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(This article is about crop plants. If you want information about trees, see Tree.)

Crops are plants that can be farmed, traded for, or acquired by plant gathering. The farming of crops happens at farm plots. There are two types of crops: aboveground and subterranean (underground). The seeds of subterranean crops may be brought from the starting embark screen or, with some small luck, purchased from dwarven caravans. Above ground crops and seeds may be purchased from human or elven caravans or gathered by dwarves with the plant gathering labor enabled. Seeds may also be collected by processing the plants or eating them (but not by cooking!). There is a limit of 200 seeds per type (adjustable in d_init.txt), after which no additional seeds will be produced.

A few of the plants listed below are not strictly crops, as they have no seeds and can't be planted (see note "4", below). "Wet" and "Dry" determine where plants are found in proximity to watercourses when gathering wild plants, and do not affect farm plots.

Most plants can be brewed into alcohol, each plant type producing a different variation, and dwarves do prefer some variety in their drink. Some plants may be eaten raw, others must be cooked first, others must be processed (by milling or plant processing) before they are edible, and still others are inedible, producing only non-food products (their seeds may be edible, though). Drinks may be cooked as ingredients in prepared meals, but at least one of the ingredients must be a non-liquid.

All drinks require a spare barrel or large pot for storage, and some other products also require specific containers for storage. Plants can be stored in barrels or without a container; seeds are stored individually or in bags which can then be put into barrels. It may be advisable to have a small stockpile that accepts only seeds next to your farm(s), since dwarves will happily carry entire pots of seeds across the map to pick up a single seed, leading to cancellation spam and irregular planting.

Standard plants

These are the plants defined in the file plant_standard.txt. Standard plants have been changed very little from the previous version; tiles and colors have been upgraded, and brewing, pressing and processing plants to bags have been re-implemented as reactions, which means these options will be unavailable in the workshop if materials are missing.

Dwarven crops

There are only 6 underground crops, aka "dwarven" crops. Five can be used for food, booze and/or other fortress needs, and one (dimple cups) is dye only (although the seeds can be cooked). All six are (usually) available on embark and included in the default embark profile.

Tile	Graphic	Name	Biome & seasons	Align	Value	Drink	Drink value1	Eat	Cook2	Product(s)5 & value
♠		Plump helmet	Subterranean Water  (Layers 1-3) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Dwarven wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	· / plump helmet spawn 1☼
τ		Pig tail	Subterranean Water  (Layers 1-3) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Dwarven ale	10☼	No	No	· / pig tail seed 1☼ φ pig tail thread (p) 12☼ ≈ / pig tail slurry (h) 2☼
τ		Cave wheat	Subterranean Water  (Layers 1-3) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Dwarven beer	10☼	No	Pr3	· / cave wheat seed 1☼ · dwarven wheat flour (m) 20☼
Φ		Sweet pod	Subterranean Water  (Layers 1-3) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Dwarven rum	10☼	No	Pr3	· / sweet pod seed 1☼ · dwarven sugar (m) 20☼ ≈ dwarven syrup (l) 1001☼
♣		Quarry bush	Subterranean Water  (Layers 1-3) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	Pr3	♠ / quarry bush leaf (b) 501☼ · / rock nut 1☼ ≈ rock nut paste (m) 1☼ ≈ rock nut press cake (s) 1☼ ≈ rock nut oil (s) 5☼
♥		Dimple cup	Subterranean Water  (Layers 1-3) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	No	· / dimple cup spawn 1☼ · dimple dye (m) 20☼

