Bush

Bush

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

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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

Bushes as they naturally generate.

Small patches of bushes naturally generate in birch forests, old growth birch forests, forests, plains, windswept hills, windswept gravelly hills, windswept forests, and on the shores of rivers and frozen rivers.

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:

• Grass Block
• Mycelium
• Podzol
• Dirt
• Coarse Dirt
• Rooted Dirt
• Farmland
• Mud
• Muddy Mangrove Roots
• Moss Block
• Pale Moss Block

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.

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e grass sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	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:

v t e grass sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.grass	0.7	0.8–1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.grass	0.8	0.8–1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.grass	0.3	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.grass	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	0.11	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	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	Translation key
Bush	bush	1278	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -1023)	tile.bush.name

History

Java Edition
1.21.5			25w05a				Added bushes.
			25w06a				Added bush to the #replaceable_by_mushrooms and #replaceable_by_trees block tags.
							The hitbox now reaches all the way to the ground.
							No longer prevents trees from growing.
			25w07a				Now only drops when using shears or any tool enchanted with Silk Touch.
							Is now replaceable when building.
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.
							Can now be replaced by other blocks.
							Now drops itself when broken with shears or with a tool that is enchanted with Silk Touch.

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.

See also

• Shrub