Plant token

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The default plants are stored in the plant_standard.txt file, while grasses are stored in plant_grasses.txt.

Basic tokens

These tokens are specified for all plants and define their most basic characteristics.

Token	Arguments	Description
NAME	name	The singular form of the plant's name as seen in-game.
NAME_PLURAL	name	The plural form of the plant's name as seen in-game.
ADJ	adjective	The word or phrase used to describe items made from this plant.
ALL_NAMES	name	Sets the NAME, NAME_PLURAL, and ADJ to the specified string.
PREFSTRING	reason	What dwarves can like this object for (e.g. "Urist likes plump helmets for their rounded tops.")
MATERIAL	material_name	Starts defining a new local plant material with the given name and no properties.
USE_MATERIAL	material_name old_material	Starts defining a new local plant material with the given name and using the properties of another local plant material.
USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE	material_name template_name	Starts defining a new local plant material with the given name and using the properties of the specified material template.
BASIC_MAT	material	Sets the basic material of the plant. According to Toady, you can use other materials (for instance, iron) but the game may hiccup on plants that aren't structurally plants. For crops, said material should have [STRUCTURAL_PLANT_MAT] to permit proper stockpiling. Generally, this should be "LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:material_name", using a material defined using MATERIAL, USE_MATERIAL, or USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE.

Environment tokens

These tokens, also applicable to all plants, specify where the plants grow.

Token	Arguments	Description
UNDERGROUND_DEPTH	minimum maximum	Designates the highest and lowest cavern levels that the plant can appear in if its biome is subterranean. Dwarven civilizations will only export (via the embark screen or caravans) things that are available at depth 1. Defaults to 0:0 (surface only).
GOOD		Restricts the plant to growing in Good regions. Cannot be combined with [EVIL].
EVIL		Restricts the plant to growing in Evil regions. Cannot be combined with [GOOD].
SAVAGE		Restricts the plant to growing in Savage regions (regardless of alignment).
FREQUENCY	freq (0-100)	How frequently this plant is generated in a particular area. Defaults to 50. Plants with valid biome tokens and [FREQUENCY:0] will not grow in the wild, but will still be available for entity use and farm plots.
WET		Restricts the plant to grow near natural water features. A plant with [WET] may be very common or very rare in an area, depending on how many water features that area has. Note that they will not grow next to dwarf-filled channels, since it explicitly checks if the tile type is "River", "River Slope", "River Source", "Waterfall" (used back in 40d for underground rivers), "Brook", "Murky Pool", or "Murky Pool Slope".
DRY		Allows the plant to grow away from water features.
BIOME	biome	What biome this plant appears in.

Growth tokens

These tokens are used for all plants and specify growths growing on a plant.

Edible or otherwise usable growths should have [STOCKPILE_PLANT_GROWTH] in their material definitions for proper stockpiling. This also lets them be collected from plant gathering and farming jobs.

Token	Arguments	Description
GROWTH	name	Defines a plant growth. Takes the below tokens as arguments.
GROWTH_NAME	singular plural (STP for standard plural)	The name of a plant growth.
GROWTH_ITEM	item token material token	Specifies what item this growth is and what it is made of. Generally, the item type should be PLANT_GROWTH:NONE.
GROWTH_HOST_TILE	plant part	Specifies on which part of the plant or tree the growth appears, usually for multi-tile trees. Valid tokens are: TWIGS BRANCHES_AND_TWIGS / LIGHT_BRANCHES_AND_TWIGS BRANCHES / LIGHT_BRANCHES ALL_BRANCHES_AND_TWIGS HEAVY_BRANCHES / DIRECTED_BRANCHES HEAVY_BRANCHES_AND_TRUNK / DIRECTED_BRANCHES_AND_TRUNK TRUNK ROOTS CAP SAPLING
GROWTH_TRUNK_HEIGHT_PERC	integer:integer
GROWTH_DENSITY	integer	Currently has no effect.
GROWTH_TIMING	time start:end (0-403200)	Specifies at which part of the year the growth appears. Default is all year round. A single growth can only have one GROWTH_TIMING tag. If multiple are declared, the last one will be used. To make a growth appear multiple times during the year, you need to create a different growth for every GROWTH_TIMING interval. By using the same material for all of the duplicate growths, all of them will be stockpiled together and be eligible for the same reactions. Edible/brewable growths will have separate entries in the kitchen menu, though. There is no known way to declare a growth timing that lasts from winter into spring. Including numbers below 0 or above 403200 in the range will make the growth available at all times, as though you hadn't defined a growth timing at all. So will including a range for which the start time is later than the end time. This has no effect on farmed growths; all eligible growths that have [STOCKPILE_PLANT_GROWTH] in their materials will be harvested, regardless of if they are currently within their growth timing or not.
GROWTH_PRINT	overworld tile item tile color time (0-403200) start:end, ALL, or NONE priority	Specifies the appearance of the growth. Can be specified more than once, for example for autumn leaves. Transitions between different timing periods will happen gradually over the course of 2000 ticks. The GROWTH_PRINT tile will only be displayed when the growth in question is actually present, even if its timing parameter is ALL.
GROWTH_HAS_SEED		The growth drops a seed if eaten raw.
GROWTH_DROPS_OFF		Growths drop from the plant, producing a cloud of items which fall on the ground, which herbalists can collect.
GROWTH_DROPS_OFF_NO_CLOUD		Growths drop collectable items from the plant without producing item clouds.

