Modification:Expanded Plants/Plants

This is a table of the real-life growths and growth seasons of plants found in Dwarf Fortress. It is a work in progress.

The values in this table will be incorporated into the Plant Fixes mod. Please feel free to help with the research!

Plant name	Plant type	Annual/Perennial	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Abaca
	Pseudo-tree shrub
		Perennial
			Pseudo-trunk Stem	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Leaf	Cloth fiber "Manila Hemp"	Every 3-8 months	Green	N/A
			Flower	None	No more than 1 month before leaves reappear	Red-orange	Shortly before leaves reappear
			Fruit	Contains seeds	Sometime after leaves reappear	Almost-white brown	??
			Seeds	Oil for soap only (oil not edible)	N/A	Black	N/A
Acacia
	Tree
		Perennial
			Structural	Low-value wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	Several times a year	Yellow	??
			Seedpods	Edible cooked, contains seeds, dye?	??	Brown	??
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked	N/A	Black	N/A
Alder
	Tree
		Perennial
			Structural	Mid-value wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Spring	Green, then orange	Autumn
			Male catkins	None	Before leaves	Yellow/pink	Spring
			Female catkins	None	Before leaves	Brown	Late autumn
Alfalfa
	Herb
		Perennial
			Stem	Edible when young (create sprout growth?)	Year-round	Light green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early/mid spring	Light green	Mid/late autumn
			Flowers	None	Late spring	Magenta	Early autumn
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	Mid summer	Green	Late autumn
			Seed	Plantable, edible cooked	N/A	Light brown to yellow	N/A
Almond
	Tree
		Perennial
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Late spring	Green, then red	November
			Flowers	None	Late February	White	Late spring
			Whole almonds	Contains seeds	September	Light brown	November
			Seeds	Edible	N/A	Brown	N/A
Apple
	Tree
		Perennial
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid-spring	Green, then orange, then brown	Early winter
			Flowers	None	Mid-spring	Pink, then white	Late spring
			Fruit	Edible, brewable	Mid-autumn	Red, yellow or green	Late autumn
			Seeds	None	N/A	Brown	N/A
Apricot
	Tree
		Perennial
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid-spring	Green, then yellow	Mid-autumn
			Flowers	None	Very early spring	White	Somewhat quickly
			Fruit	Edible, brewable, contains seed	Mid-summer	Orange	Early autumn
			Pit/kernel	Edible, edible oil	N/A	Brown	N/A
Artichoke
	Herb
		Perennial
			Stem	None	Year-round	Light green	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid-Spring	Light green	Late autumn
			Bud w/ Heart	Edible/Brewable	Early summer	Light green	2 weeks later
			Flower	None	Immediate upon bud disappearance	Bright purple	??
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	Sometime after flower disappearance	Brown	Late autumn
			Seeds	Planting	N/A	??	N/A
Ash
	Tree
		Perennial
			Structural	Low to mid-quality wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Late spring	Green, then yellow orange or red	Early autumn
			Flowers (male & female panicles)	None	Mid-spring	Purple
			Samaras	None	Summer	Green then brown, falls off in cloud	Mid-autumn
			Winter buds	None	Mid-winter	Brown	When leaves appear
Asparagus
	Herb
		Perennial
			Woody stem	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			New shoots	Edible	Late spring	light green	Early summer
			Leaves "ferns"	None	Early summer	Green, then yellow in fall & brown in winter	Late winter
			Flowers	None	June	White or yellow	July
			Berries	Contains seeds	??	Red	??
Avocado
	Tree
		Perennial
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None?	January	Light green	February
			Fruits	Edible (raw), edible oil	June	Green	October