Oak

An oak is the most common tree in the game, found in a variety of biomes, available in several variants. It has the smallest initial space requirement for growth, and along with dark oak trees, it has a chance to drop an apple when a leaf block is destroyed. As with birches, an oak tree grown near flowers can generate with a bee nest attached.
== Variants ==
Oaks come in several variants with different properties:
# Small regular oaks are the most common. The leaves are arranged the same as the birch leaf arrangement.
# Fancy oaks are less common and have a distinct look and different growth requirements. They often have branches, outgrowths of logs on the sides of the trunk, or even freestanding and surrounded by leaves. The sapling requires 4–14 blocks of open space directly above to grow (air or leaves only) but can otherwise be completely enclosed on all sides.
#* A fancy oak form exists with a single leaf block layer above the minimal 4-block trunk, rarely allowing a tree to grow in a vertical space with a height of only 5, but otherwise, the maximum trunk height is 2 less than the vertical space, making the practical minimum height 6.
#* An oak can be forced into a fancy configuration if a "brace" of non-solid blocks (e.g. glass or slabs) is placed around where the trunk would be, one block off the ground.
#* A rare variant is colloquially known as a "balloon" oak. This is a fancy oak generated with the smallest size possible. It consists of a tall trunk and leaves that form a spherical shape, similar to a balloon. These oaks can grow around an obstructing block. They usually contain 4 blocks of logs, but some may contain more.
# In swamp biomes, naturally occurring swamp oaks tend to grow in the water. Unlike trees in other biomes, which typically have a slightly conical or pointed canopy, all swamp oaks have round, flat-topped canopies. Also unlike oaks, these have a broad range of foliage. They tend to be covered in vines that trail down to the ground. 
# An oak tree with a unique arrangement of leaves is generated at meeting point 3, in plains villages. This leaf arrangement is not found elsewhere naturally, and it cannot be grown from a sapling.
== Generation ==
The oak tree variants spawn naturally in the indicated biomes:
Biome	Oak	Fancy Oak	Swamp Oak
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
== Blocks and items ==
These items can be obtained from all variants of oak:
* (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
* (if spawned on an oak near flowers)
* (if present on a fallen oak log)
* (harvested with shears)
* (harvested with any tool including hands)
* (created from a log in the inventory crafting grid)
* (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
* (created by an axe on a log)
* (harvested with shears from a swamp oak, or from a dying tree)
* (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
== Planting ==
Oak saplings can be planted and grown on all of these blocks:
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An oak tree requires a 1×1 column of unobstructed space at least 4 blocks above its sapling to grow (5 blocks including the sapling itself). Oak trees can still grow when the base and trunk are enclosed on all sides. Their growth is not hindered by logs, leaves, dirt, or saplings.
An oak tree grown from a sapling within 2 blocks of a flower has a 5% chance of having a bee nest containing 2 bees.
==Other variant oaks==
, trees can generate as one of the two following variants of the normal tree. Both of these generate naturally, and can be grown out of normal saplings.https://web.archive.org/web/20190711143349/http://i.imgur.com/hTg0N8J.gifv
===Dying oak===
A dying oak has the standard growth pattern of any other tree, however, all exposed logs in the main trunk are covered with vines. They can generate as regular or small oak trees.
=== Fallen oak log===
These trees consist of a single upright log or stump. Logs lying on their side are often found 1–2 blocks from the stump. They occasionally have mushrooms on top.
A fallen oak has a log length of 4–7 blocks and the stump is 75% covered with vines.
==History==
==Issues==
==Trivia==
*In real life, oak is a genus of trees known as Quercus.
== Gallery ==
=== Renders ===
Oak Tree with Bee nest.png|Oak with Bee Nest
Balloon Oak Tree.png|Small Fancy Oak
Large Oak Tree.png|Fancy Oak
Swamp Oak.png|Swamp Oak
Plains Meeting Point 3 Tree.png|Oak at meeting point 3 of villages
=== Screenshots ===
Oak Trees.png|Oak trees.
3trees.png|Fancy oaks with leaves removed.
OTree.png|A balloon oak tree.
Screentree1.png|An oak.
Screentree2.png|A Fancy oak.
Balloon-Oak-Tree.png|Wild balloon oak tree.
Village Log.jpg|A fallen oak in a village.
ThreeTrees.png|Two balloon oak and small jungle trees on the border of a jungle.
BetaMultiTree.png|An oak tree loaded after birch and spruce were added.
BirchTree.png|A birch and a balloon oak tree sharing a canopy.
===Odd generation===
Oak On Birch.png|A giant oak tree generated in the wrong biome.
Treeonstone.jpg|An oak tree that was generated over a lava pit. The dirt under it was replaced by stone.
Aeaeeaaae.jpg|An unsupported tree.
Tree On Fire.png|A tree generated next to a lava lake, which caught on fire.
Floating Fallen Tree.png|A fallen oak with some logs in midair.
Lower Fallen Tree.png|A fallen oak where most of the logs are lower than the base.
Treebiomes.jpg|An oak with two different leaf colors.
Fallen Tree on the Water.png|A fallen oak where most of the logs are floating directly above a river.
===Developer screenshots===
Trees Notch.jpg|First image of trees. 0.0.14a development.
Trees Crosscut Notch.jpg|"Cross-cut" of the tree.
Notch-Tumblr-Newtrees.jpg|Notch posted this image of the new fancy trees with code provided to him by Paul Spooner.
Beaver Trees.png|Trees damaged by "beavers" according to Jeb.
Dinnerbone Fallen Tree.png|Image from Dinnerbone of a fallen tree in Java Edition.
===Old versions===
Trees in 0.0.14a_08.png|Trees in 0.0.14a_08.
Tree1.png|A tree in 0.0.23a_01.
oak tree on top of Indev House.png|An oak tree that generated on top of an Indev House in Indev 0.31 20100201-2.
Large Trees in Alpha v1.0.6.png|Fancy trees as they appeared in Alpha v1.0.6.
3trees alpha.png|Fancy trees with leaves removed in Alpha v1.1.2_01.
Newtrees.png|Oaks and birches in Beta 1.4.
MCPELiteTree.jpg|An oak in Pocket Edition Lite.
== References==
Category:Plants
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