{about|the saplings obtainable by breaking leaves of their respective tree types|the block used to grow an azalea tree|Azalea|the block used to grow a mangrove tree|Mangrove Propagule|the block used to grow bamboo|Bamboo shoot}}
{{Block
| image = <gallery>
Oak Sapling.png|Oak
Spruce Sapling.png|Spruce
Birch Sapling.png|Birch
Jungle Sapling.png|Jungle
Acacia Sapling.png|Acacia
Dark Oak Sapling.png|Dark Oak
Cherry Sapling.png|Cherry
</gallery>
| transparent = Yes
| light = No
| tool = any
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
}}
A '''sapling''' is a non-solid [[block]] that can be grown into a [[tree]].

==Obtaining==
===Breaking===
Saplings can be broken instantly using any tool, including the player's fist, and always drop themselves.

===Natural generation===
; Spruce

Potted spruce saplings generate in [[taiga]] and [[snowy taiga]]{{only|bedrock|short=1}} [[village]] mason houses.

; Birch

Potted birch saplings generate in a room in [[woodland mansion]]s.

; Dark oak

58 dark oak saplings generate naturally in a "sapling farm room" in woodland mansions. 28 dark oak saplings are also found inside a [[chest]] in that room.

; Acacia

Two acacia saplings generate in front of each [[savanna]] village library.

===Chest loot===
{{LootChestItem|oak-sapling,spruce-sapling,acacia-sapling,dark-oak-sapling}}

===Post-generation===
When [[leaves]] decay, or are broken by any tool except [[shears]], they 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.

===Trading===
Each type of sapling is sold by the [[wandering trader]] for 5 [[emerald]]s.

==Usage==
===Growing trees===
{{see also|Tree}}

Saplings come in seven varieties, each of which can grow into a corresponding tree: oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, dark oak, and cherry. In addition, [[azalea]]s and [[mangrove propagule]]s can also grow trees.

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 above are checked; if the ground is bad or there is not space for the chosen height, the tree does not grow. [[Bone meal]] can be used to speed up the growth of the sapling, even to grow the tree without sufficient light.

Saplings can grow into trees when placed on all variants of [[dirt]] (except [[dirt path]]s) or [[moss block]]s. The sapling requires a [[light]] level of at least 9, and require a certain volume of space above the sapling, based on its type:

*Oak needs at least 5 spaces above (3×3 column) to grow normally. If a block is present in the growth space (but not directly above the sapling), the tree still grows, but is forced to grow a large variant.
*Birch needs at least 6 spaces above (3×3 column).
*Spruce needs at least 6 spaces above (5×5 column) when placing a single sapling.
**Giant spruce needs at least 14 spaces above (6x6 column) when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square. Also requires the 4x4 area centered on the saplings at the same level to be empty.<ref name="MC-8187">{{Cite bug|MC|8187|Two by two arrangements of jungle or spruce saplings cannot grow into trees when surrounded by snow|date=January 24, 2013}}</ref>
*Jungle needs at least 5 spaces above (3×3 column) when placing a single sapling.
**Giant jungle needs at least 11 spaces above (6×6 column) when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square. Also requires the 4x4 area centered on the saplings at the same level to be empty.<ref name="MC-8187"></ref>
*Acacia needs at least 6 spaces above (5×5 column).
*Dark oak needs at least 7 spaces above (6×6 column) and must be planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square.

In addition:
*Saplings can grow only if a player is within a certain radius, even in loaded chunks. For oak saplings, this check applies to individual blocks; for dark oak, acacia and birch, it applies to each chunk.<!--Tested on superflat worlds in 1.16.1 with structures disabled and a layer of saplings.-->
*A spruce or jungle sapling cannot grow if it is part of a 2×2 square of saplings that doesn't meet the requirements for a giant tree.<!--Tested in 1.16.1-->
*Except for giant jungle and giant spruce (as noted above), sapling growth is not affected by nearby blocks on the same level as the sapling(s).

Dirt blocks in the space above the sapling are an exception. Dirt blocks do not stop the sapling from growing. For most tree types, including giant versions, the dirt remains in place and the rest of the tree generates normally around it (it is possible to grow a tree that contains only one [[log]] block at the original sapling location, with a column of dirt above where the rest of the trunk should be and leaves spreading out from it). For the large variant of oak trees, the dirt blocks are replaced with log blocks wherever they would normally occur. {{IN|java}}, all types of log block and wood block and their stripped versions are also treated like dirt blocks (they don't stop growth). {{IN|bedrock}}, log and wood blocks are treated like other block types and stop the sapling from growing if they are above it.