Tree tokens

These tokens are used only for trees.

Token	Arguments	Description
TREE	material or NONE	Makes the plant into a tree. Cutting down the tree will yield logs made of this material. Setting the material to NONE will give no wood from this tree.
TRUNK_NAME	name	What the trunk of the tree is named.
MAX_TRUNK_HEIGHT	1-8	The maximum z-level height of a mature tree's trunk, starting from about two z-levels above ground and going up.
MAX_TRUNK_DIAMETER	1-3	Upper limit of trunk thickness, in tiles. Counted separately for all branching trunks. Has a geometric effect on log yield.
TRUNK_PERIOD	integer	The number of years the trunk takes to grow one Z-level upward.
TRUNK_WIDTH_PERIOD	integer	The number of years the trunk takes to grow another tile wider.
LIGHT_BRANCHES_NAME	name	What thin branches of the tree are named.
BRANCH_DENSITY / LIGHT_BRANCHES_DENSITY	integer	How dense the branches grow on this tree.
BRANCH_RADIUS / LIGHT_BRANCH_RADIUS	integer	The radius to which branches can reach. Appears to never reach further than seven tiles from the centre. Does not depend on the trunk branching amount or where trunks are. The values used in the game go from 0-3. Higher values than that can cause crashes. Bug:10419
HEAVY_BRANCHES_NAME / DIRECTED_BRANCHES_NAME	name	What thick branches of the tree are named.
HEAVY_BRANCH_DENSITY / DIRECTED_BRANCH_DENSITY	integer	Similar to BRANCH_DENSITY for thick branches. Values outside 0-3 can cause crashes. Bug:10419
HEAVY_BRANCH_RADIUS / DIRECTED_BRANCH_RADIUS	integer	Similar as BRANCH_DENSITY for thick branches.
TRUNK_BRANCHING	integer	How much the trunk branches out. 0 makes the trunk straight.
ROOT_NAME / ROOTS_NAME	name	What the roots of the tree are named.
ROOT_DENSITY	integer	Density of the root growth.
ROOT_RADIUS	integer	How wide the roots reach out.
TWIGS_NAME	name	What the twigs of the tree are named.
TWIGS_SIDE_BRANCHES	boolean (0 or 1)	Twigs appear on the side of branches. Defaults to 1.
TWIGS_ABOVE_BRANCHES	boolean (0 or 1)	Twigs appear above branches. Defaults to 1.
TWIGS_BELOW_BRANCHES	boolean (0 or 1)	Twigs appear below branches. Defaults to 0.
TWIGS_SIDE_HEAVY_BRANCHES	boolean (0 or 1)	Twigs appear on the side of heavy branches. Defaults to 0.
TWIGS_ABOVE_HEAVY_BRANCHES	boolean (0 or 1)	Twigs appear above heavy branches. Defaults to 0.
TWIGS_BELOW_HEAVY_BRANCHES	boolean (0 or 1)	Twigs appear below heavy branches. Defaults to 0.
TWIGS_SIDE_TRUNK	boolean (0 or 1)	Twigs appear on the side of the trunk. Defaults to 0.
TWIGS_ABOVE_TRUNK	boolean (0 or 1)	Twigs appear above the trunk. Defaults to 0.
TWIGS_BELOW_TRUNK	boolean (0 or 1)	Twigs appear below the trunk. Defaults to 0.
TREE_HAS_MUSHROOM_CAP		The tree has a rounded cap-hood like a giant mushroom. This severely stunts a tree's maximum height - see the bug report.
CAP_NAME	name	What this mushroom-cap is called. Only makes sense with TREE_HAS_MUSHROOM_CAP.
CAP_PERIOD	integer	Similar to the other PERIOD tags, influences the rate of the mushroom cap growth. Only makes sense with TREE_HAS_MUSHROOM_CAP.
CAP_RADIUS	integer	The radius of a mushroom cap. Only makes sense with TREE_HAS_MUSHROOM_CAP.
STANDARD_TILE_NAMES		Uses the standard names for the tree components (roots, trunk, branches, etc.)
TREE_TILE	tile	The tile used for trees of this type on the world map. Defaults to 24 (↑).
DEAD_TREE_TILE	tile	The tile used for (un)dead trees and deciduous trees (generally in winter) of this type. Defaults to 198 (╞).
SAPLING_TILE	tile	The tile used for saplings of this tree. Defaults to 231 (τ).
DEAD_SAPLING_TILE	tile	The tile used for dead saplings of this tree. Defaults to 231 (τ).
TREE_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of the tree on the map. Defaults to 2:0:0 (dark green).
DEAD_TREE_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of the tree on the map when (un)dead. Defaults to 0:0:1 (dark gray).
SAPLING_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of saplings of this tree. Defaults to 2:0:0 (dark green).
DEAD_SAPLING_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of dead saplings of this tree. Defaults to 0:0:1 (dark gray).
SAPLING_DROWN_LEVEL	depth	The sapling of this tree will drown once the water on its tile reaches this level. Defaults to 4.
TREE_DROWN_LEVEL	depth	The water depth at which this tree will drown. Exact behavior is unknown. Defaults to 7.
SAPLING		Makes young versions of the tree be called "[tree name] sapling"; otherwise, they are called "young [tree name]".