Above-ground plants

Tile	Graphic	Name	Biome & seasons	Align	Value	Drink	Drink value1	Eat	Cook2	Product(s)5 & value
τ		Muck root	Any Wetland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	1☼	Swamp whiskey	5☼	Yes	Yes	· / muck root seed 1☼
Φ		Bloated tuber	Any Wetland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Tuber beer	10☼	Yes	Yes	· / bloated tuber seed 1☼
Φ		Kobold bulb4	Any Wetland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	5☼	None	—	No	No	≈ gnomeblight (e) 5001☼
:		Prickle berry	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	1☼	Prickle berry wine	5☼	Yes	Yes	· / prickle berry seed 1☼
:		Strawberry	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Strawberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	% / strawberry fruit 1☼ : strawberry plant 1☼ · strawberry seed 1☼
τ		Longland grass	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Longland beer	10☼	No	Pr3	· / longland grass seed 1☼ · longland flour (m) 20☼
ÿ		Valley herb4	Temperate Grassland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	10☼	None	—	No	Yes	≈ golden salve (v) 5001☼
τ		Rat weed	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	1☼	Sewer brew	5☼	Yes	Yes	· / rat weed seed 1☼
:		Fisher berry	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Fisher berry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	· / fisher berry seed 1☼
ƒ		Rope reed	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	River spirits	10☼	No	No	· / rope reed seed 1☼ φ rope reed thread (p) 12☼ ≈ rope reed slurry (h) 2☼
τ		Blade weed	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	No	· / blade weed seed 1☼ · emerald dye (m) 20☼
τ		Hide root	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	1☼	None	—	No	No	· / hide root seed 1☼ · redroot dye (m) 10☼
τ		Sliver barb	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Evil	1☼	Gutter cruor	5☼	No	No	· / sliver barb seed 1☼ · sliver dye (m) 20☼
:		Sun berry	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Good	9☼	Sunshine	25☼	Yes	Yes	· / sun berry seed 1☼
§		Whip vine	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Savage	1☼	Whip wine	15☼	No	Pr3	· / whip vine seed 1☼ · whip vine flour (m) 25☼

Notes:

¹ This is the value for a stack of 5 units, which is the number rendered from a single plant.

² Anything that can be cooked is edible afterwards. Note that cooking leaves no seeds for re-planting.

³ These plants cannot be eaten/cooked until they are further processed, either by milling or extracting; see "products" column for process product.

⁴ These plants cannot be grown on a farm plot (in unmodded games) as they have no seeds. They can only be acquired through plant gathering (in season only) or trade.

⁵ To get the products/extracts from the plants they have to be processed, in the following workshops, using the following labors:

• m: mill (cave wheat, sweet pod, longland grass, whip vine, dimple cup, blade weed, hide root, sliver barb): at quern or millstone, using milling.
• b: process to bag (quarry bush): at farmer's workshop, using plant processing.
• s: press paste into oil (quarry bush): at screw press.
• l: process to barrel (sweet pod): at farmer's workshop, using plant processing.
• p: process plant (pig tail, rope reed): at farmer's workshop, using plant processing.
• h: mash plant (pig tail, rope reed): at quern or millstone, using papermaking.
• v: process to vial (valley herb): at farmer's workshop, using plant processing.
• e: extract plant essence (kobold bulb): at still, using plant gathering.

⁶ 'Not Freezing' Biome refers to all land biomes except Mountains, Glaciers, and Tundras.

Garden plants

All garden plants are above-ground, and can grow year-round. Garden plants are defined in a separate file from standard plants, named, somewhat predictably, plant_garden.txt.

Unlike standard plants, garden plants will also produce growths - leaves, buds, flowers, pods and fruits. As a general rule, leaves can only be cooked, buds can be both cooked and brewed.