When a sapling on a [[grass block]] grows into a tree, the grass block becomes a dirt block.

===Bee nests===
Oak and birch [[trees]] grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of any [[flower]], [[flowering azalea]],{{only|je|short=1}} or [[flowering azalea leaves]]{{only|je|short=1}} have a 5% chance to grow with a [[bee nest]] and 1-3 bees in it.

===Decoration===
Any kind of sapling can be placed in a [[flower pot]].

===Fuel===
Saplings can be used as a fuel in [[furnace]]s, smelting 0.5 items per sapling.

===Composting===
Placing a sapling into a [[composter]] has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of saplings yields an average of 2.74 bonemeal.

== Sounds ==
=== Cherry sapling ===
{{Sound table/Block/Cherry sapling}}
=== Other saplings ===
{{Sound table/Block/Grass}}

==Data values==
===ID===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Oak Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=oak_sapling
|blocktags=saplings
|itemtags=saplings}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Spruce Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=spruce_sapling
|blocktags=saplings
|itemtags=saplings}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Birch Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=birch_sapling
|blocktags=saplings
|itemtags=saplings}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Jungle Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=jungle_sapling
|blocktags=saplings
|itemtags=saplings}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Acacia Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=acacia_sapling
|blocktags=saplings
|itemtags=saplings}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Dark Oak Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dark_oak_sapling
|blocktags=saplings
|itemtags=saplings}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cherry Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cherry_sapling
|blocktags=saplings
|itemtags=saplings
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Sapling
|spritename=saplings
|spritetype=block
|nameid=sapling
|id=6
|translationkey=tile.sapling.oak.name,tile.sapling.spruce.name,tile.sapling.birch.name,tile.sapling.jungle.name,tile.sapling.acacia.name,tile.sapling.big_oak.name}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cherry Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cherry_sapling
|id=-547
|foot=1}}