Shrub tokens

These tokens are used for non-grass, non-tree plants.

Token	Arguments	Description
SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER		Allows the plant to grow in farm plots during the given season. If the plant is a surface plant, allows it to grow in the wild during this season; wild surface plants without this token will disappear at the beginning of the season. Underground plants grow wild in all seasons, regardless of their season tokens.
GROWDUR	time	How long the plant takes to grow to harvest in a farm plot. Unit hundreds of ticks, See Time. There are 1008 GROWDUR units in a season. Defaults to 300.
VALUE	value	Has no known effect. Previously set the value of the harvested plant.
PICKED_TILE	tile	The tile used when the plant is harvested whole, or is ready to be picked from a farm plot. May either be a cp437 tile number, or a character between single quotes. See character table. Defaults to 231 (τ).
DEAD_PICKED_TILE	tile	The tile used when a plant harvested whole has wilted. Defaults to 169 (⌐).
SHRUB_TILE	tile	The tile used to represent this plant when it is wild, alive, and has no growths. Defaults to 34 (").
DEAD_SHRUB_TILE	tile	The tile used to represent this plant when it is dead in the wild. Defaults to 34 (").
CLUSTERSIZE	size	The maximum stack size collected when gathered via herbalism (possibly also from farm plots?). Defaults to 5.
PICKED_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of the plant when it has been picked whole, or when it is ready for harvest in a farm plot. Defaults to 2:0:0 (dark green).
DEAD_PICKED_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of the plant when it has been picked whole, but has wilted. Defaults to 0:0:1 (dark gray).
SHRUB_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of the plant when it is alive, wild, and has no growths. Defaults to 2:0:0 (dark green).
DEAD_SHRUB_COLOR	foreground background bright	The color of the plant when it is dead in the wild. Defaults to 6:0:0 (brown).
SHRUB_DROWN_LEVEL	depth	The shrub will drown once the water on its tile reaches this level. Defaults to 4.
DRINK	material	Names a drink made from the plant, allowing it to be used in entity resources. Previously also permitted brewing the plant into alcohol made of this material. Now, a MATERIAL_REACTION_PRODUCT of type DRINK_MAT should be used on the proper plant material.
MILL	material	Permits milling the plant at a quern or millstone into a powder made of this material and allows its use in entity resources. Said material should have [POWDER_MISC_PLANT] to permit proper stockpiling.
THREAD	material	Permits processing the plant at a farmer's workshop to yield threads made of this material and allows its use in entity resources. Said material should have [THREAD_PLANT] to permit proper stockpiling.
SEED	name name_plural foreground background bright material	Causes the plant to yield plantable seeds made of this material and having these properties. Said material should have [SEED_MAT] to permit proper stockpiling.
EXTRACT_STILL_VIAL	material	Permits processing the plant into a vial at a still to yield extract made of this material. Said material should have [EXTRACT_STORAGE:FLASK].
EXTRACT_VIAL	material	Permits processing the plant into a vial at a farmer's workshop to yield extract made of this material. Said material should have [EXTRACT_STORAGE:FLASK].
EXTRACT_BARREL	material	Permits processing the plant into a barrel at a farmer's workshop to yield extract made of this material. Said material should have [EXTRACT_STORAGE:BARREL].

Grass tokens

These tokens are used only for grasses.

Token	Arguments	Description
GRASS		Makes the plant behave as a type of grass. This allows animals to graze on it, and prevents it and its growths from being picked by herbalists. (Grass growths can still be picked in adventure mode, however.)
GRASS_TILES	tile tile tile tile	Specifies the 4 tiles used to represent grass of this type. If VARIED_GROUND_TILES is disabled in d_init.txt, these are seemingly ignored. Defaults to 46:44:96:39 (.,`').
ALT_PERIOD	period offset	How often the grass switches between its main tiles and alternate tiles. The "period" value determines how quickly (in frames) the grass animates, and the "offset" value specifies how much of that time is spent displaying the alternate tiles. If the "offset" value is greater than or equal to the "period" value, the grass will only display using the alternate tiles.[Verify] Defaults to 0:0.
ALT_GRASS_TILES	tile tile tile tile	When used with ALT_PERIOD, specifies the 4 alternate tiles used to represent grass of this type. Defaults to 46:44:96:39 (.,`'). Dead grass does not animate.
GRASS_COLORS	color 1 (fore:back:bright) color 2 (fore:back:bright) dry color (fore:back:bright) dead color (fore:back:bright)	Specifies the color of this grass. Defaults to 2:0:1:2:0:0:6:0:1:6:0:0 (light green, dark green, yellow, brown).