Tile	Graphic	Name	Biome & seasons	Align	Value	Drink	Drink value1	Eat	Cook2	Product(s)5 & value
:		Artichoke	Temperate Grassland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Artichoke wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / heart 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Asparagus	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Bambara groundnut6	Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Tropical Shrubland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / fruit — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		String bean6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / pod — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Broad bean6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / pod — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Beet	Temperate Grassland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Beetroot wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Bitter melon6	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf 2☼ % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Cabbage	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Caper	Any Desert Any Grassland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf 2☼ % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — % / bud 2☼ · / seed 1☼
:		Wild carrot	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Carrot wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Cassava	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Cassava beer	10☼	No	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Celery6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Chickpea6	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / pod — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Chicory6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Cowpea6	Tropical Grassland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / pod — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Cucumber	Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Tropical Shrubland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Eggplant	Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Tropical Shrubland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Garden cress6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Garlic6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / bulb 2☼ ü / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Horned melon	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — * / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Leek6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Lentil6	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / pod — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Lettuce6	Any Temperate Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Tropical Shrubland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Mung bean6	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / pod — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Muskmelon	Any Temperate Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Tropical Shrubland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Onion6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / bulb 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Parsnip	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Parsnip wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Pea6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / pod — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Peanut6	Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Tropical Shrubland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / fruit — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Pepper	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Potato	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Potato wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Radish	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Radish wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Red bean6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / pod — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Rhubarb6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Soybean6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / pod — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Spinach6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Squash	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Sweet potato	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Sweet potato wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Taro6	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flowers — · / seed 1☼
:		Tomato	Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Tomato wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Tomatillo	Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Tropical Shrubland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Tomatillo wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Turnip	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Turnip wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Urad bean6	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Seed	♠ / leaf — % / pod — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Watermelon	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — o / fruit — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Winter melon	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — o / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Lesser yam6	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Long yam6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Purple yam6	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		White yam6	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Passion fruit	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Passion fruit wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Grape	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Cranberry	Any Temperate Tundra Taiga Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Cranberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Bilberry	Any Temperate Tundra Taiga Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Bilberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Blueberry	Any Temperate Tundra Taiga Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Blueberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Blackberry	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Blackberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Raspberry	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Raspberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
:		Pineapple	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Pineapple wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — % / fruit 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼

Notes:

¹ This is the value for a stack of 5 units, which is the number rendered from a single plant.

² Anything that can be cooked is edible afterwards. Note that cooking leaves no seeds for re-planting.

³ These plants cannot be eaten/cooked until they are further processed, either by milling or extracting; see "products" column for process product.

⁴ These plants cannot be grown on a farm plot as they have no seeds. They can only be acquired through plant gathering (in season only) or trade.

⁵ Some products may require processing; see plant page for details.

⁶ These plants, when grown from seed on a farm plot, don't yield products that can be processed for seeds.

Crop plants

These plants are defined in the file plant_crops.txt. They grow above ground, in any season.

Tile	Graphic	Name	Biome & seasons	Align	Value	Drink	Drink value1	Eat	Cook2	Product(s)5 & value
τ		Single-grain wheat	Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Single-grain wheat beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Two-grain wheat	Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Two-grain wheat beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Soft wheat	Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Soft wheat beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Hard wheat	Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Hard wheat beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Spelt	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Spelt beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Barley	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Barley wine	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Buckwheat	Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forest Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Buckwheat beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Oats	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Alfalfa6	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf — ♣ flower — · / seed 1☼
τ		Rye	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Rye beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Sorghum	Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Sorghum beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Rice	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Rice beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Maize	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Maize beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Quinoa	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Quinoa beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Kaniwa	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Kaniwa beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
:		Bitter vetch6	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf 2☼ ♣ / flower — % pod — · / seed 1☼
τ		Pendant amaranth	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Pendant amaranth beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Blood amaranth	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Blood amaranth beer	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Purple amaranth	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Purple amaranth beer	10☼	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Red spinach6	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
τ		Elephant-head amaranth6	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	♠ / leaf 2☼ ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼
τ		Pearl millet	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Pearl millet beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		White millet	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	White millet beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Finger millet	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Finger millet beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Foxtail millet	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Foxtail millet beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Fonio	Tropical Savanna Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Fonio beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Teff	Tropical Grassland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Teff beer	10☼	No	Pr3	♠ leaf — · seed 1☼ · flour (m) 20☼
τ		Flax	Tropical Grassland Tropical Savanna Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ · flour 20☼ ≈ paste (m) 1☼ ≈ p. cake (s) 1☼ ≈ oil (s) 5☼ φ thread (p) 12☼ ≈ slurry (h) 2☼
τ		Jute	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ φ thread (p) 12☼ ≈ slurry (h) 2☼
τ		Hemp	Any Temperate Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — · / seed 1☼ · flour 20☼ ≈ paste (m) 1☼ ≈ p. cake (s) 1☼ ≈ oil (s) 5☼ φ thread (p) 12☼ ≈ slurry (h) 2☼
τ		Cotton	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ ≈ paste (m) 1☼ ≈ p. cake (s) 1☼ ≈ oil (s) 5☼ φ thread (p) 12☼ ≈ slurry (h) 2☼
τ		Ramie	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	♠ leaf — · / seed 1☼ φ thread (p) 12☼ ≈ slurry (h) 2☼
τ		Kenaf	Any Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	♠ / leaf — ♣ flower — · / seed 1☼ ≈ paste (m) 1☼ ≈ p. cake (s) 1☼ ≈ oil (s) 5☼ φ thread (p) 12☼ ≈ slurry (h) 2☼
τ		Papyrus sedge	Any Tropical Wetland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	♠ / leaf — ♣ / flower — · / seed 1☼ ⌡ papyrus 10☼

