Birch Forest

Birch Forests are common lush biomes, usually generating near other lush biomes. There are four variants in the biome family.

Description

Birch forest biomes are quite hilly, featuring a vast amount of only birch trees across the landscape. They generate densely, but not densely enough to cast sufficient shadows to allow hostile mobs to spawn in daytime. Rose bushes, lilacs and peonies generate in these biomes relatively commonly, as well as the usual dandelions, poppies, tall grass, and rarely, pumpkins. Like almost every other land biome in the game, water and lava lakes can generate here, which may cause fast-spreading fires due to the density of flammable trees. The grass and foliage color is a dull green/turquoise hue, much like the rivers that often run across this biome, which makes them hard to distinguish from the main birch forest biome. No unique mobs or structures are found in this biome.

These biomes provide a decent source of wood and animal food, much like the main forest. Survival here is a bit tricky, however, due to the low visibility between birch trees and because mobs like skeletons and zombies are able to protect themselves in daytime by hiding under leaves, then appearing and attacking the player unawares. Building shelter here can also be frustrating, due to having to clean up the zone before, and because of the reduced block palette that this biome offers compared to other biomes.

Variants

There are a total of four distinct birch forest biome variants.

Birch Forest

Birch Forest

Type	Medium/Lush
Rarity	Common
Temperature	0.6
Blocks	Grass Block Birch Log Birch Leaves Rose Bush Lilac Peony
Data value	dec: 27 hex: 1B bin: 11011
Biome ID	birch_forest

Birch Forest is the standard and most common birch forest biome variant, with slightly hilly, forested terrain and normal-height birch trees.

Birch Forest Hills

Birch Forest Hills

Type	Medium/Lush
Rarity	Common
Temperature	0.6
Blocks	Grass Block Birch Log Birch Leaves Rose Bush Lilac Peony
Data value	dec: 28 hex: 1C bin: 11100
Biome ID	birch_forest_hills

Birch Forest Hills, like other Hills biomes, features even hiller, rougher terrain than regular birch forests, being identical to them in every other aspect.

Tall Birch Forest

Tall Birch Forest

Type	Medium/Lush
Rarity	Rare
Temperature	0.6
Blocks	Grass Block Birch Log Birch Leaves Rose Bush Lilac Peony
Data value	dec: 155 hex: 9B bin: 10011011
Biome ID	tall_birch_forest

The Tall Birch Forest features birch trees that generate significantly taller than normal. This makes harvesting wood more difficult, but allows more wood to be collected in the long run.

Tall Birch Hills

Tall Birch Hills

Type	Medium/Lush
Rarity	Rare
Temperature	0.6
Blocks	Grass Block Birch Log Birch Leaves Rose Bush Lilac Peony
Data value	dec: 156 hex: 9C bin: 10011100
Biome ID	tall_birch_hills

Like the other hills biomes, the Tall Birch Hills biome has hillier, rougher terrain, along with the taller-than-normal birch trees of the Tall Birch Forest variant.

History

Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a		Birch forests and flower forests added, along with their variants and many other biomes.
1.13			18w16a		Cleaned up several biome names, mainly by adding missing spaces and changing "Biome M" for "Mutated Biome".
			18w19a		Names of several biomes have been changed. The exact name changes are listed here.
			pre5		Changed several biome IDs, mostly to comply with their names, listed here.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.9.0			build 1		Added birch and flower forests, along with many other biomes.
0.11.0			build 1		Added Birch Forest M and Birch Forest Hills M.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added birch and flower forests, along with many other biomes.

See also

• Biome
• Forest
• Dark Forest
• Taiga
• Giant Tree Taiga