===Block states===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{/BS}}

==History==
{{History|java pre-classic}}
{{History||rd-161348|[[File:Oak Sapling JE1.png|32px]] Added saplings.}}
{{History|java classic}}
{{History||0.0.13a|[[File:Oak Sapling JE2.png|32px]] Changed texture and model of saplings.}}
{{History||August 25, 2009|link=wordofnotch:170887079|[[Notch]] showed saplings growing into [[tree]]s.}}
{{History||0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST|Added tree growth.}}
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20091223-1|[[File:Oak Sapling JE3.png|32px]] Saplings now have a stretched model with wider texture planes.}}
{{History|||snap=20100110|[[File:Oak Sapling JE4.png|32px]] The texture of saplings has been changed.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||20100413|Saplings can now grow into big [[tree]]s instead of the original pattern.}}
{{History||20100607|Saplings grow into regular trees again.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.5|[[File:Spruce Sapling JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added spruce and birch saplings. Before, trees dropped only oak saplings, regardless of the tree.
|Saplings can now be used as [[fuel]] in [[furnace]]s.
|Oak saplings from prior to this update could convert to spruce or birch saplings.{{info needed}} This was presumably due to the data now used for specifying sapling type previously being used for age calculations.{{verify}}}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|[[File:Oak Sapling JE5 move.png|32px]] Changed lighting.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.1|snap=12w01a|Oak saplings can now be found in the new [[village]] blacksmith [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w04a|[[File:Jungle Sapling JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added jungle saplings.
|[[File:Oak Sapling JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Sapling (texture) JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of oak saplings has been changed.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w17a|Saplings now have names based on their type of tree.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|[[File:Potted Oak Sapling JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potted Spruce Sapling JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potted Birch Sapling JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potted Jungle Sapling JE1.png|32px]] The ability to place saplings in [[flower pot]]s has been added.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w43a|[[File:Acacia Sapling JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE1.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Potted Acacia Sapling JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potted Dark Oak Sapling JE1.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Acacia Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added acacia and roofed oak saplings.}}
{{History|||snap=1.7|"Roofed Oak Sapling" has been renamed to "Dark Oak Sapling".}}
{{History|||snap=?|[[Block]]s can now be replaced with [[log]] by growing dark oak saplings. If pre-existing parts of a dark oak tree exist, the tree may randomly grow [[Altitude|downward]], replacing any block in the way with wood.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w07a|[[File:Oak Sapling JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE2.png|32px]] Sapling texture planes are no longer stretched by a factor of sqrt2.}}
{{History|||snap=14w10a|[[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] Saplings of metadata 8-13 (closer to growth) now [[Missing model|have no model]].}}
{{History|||snap=14w10b|Saplings 8-13 now have models again.}}
{{History|||snap=14w10c|[[File:Oak Sapling JE8 move.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE3.png|32px]] Sapling texture planes are now stretched a bit more than they were previously - were the texture full, it would reach the corners of the block.}}
{{History|||snap=14w17a|[[File:Oak Sapling JE9.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE4.png|32px]] Sapling texture planes are now the same size as they were before 14w07a.}}
{{History|||snap=14w25a|[[File:Oak Sapling JE10 move.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE5.png|32px]] Saplings are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.}}
{{History|||snap=14w26a|[[File:Oak Sapling JE11 move.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE6.png|32px]] Saplings are no longer subject to shading.}}
{{History||1.8.2|snap=pre4|Blocks can no longer be replaced using dark oak tree growth.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Dark oak and birch saplings now generate in [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Oak Sapling JE12.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE7.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Potted Oak Sapling JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potted Spruce Sapling JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potted Birch Sapling JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potted Jungle Sapling JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potted Acacia Sapling JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potted Dark Oak Sapling JE4.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Oak Sapling (texture) JE5 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all saplings have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w48a|Oak saplings can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[plains]] village houses.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Acacia saplings can now be found in chests in [[savanna]] village houses.
|Acacia saplings now generate in front of savanna village libraries.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Spruce saplings can now be found in chests in [[taiga]] village houses.
|[[Flower Pot|Potted]] spruce saplings now generate in taiga village mason houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing a sapling into the new [[composter]] block has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Saplings now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
|Added [[wandering trader]]s, which sell all types of saplings.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|[[Bee nest]]s were added, which have a chance to generate on trees grown from saplings.{{more info|Was it all tree types?}}}}
{{History|||snap=19w35a|Bee nests can no longer generate on trees grown from saplings.}}
{{History||1.15.2|snap=Pre-Release 1|Oak and birch saplings grown within 2 blocks of a flower on the same y-level now have a 5% chance to have a [[bee nest]].}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w11a|[[File:Oak Sapling JE13.png|32px]] Changed lighting.}}
{{History|||snap=21w16a|Saplings can now be planted and grown on [[mycelium]] and [[moss block]]s.<ref>{{Cite bug|MC|213927|Using bone meal on a sapling that is on a moss block consumes bone meal, but doesn't grow into a tree|date=February 4, 2021}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.18|snap=21w39a|[[File:Oak Sapling JE14.png|32px]] The default [[brightness]] has been changed from "Moody" to 50.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|[[File:Cherry Sapling JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cherry Sapling (texture) JE1.png|32px]] Added cherry saplings behind the [[Java Edition 1.20|Update 1.20 experimental datapack]].}}
{{History|||snap=1.19.4-pre2|[[File:Cherry Sapling JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cherry Sapling (texture) JE2.png|32px]] Changed the texture of cherry saplings.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Cherry saplings are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental datapack.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.2|[[File:Oak Sapling JE4 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Oak Sapling (texture) JE3 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added oak, spruce, and birch saplings.}}
{{History||v0.3.3|Saplings are now available in the creative inventory.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Oak Sapling JE10 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Sapling (texture) JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of oak saplings has been changed.
|Saplings can now be used as fuel in a [[furnace]].}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Jungle Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Jungle Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added jungle, acacia and dark oak saplings.}}
{{History|||snap=build 5|Spruce saplings can now be used to grow mega spruce [[tree]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Dark oak and birch saplings now generate in [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Saplings can now be found in [[bonus chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Saplings can now be [[trading|bought]] from [[wandering trader]]s.
|[[Flower pot|Potted]] spruce saplings can now be found in [[taiga]] and [[snowy taiga]] [[village]] mason houses.
|Acacia saplings now generate in some [[savanna]] village houses.
|[[File:Oak Sapling JE11 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE7 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE7 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling JE7 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling JE7 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE7 BE2.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Oak Sapling (texture) JE5 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all saplings have been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Oak saplings can now be found in [[village]] cartographer and [[plains]] village house [[chest]]s.
|Acacia saplings can now be found in [[savanna]] village house chests.
|Spruce saplings can now be found in [[taiga]] and [[snowy taiga]] village house chests.
|Saplings can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.15.0.51|Oak and birch saplings grown within 2 blocks of a flower on the same y-level now have a 5% chance to have a [[bee nest]].}}
{{History||Next Major Update<br>(Experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.19.80|snap=beta 1.19.80.20|[[File:Cherry Sapling JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cherry Sapling (texture) JE1.png|32px]] Added cherry saplings behind the "[[Bedrock Edition 1.20.0|Next Major Update]]" [[experimental]] toggle.}}
{{History||1.20.0|snap=beta 1.20.0.21|Cherry saplings are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Oak Sapling JE4 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Oak Sapling (texture) JE3 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added oak, spruce, and birch saplings.}}
{{History||xbox=TU12|[[File:Jungle Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added jungle saplings.}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|[[File:Acacia Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Acacia Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added acacia and dark oak saplings.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Oak Sapling JE11 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE7 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE7 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling JE7 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling JE7 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE7 BE2.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Oak Sapling (texture) JE5 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all saplings have been changed.}}

