Plant

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For the article on farming plants, see Farming. For the article on crops, see Crops.

A plant is a regrowing natural resource. In Dwarf Fortress, they can be separated into four categories, all of which have different properties and uses. In the context of the game, they also includes fungi (such as plump helmets or fungiwood) and certain things not made of plant matter (such as staring eyeballs and wormy tendrils), all which are functionally identical to plants.

Not the inhaling type.

Major types of plants

Crop

Main article: Crop

Crops can be planted from seeds and grown in farms. These include garden plants which can be bought at embark. There are above-ground as well as subterranean crops, both of which need soil or muddied rock to grow.

Shrub

Main article: Shrub

Shrubs cannot be planted, and must be gathered from naturally-growing specimens.

Tree

Main article: Tree

Trees are not farmable, and grow on multiple z-levels, providing wood and possibly fruit.

Grass

Main article: Grass

Grasses form the natural groundcover of soil and muddied rock, and are necessary to feed grazing animals.

Plant growth

Plants may have multiple different types of growths. Each growth can have different properties in terms of usages and edibility. In general, only plant growths which are usable in some fashion will be collected and stockpiled by dwarves.

Bulb

Bulbs do not contain seeds.

Flower

Flowers do not contain seeds. Currently, only date palm trees produce flowers that are usable in-game.

Leaf

Leaves do not contain seeds. Currently, most usable leaves are edible.

In-game, the category "leaves" in the stocks screen includes most non-seed plant growths (leaves, fruit, flowers, etc.)

An example of a common plant with useful leaves is the quarry bush which, when cooked, can produce large stacks of Prepared Food.

As most species of trees grow, they will produce leaves as a growth. Although these leaves will drop to the floor during the autumn seasons, they currently cannot be collected and have no use other than for atmospheric effect. Also, tree leaves cannot be cut away and they only disappear during the winter seasons or if the tree is chopped down.

Leaves growing on an Apricot tree

Nut

A nut is a tree seed growth, usually edible.

Pod

A pod is a plant growth containing seeds. In comparison to fruit, pods are thin structures, usually not edible.

Fruit

A fruit is a plant growth containing seeds. In comparison to pods, fruits are larger structures, usually edible.

Fruit may be produced by both crops and trees.

Collection

In Fortress mode, fruit can be picked, on the surface, by setting up a gathering zone (i then g). If there are any trees in the zone, a dwarf will pick up a stepladder or climb the tree and drop the fruit to the ground, where they or some other food hauler will pick it up. Alternatively, if fruit has fallen on a shrub, gathering that shrub will gather the fruit on it as well.

Some examples:

• Artichoke hearts
• Date palm flower stalks
• Lettuce leaves
• Mango fruit
• Pecan nuts
• String bean pods

"Plant" in other Languages Dwarven: erok Elven: mana Goblin: tusnas Human: ona

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 • 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 • Wild carrot • 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 • Underlichen