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!

A table of the biome distributions of these plants can be found here.

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Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Abaca
	Perennial Tree-like herb
		Tropical w/ decent rain & high drainage
			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
		Tropical & subtropical dryish but not desert; needs full sun
			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
	Broadleaf tree
		Temperate
			Structural	Mid-value wood; red & yellow dye from bark	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
	Perennial Herb
		Warm side of temperate; doesn't like salt; prefers direct sun.
			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
		Subtropical - warm, dry summers; mild, wet winters. Not too heavily forested.
			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
		Temperate; lightly wooded but not super forested.
			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
		Mid-temperate to subtropical. Prefers dryish climates.
			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
Arrow Bamboo
	Perennial shrub-like herb
		Mid-temperate; tolerates both shade and full sun
			No usable or even interesting growths; going to leave it an unremarkable grass. (Too thin for timber.) However, it grows up to 18 ft tall; might make it a shrub? Stupid pandas and their needing bamboo to be a grass.
Artichoke
	Perennial Herb
		Subtropical to warm-temperate. Reasonable water & drainage.
			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
	Broadleaf deciduous tree
		Temperate, OK with forests
			Structural	Mid-quality wood; blue dye from bark	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
	Perennial Herb
		Happy with saltwater; subtropical to moderately temperate.
			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
		Tropical to subtropical rainforests
			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