{{History|3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Oak Sapling JE4 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling JE6 BE1.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Oak Sapling (texture) JE3 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Sapling (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added saplings.}}
{{History|foot}}

===Data history===
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w10a|Saplings with [[Java Edition data values/Pre-flattening/Block IDs/Before 14w25a|numerical metadata variants]] 6, 7, 14 and 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have [[Missing model|no model]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] rather than appearing identical to dark oak saplings.}}
{{History|||snap=14w25a|Saplings are now defined via [[block states]] rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of sapling were as follows:
{{dvt|spritetype=block|sprite=oak-sapling|[[Sapling|Oak Sapling]]}}
{{dvt|sprite=spruce-sapling|[[Sapling|Spruce Sapling]]}}
{{dvt|sprite=birch-sapling|[[Sapling|Birch Sapling]]}}
{{dvt|sprite=jungle-sapling|[[Sapling|Jungle Sapling]]}}
{{dvt|sprite=acacia-sapling|[[Sapling|Acacia Sapling]]}}
{{dvt|sprite=dark-oak-sapling|[[Sapling|Dark Oak Sapling]]}}
{{dvt|sprite=missing-texture-block|dv=6-15|[[Java Edition removed blocks/Metadata variants#Boring variants|Inaccessible "boring" variants of saplings]]|foot=1}}{{info needed|8-13 were not inaccessible and boring}}}}
{{History|||snap=14w26a|Saplings with metadata values 6, 7, 14 and 15 have been completely removed from the game.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different type block states for the <code>sapling</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[Java Edition 1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 6.}}
{{History|foot}}

==Issues==
{{issue list}}

==Trivia==
*If the [[player]] stands on the same [[block]] as a placed [[tree]] sapling, the tree still grows over the player, causing [[suffocation]] as it pushes the player out of the block.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Arbor-Day.jpg|Official render of [[Zuri]], [[Sunny]], and [[Efe]] planting an oak sapling for Arbor Day.
File:Kai Dream House.jpg|[[Kai]] thinking about planting a cherry sapling.
File:Old Tree.png|Old Oak Sapling
</gallery>
===Renders===
<gallery>
Oak Sapling.png|Oak
Spruce Sapling.png|Spruce
Birch Sapling.png|Birch
Jungle Sapling.png|Jungle
Acacia Sapling.png|Acacia
Dark Oak Sapling.png|Dark Oak
Cherry Sapling.png|Cherry
</gallery>

==See also==
*{{BlockLink|id=fungi|Fungus|Fungi}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--sapling Taking Inventory: Sapling] – Minecraft.net on April 8, 2020

{{Blocks|vegetation}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]

[[cs:Sazenice]]
[[de:Setzling]]
[[es:Brote]]
[[fr:Pousse d'arbre]]
[[hu:Facsemete]]
[[it:Arboscello]]
[[ja:苗木]]
[[ko:묘목]]
[[nl:Kiemplant]]
[[pl:Sadzonka]]
[[pt:Mudas]]
[[ru:Саженец]]
[[th:ต้นกล้า]]
[[uk:Саджанець]]
[[zh:树苗]]