Notes:

¹ This is the value for a stack of 5 units, which is the number rendered from a single plant.

² Anything that can be cooked is edible afterwards. Note that cooking leaves no seeds for re-planting.

³ These plants cannot be eaten/cooked until they are further processed, either by milling or extracting; see "products" column for process product.

⁴ These plants cannot be grown on a farm plot as they have no seeds. They can only be acquired through plant gathering (in season only) or trade.

⁵ Some products may require processing; see plant page for details.

⁶ These plants, when grown from seed on a farm plot, don't yield products that can be processed for seeds.

Best crop to grow

There is no "best" crop, but some are clearly superior to others, depending on your needs and available resources.

All-purpose

Many dwarves prefer the humble plump helmet, which can be grown year-round, eaten raw, cooked, or brewed into wine, and many early fortresses rely on the plump helmet crop as a staple of their diet. All above-ground crops are all-seasons as well, the best of which are probably sun berries, hemp, and whip vines. See the above table summarizing the crop products, limitations, and values.

Because of occasional above-ground inconveniences, having an underground plump helmet farm, or, at least, some plump helmet spawn, may be useful emergency preparation.

Booze

Four principal seeds available at the beginning of an expedition (cave wheat, pig tail, plump helmet, sweet pod) all produce underground crops that can be made into booze worth 10☼. Above ground crops will require you to trade or gather for seeds, but the best of them that can be farmed are sun berries, which produce sunshine worth 25☼.

Keep in mind that dwarves care more about the diversity of available booze than its value.

For quantity, cave wheat and sweet pod mature in 42 days, versus 25 for the other crops, so they may yield less alcohol per farm plot. Plump helmets mature in 25 days and grow year-round, which may be a good starting point for your alcohol industry, but exclusive dependence on it will cause stress.

Rope reeds and pig tails can be made into booze, but you might prefer to use them to make thread.

Dye

There are four dye crops. Three 20☼ dye crops: blade weed and sliver barb (above ground) and dimple cups (underground). Hide root (above ground) is a 10☼ dye. Dyeing should be considered a low priority because all it does is change the color of cloth or thread and slightly increase its value. You might not want a dedicated farm to grow dye crops; it can be enough to forage for them with herbalism or import them from caravans.

Food

In terms of sheer dwarfbucks, sweet pods produce the most valuable foodstuff: dwarven syrup (100☼). In terms of quantity and value, other good crops are quarry bushes (which yield 5 quarry bush leaves when processed) and whip vines (which can be milled into whip vine flour). Diversity in meals is also important to dwarves.

Thread

All plant thread is equally valuable (at 2☼ per unit), so the main decision is between a seasonal underground crop (pig tails) or one of the year-round above-ground crops (cotton, rope reeds, hemp, flax, jute, ramie, kenaf). These plants are also equally useful for making paper. Papyrus is slightly easier to process if you want to make a lot of paper, but papyrus can't be used for any other purpose and it is only available in some tropical wetlands.