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Plant name	Plant type	Climate	Growths	Uses	Appearance Time	Color	Disappearance Time
Baby Toes Succulent	Perennial Succulent (herb?)	Very hot desert	Flowers	None	Late summer	White or yellow	Mid-autumn
Bambara Groundnut
	Annual Herb
		Semi-arid tropical to subtropical savannah
			Stem	None	Year-round	Green?	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	40 days after planting	purple or yellow?	60 days after planting
			Seedpods	Contain seeds	Every 85 days, starting at pollination	Brown	30 days after appearance
			Seeds	Edible, plantable. Oil?	N/A	Light brown	N/A
Banana
	Perennial tree-like herb
		Tropical, medium to wet forest
			Pseudostem	None	A new one every 6-8 months	Green	Shortly after fruiting
			Leaves	Fiber for thread	New leaves with every pseudostem	Green	Shortly after fruiting
			Inflorescence (1/plant, at the "tip" of the bunch.)	Edible	No more than 2 months after pseudostem matures	Dark red	When the fruit falls
			Flowers (grow on the inflorescence)	None	Shortly after development of inflorescence	Pale pink	Appear in stages from base to tip; so about 2 months after appearing?
			Fruit (grow along the inflorescence, from the "base" of it, where the early flowers were)	Edible, brewable	4 months after flowering	Yellow or green	About 2 months after the first ripen (they ripen gradually from the base of the inflorescence to the tip)
Barley
	Annual Herb
		Temperate to subtropical forest/grassland
			Stalk	None	15 days after leaves emerge	Green, then brown	90 days after leaves emerge
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green, then brown	90 days after leaves emerge
			Seedhead	Contains seeds	50 days after leaves emerge	Green, then brown	90 days after leaves emerge
			Seeds	Edible, brewable, millable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Bayberry Bush
	Perennial Shrub
		Temperate marshes or other wet-to-medium. Saltwater OK.
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green	Late autumn (some are evergreen)
			Flowers	None	Mid-Spring	Yellow	Late spring
			Berries	Press for inedible oil & wax; contains seeds	Mid-summer	Light green, ripening to gray-light blue in autumn	Mid-winter
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A		N/A
Bayberry Tree (Chinese Bayberry)
	Tree
		Temperate to subtropical, well-drained, light tree cover at most.
			Structural	Low-quality wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	??	White	??
			Berries	Edible, brewable	Harvestable in November	Red	Not long - go bad quickly
Beet
	Biennial Herb
		Temperate, moderately wet, grassland to lightly forested
			Root	Edible, dye	Year-round	Dark magenta-brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible raw or cooked	Late spring	Green	Mid autumn
			Flowers	None	Mid-summer	Green	Mid-summer
			Seedhead	Contain seeds	Late summer	Brown	Late summer
			Seed	Plantable	N/A	Brown	N/A
Bentgrass	Perennial Herb	Anywhere	Boring. No indication of edible seeds, flowers are small & green & look like a seedhead. Just leave it, whatevs.
Bilberry
	Shrub
		Temperate & subarctic with poor soil. Forests-shrubland.
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	Spring	Green, then red	Fall
			Flowers	None	Mid-spring	Light red	Early summer
			Berries	Edible, brewable, contains seeds	Late summer	Dark purple	Early autumn
			Seeds	Plantable	N/A	Dark red	N/A
Birch
	Tree
		Temperate to boreal, any thickness veg
			Wood	High quality wood	Year-round	Cream to tan	N/A
			Leaves	None	Mid spring	Light green, then orange	Mid autumn
			Male catkins	None	Mid autumn	Yellow	Late spring
			Female catkins	None	Early spring	Brown	Early Autumn
Bitter melon
	Herbacious vine
		Tropical & subtropical forests
			Vine	None	Year-round	Green, then brown	N/A
			Leaves	Edible when young	Year-round	Green	N/A
			Flowers	None	June	Yellow	July
			Melons	Edible, contains plantable seeds; incidentally, used in place of hops in brewing!	September	Green, then yellow-orange (not edible when yellow-orange - overripe, too bitter)	November
Bitter orange
	Tree, arguably shrub
		Subtropical to mildly temperate. Needs full sun.
			Structural	Wood	Year-round	Brown	N/A
			Leaves	None	January	Green, then orange	??
			Flowers	None	Late spring	White	Early summer
			Fruit	Edible cooked, source of orange marmalade, orange oil - good with sugar	December ripening	Green, then orange	February
Bitter vetch
	Annual? herb
		Sub-tropical dryish (Turkey, Iraq etc.)
			Stem/Structural	None	?? little info remains	Green	??
			Leaves	None	??	Green, look like honey locust	??
			Flowers	None	??	White to light purple	??
			Pods	Contains seeds	??	Brown	??
			Seeds	Edible COOKED ONLY, causes paralysis if undercooked	N/A	Brown	N/A
Blackberry
	Perennial shrub
		Temperate; tolerates poor soil; best in bright sun; not too wet
			Canes (structural)	None	Year-round	Wood	N/A
			Leaves	None	Early spring	Green, then red-purple in autumn	Late autumn?
			Flowers	None	May	White	Early summer
			Berries	Edible, brewable, contains seeds; when eaten raw should not produce seeds	Late summer	Red when unripe, then black	Mid-autumn
			Seeds	Edible raw or cooked, plantable	N/A	Purple	N/A
Blood amaranth
	Annual herb
		Temperate to tropical, wet or dry. Requires direct sun, does not compete well against other plants.
			Stem	Edible when young	Mid spring	Green tinged with magenta	Early autumn
			Leaves	Edible, harvestable every 20 days or so - super crazy	Mid spring	Magenta tinged green	Early autumn
			Flowers	Hopi Red dye? May not be appropriate for fabric, was mostly used on pottery & as food coloring.	Late spring (70 days after planting)	Magenta-purple	Early summer
			Seedheads	Contain seeds	Mid summer (110 days after planting)	Also magenta-purple!	Early autumn
			Seeds	Edible cooked, flour, plantable	N/A	Black for wild, white for domesticated	N/A
Blue sedge	Perennial? herb	Drought-tolerant, sun to part-shade, temperate to subtropical. Tolerates salt.	Pretty boring. Blue-green, but otherwise basic ground cover.
Blueberry
	Perennial Shrub
		Tundra to mild temperate, swampy to scrubby. Can deal with some woodland, but not downright forest. Will grow on mountains, Toady. :<
			Structural	None	Year-round	Brown	N/A
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