Bush

A bush is a non-solid plant block found in many grassy biomes. Its color is biome-dependent, and matches the color of grass blocks.

Obtaining

Breaking

Attempting to mine a bush with or without any tool will instantly destroy it, but breaking the bush with shears or any item with Silk Touch is required for the bush to actually drop as an item.

Block	Bush
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.05
Shears	0.05

Legend

incorrect tool, drops nothing
correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
correct tool, drops the block itself
italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Small patches of bushes naturally generate on the shores of rivers and frozen rivers, and in birch forests, old growth birch forests, forests, plains, windswept hills, windswept gravelly hills, and windswept forests (as well as in their unused variants in Bedrock Edition). Bushes can also generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests, and forests.^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}

Post-generation

Using bone meal on a bush attempts to grow another bush on a neighboring block.

Usage

Placement

Bushes mainly serve as atmospheric decoration and can be placed on any of the following blocks:

Bushes cannot be placed inside flower pots.

In Bedrock Edition, bushes can be snowlogged.

Composting

Placing a bush into a composter has a 30 % chance of raising the compost level by 1, yielding an average of 2.74 bone meal per stack.

Color

The coloration of bushes is dependent on the biome they are in. A block always uses the color set to its location, regardless of how it was placed or of its source.

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm, which depends on the biome's temperature and downfall. See biome colors for more information.

Biome	Color	Block
Badlands	#90814D
Eroded Badlands
Wooded Badlands
Modified Badlands Plateau‌^{[BE only]}
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau‌^{[BE only]}
Cherry Grove	#B6DB61
Desert	#BFB755
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Windswept Savanna
Nether Wastes
Soul Sand Valley
Crimson Forest
Warped Forest
Basalt Deltas
Desert Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Desert Lakes‌^{[BE only]}
Badlands Plateau‌^{[BE only]}
Shattered Savanna Plateau‌^{[BE only]}	#82C245
Stony Peaks	#9ABE4B
Jungle	#59C93C
Bamboo Jungle
Jungle Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Modified Jungle‌^{[BE only]}
Bamboo Jungle Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Sparse Jungle	#64C73F
Modified Jungle Edge‌^{[BE only]}	#64C73F
Lush Caves‌^{[BE only]}	#B9B75B
Mushroom Fields	#55C93F
Mushroom Field Shore‌^{[BE only]}	#55C93F
Swamp	#6A7039^{[n 1]}
Mangrove Swamp	#6A7039^{[n 1]}
Mangrove Swamp	#4C763C^{[n 2]}
Swamp Hills‌^{[BE only]}	#4C763C^{[n 2]}
Plains	#91BD59
Sunflower Plains
Beach
Dripstone Caves‌^{[JE only]}
Deep Dark
Sulfur Caves	#ABA64F	File:Sulfur Caves Bush.png
Forest	#79C05A
Flower Forest
Wooded Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Tall Birch Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Dark Forest	#507A32
Dark Forest Hills‌^{[BE only]}	#507A32
Pale Garden	#878D76
Birch Forest	#88BB67
Old Growth Birch Forest
Birch Forest Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Dappled Forest^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}	#df6827
Ocean	#8EB971
Deep Ocean
Warm Ocean
Deep Warm Ocean‌^{[BE only]}
Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
River
Lush Caves‌^{[JE only]}
The End
Small End Islands‌^{[JE only]}
End Barrens‌^{[JE only]}
End Midlands‌^{[JE only]}
End Highlands‌^{[JE only]}
The Void‌^{[JE only]}
Meadow‌^{[JE only]}	#83BB6D
Meadow‌^{[BE only]}	#86B87F
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Giant Tree Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Taiga	#86B783
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Taiga Mountains‌^{[BE only]}
Dripstone Caves‌^{[BE only]}	#8DB58A
Windswept Hills	#8AB689
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Forest
Stony Shore
Gravelly Mountains+‌^{[BE only]}
Mountain Edge‌^{[BE only]}
Snowy Beach	#83B593
Snowy Plains	#80B497
Ice Spikes
Snowy Taiga
Frozen Ocean
Frozen River
Grove
Snowy Slopes
Frozen Peaks
Jagged Peaks
Snowy Mountains‌^{[BE only]}
Legacy Frozen Ocean‌^{[BE only]}
Snowy Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Snowy Taiga Mountains‌^{[BE only]}

↑ Above -0.1 temperature.
↑ Below -0.1 temperature.

Sounds

Java Edition:

`grass` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.grass.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.grass.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.grass.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.grass.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.grass.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

`grass` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.7	0.8–1.0
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.8	0.8–1.0
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.3	0.5
	Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0
	Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	`step.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.3	1.0
	Shovel flattens	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	`use.grass`	`subtitles.item.shovel.flatten`	1.0	0.8
	Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.11	1.0
	Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.21	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Bush	`bush`	Block & Item	`replaceable` `replaceable_by_mushrooms` `replaceable_by_trees`	`block.minecraft.bush`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Bush	`bush`	`1278`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-1023`)	`tile.bush.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.5	25w05a	Added bushes.
	25w06a	Added `bush` to the `#replaceable_by_mushrooms` and `#replaceable_by_trees` block tags.
		The hitbox of bushes now reaches all the way to the ground.
		Bushes no longer prevent trees from growing.
	25w07a	Bushes now only drop when using shears or any tool enchanted with Silk Touch.
	25w07a	Bushes are now replaceable when building.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3	snap1	Bushes can now generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests, and forests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.70.20	Added bushes.
1.21.70	Preview 1.21.70.23	All features behind the "Drop 1 2025" experimental toggle have now been fully implemented.
		Bushes can now be replaced by other blocks.
		Bushes now drop themselves when broken with shears or with a tool that is enchanted with Silk Touch.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.27	Bushes can now generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests, and forests.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50	Preview 26.50.22	All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Issues

Issues relating to "Bush" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

Several bushes in a grassy landscape