Bugs

• Plant handling/processing is incomplete for some crops.^Bug:6940 This results in plants that, when picked, are inedible because the wrong parts are picked, or where seeds are impossible to pull from the proper plant parts. Large numbers of crops are therefore incapable of being farmed.

See also

• Farming

V · T · E Plants
Crops and shrubs Surface Crops Alfalfa • Barley • Bitter vetch • Blood amaranth • Buckwheat • Cotton • Elephant-head amaranth • Finger millet • Flax • Fonio • Foxtail millet • Hard wheat • Hemp • Jute • Kaniwa • Kenaf • Maize • Oats • Papyrus sedge • Pearl millet • Pendant amaranth • Purple amaranth • Quinoa • Ramie • Red spinach • Rice • Rye • Single-grain wheat • Soft wheat • Sorghum • Spelt • Teff • Two-grain wheat • White millet Garden Artichoke • Asparagus • Bambara groundnut • Broad bean • Beet • Bilberry • Bitter melon • Blackberry • Blueberry • Cabbage • Caper • Wild carrot • Cassava • Celery • Chickpea • Chicory • Cowpea • Cucumber • Cranberry • Eggplant • Garden cress • Garlic • Grape • Horned melon • Leek • Lentil • Lesser yam • Lettuce • Long yam • Mung bean • Muskmelon • Onion • Parsnip • Passion fruit • Pea • Peanut • Pepper • Pineapple • Potato • Purple yam • Radish • Raspberry • Red bean • Rhubarb • Soybean • Spinach • Squash • String bean • Sweet potato • Taro • Tomatillo • Tomato • Turnip • Urad bean • Watermelon • White yam • Winter melon Other Blade weed • Bloated tuber • Fisher berry • Hide root • Kobold bulb • Longland grass • Muck root • Prickle berry • Rat weed • Rope reed • Sliver barb • Strawberry • Sun berry • Valley herb • Whip vine Subterranean Cave wheat • Dimple cup • Pig tail • Plump helmet • Quarry bush • Sweet pod
Trees Surface Abaca • Acacia • Alder • Almond • Apple • Apricot • Ash • Avocado • Banana • Bayberry • Birch • Bitter orange • Cacao tree • Candlenut • Carambola • Cashew • Cedar • Cherry • Chestnut • Citron • Coconut palm • Coffee • Custard-apple • Date palm • Desert lime • Durian • Feather tree • Finger lime • Ginkgo • Glumprong • Guava • Hazel • Highwood • Kapok • Kumquat • Larch • Lime • Lychee • Macadamia • Mahogany • Mango tree • Mangrove • Maple • Oak • Olive • Orange • Papaya • Paradise nut • Peach • Pear • Pecan • Persimmon • Pine • Plum • Pomegranate • Pomelo • Rambutan • Round lime • Rubber tree • Saguaro • Sand pear • Tea • Walnut • Willow Subterranean Black-cap • Blood thorn • Fungiwood • Goblin-cap • Nether-cap • Spore tree • Tower-cap • Tunnel tube
Grasses Surface Arrow bamboo • Bentgrass • Baby toes succulent • Blue sedge • Bubble bulb • Carpetgrass • Cattail • Cloudberry • Common reed • Cottongrass • Dallisgrass • Dog's tooth grass • Downy grass • Dropseed grass • Fescue grass • Field sedge • Golden bamboo • Grama • Hair grass • Hedge bamboo • Knotgrass • Marsh thistle • Meadow-grass • Meadowsweet • Mountain avens • Needle grass • Pebble plant • Purple moor grass • Reedgrass • Rush • Ryegrass • Satintail • Sawgrass • Staring eyeball • Velvet grass • White mountain heather • Wormy tendril • Zoysia Subterranean Cave moss • Floor fungus