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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 of a given type at a time, after which no more 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 can be cooked anyway, however). 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.

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	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	· Plump helmet spawn 1☼
τ		Pig tail	Wet Cavern Wet Dry style="border:1px #AAA solid;"| Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	· Pig tail seed 1☼ φ Pig tail thread (p) 12☼
τ		Cave wheat	Wet Cavern Wet Dry style="border:1px #AAA solid;"| Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	· Cave wheat seed 1☼ · Dwarven wheat flour (m) 20☼
Φ		Sweet pod	Wet Cavern Wet Dry style="border:1px #AAA solid;"| Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	· Sweet pod seed 1☼ · Dwarven sugar (m) 20☼ ≈ Dwarven syrup (l) 1001☼
♣		Quarry bush	Wet Cavern Wet Dry style="border:1px #AAA solid;"| Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	♠ Quarry bush leaves (b) 501☼ · Rock nut 1☼ ≈ Rock nut paste (m) 1☼ ≈ Rock nut press cake (s) 1☼ ≈ Rock nut oil (s) 5☼
♥		Dimple cup	Wet Cavern Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	· Dimple cup spawn 1☼ · Dimple dye (m) 20☼
τ		Muck root4	Any Wetland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
Φ		Bloated tuber4	Any Wetland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	None
Φ		Kobold bulb4	Any Wetland Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	≈ Gnomeblight (e) 5001☼
:		Prickle berry	Not freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	· Prickle berry seed 1☼
:		Wild strawberry	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	· Wild strawberry seed 1☼
τ		Longland grass	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	Pr3	· Longland grass seed 1☼ · Longland flour (m) 20☼
ÿ		Valley herb4	Temperate Grassland Wet Dry style="border:1px #AAA solid;"| 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	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	· Rat weed seed 1☼
:		Fisher berry	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	· Fisher berry seed 1☼
ƒ		Rope reed	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	· Rope reed seed 1☼ φ Rope reed thread (p) 12☼
τ		Blade weed	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	· Blade weed seed 1☼ · Emerald dye (m) 20☼
τ		Hide root	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	All	2☼	None	—	No	No	· Hide root seed 1☼ · Redroot dye (m) 10☼
τ		Sliver barb	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Evil	2☼	None	—	No	No	· Silver barb seed 1☼ · Sliver dye (m) 20☼
:		Sun berry	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Good	2☼	None	—	Yes	Yes	· Sun berry seed 1☼
§		Whip vine	Not Freezing Wet Dry Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Savage	2☼	None	—	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. 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.

See also

• Farming