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

Crops (or more accurately plants) can either be farmed, traded for, or acquired by plant gathering. Farming happens at farm plots. There are two types of crops: above ground and subterranean. 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.)

Most plants can be brewed into alcohols, 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 first (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.

Plump helmets and pig tails can be harvested 25 days after sowing. All other subterranean crops need about 42 days.

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.

Tile	Graphic	Name	Biome & seasons	Align	Value	Drink	Drink value1	Eat	Cook2	Product(s)5 & value
♠		Plump helmet	Wet cavern Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Dwarven wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
τ		Pig tail	Wet cavern Wet Dry style="border:1px #AAA solid;"| Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Dwarven ale	10☼	No	No	None
τ		Cave wheat	Wet cavern Wet Dry style="border:1px #AAA solid;"| Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Dwarven beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
Φ		Sweet pod	Wet cavern Wet Dry style="border:1px #AAA solid;"| Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Dwarven rum	10☼	No	Pr3	None
♣		Quarry bush	Wet cavern Wet Dry style="border:1px #AAA solid;"| Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	Pr3	None
♥		Dimple cup	Wet cavern Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	No	None
τ		Muck root4	Wetland  (Wet) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	1☼	Swamp whiskey	5☼	Yes	Yes	None
Φ		Bloated tuber4	Wetland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Tuber beer	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
Φ		Kobold bulb4	Wetland  (Wet) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	5☼	None	—	No	No	None
:		Prickle berry	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	1☼	Prickle berry wine	5☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Strawberry	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Strawberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
τ		Longland grass	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Longland beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
ÿ		Valley herb4	Temperate grassland  (Dry) Wet Dry style="border:1px #AAA solid;"| Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	10☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
τ		Rat weed	Not freezing  (Wet) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	1☼	Sewer brew	5☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Fisher berry	Not freezing  (Wet) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Fisher berry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
ƒ		Rope reed	Not freezing  (Wet) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	River spirits	10☼	No	No	None
τ		Blade weed	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	No	None
τ		Hide root	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	1☼	None	—	No	No	None
τ		Sliver barb	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Evil	1☼	Gutter cruor	5☼	No	No	None
:		Sun berry	Not freezing  (Wet) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Good	9☼	Sunshine	25☼	Yes	Yes	None
§		Whip vine	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Savage	1☼	Whip wine	15☼	No	Pr3	None

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 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.
• v: process to vial (valley herb): At farmer's workshop, using plant processing.
• e: extract plant essence (kobold bulb): At still, using plant gathering.

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 be only cooked, buds can be both cooked and brewed. // todo: fill in rest; didn't get that far.

Tile	Graphic	Name	Biome & seasons	Align	Value	Drink	Drink value1	Eat	Cook2	Product(s)5 & value
:		Artichoke	Temperate grassland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Artichoke wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Asparagus	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Bambara groundnut	Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		String bean	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Broad bean	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Beet	Temperate grassland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Beetroot wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Bitter melon	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Cabbage	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Caper	Desert, Grassland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Wild carrot	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Carrot wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Cassava	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Cassava beer	10☼	No	Yes	None
:		Celery	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Chickpea	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Chicory	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Cowpea	Tropical grasslands  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Cucumber	Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Eggplant	Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Garden cress	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Garlic	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Horned melon	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Leek	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Lentil	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Lettuce	Temperate, tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Mung bean	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Muskmelon	Temperate,tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Onion	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Parsnip	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Parsnip wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Pea	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Peanut	Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Pepper	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Potato	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Potato wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Radish	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Radish wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Red bean	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Rhubarb	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Soybean	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Spinach	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Squash	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Sweet potato	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Sweet potato wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Taro	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Tomato	Tropical dry broadleaf forest  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Tomato wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Tomatillo	Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Tomatillo wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Turnip	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Turnip wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Urad bean	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Watermelon	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Winter melon	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Lesser yam	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Long yam	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
:		Purple yam	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		White yam	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	No	Yes	None
:		Passion fruit	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Passion fruit wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Grape	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Cranberry	Temperate, tundra, taiga  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Cranberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Bilberry	Temperate, tundra, taiga  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Bilberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Blueberry	Temperate, tundra, taiga  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Blueberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Blackberry	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Blackberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Raspberry	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Raspberry wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None
:		Pineapple	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Pineapple wine	10☼	Yes	Yes	None

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.

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
t		Single-grain wheat	Tropical grassland, tropical savannah  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Single-grain wheat beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Two-grain wheat	Tropical grassland, tropical savannah  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Two-grain wheat beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Soft wheat	Tropical grassland, tropical savannah  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	?☼	Soft wheat beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Hard wheat	Tropical grassland, tropical savannah  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	?☼	Hard wheat beer	10☼	?	?	None
t		Spelt	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	Spelt beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Barley	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Barley wine	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Buckwheat	Tropical dry broadleaf forest  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	?☼	Buckwheat beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Oats	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	None
t		Alfalfa	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	4☼	None	—	?	Yes	None
t		Rye	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Rye beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Sorghum	Tropical grassland, tropical savannah  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	?☼	Sorghum beer	10☼	?	?	None
t		Rice	Tropical Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Rice beer	10☼	?	?	None
t		Maize	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	?☼	Maize beer	10☼	?	?	None
t		Quinoa	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	?☼	Quinoa beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Kaniwa	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Kaniwa beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
:		Bitter vetch	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	?☼	None	—	?	Yes	None
t		Pendant amaranth	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	?☼	Pendant amaranth beer	10☼	?	?	None
t		Blood amaranth	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Blood amaranth beer	10☼	?	No	None
t		Purple amaranth	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Purple amaranth beer	10☼	No	No	None
t		Red spinach	Not freezing  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
t		Elephant-head amaranth	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	?	No	None
t		Pearl millet	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Pearl millet beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		White millet	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	White millet beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Finger millet	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Finger millet beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Foxtail millet	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Foxtail millet beer	10☼	No	Pr3	None
t		Fonio	Tropical savannah  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Fonio beer	10☼	?	Yes	None
t		Teff	Tropical grassland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	Teff beer	10☼	?	?	None
t		Flax	Tropical grassland, tropical savannah  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	None
t		Jute	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	None
t		Hemp	Temperate  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	None
t		Cotton	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	None
t		Ramie	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	None
t		Kenaf	Tropical  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	None
t		Papyrus sedge	Tropical wetland  (Dry) Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	?☼	None	—	?	?	None

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.

• 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.
• v: process to vial (valley herb): At farmer's workshop, using plant processing.
• e: extract plant essence (kobold bulb): At still, using plant gathering.

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