Leaves

Leaves are natural blocks that generate as part of trees. Despite being a full block, they can be waterlogged.

Obtaining

Breaking

Hoes are the default tools for breaking leaves, but leaves can be obtained only with shears or Silk Touch enchanted tools.

Block	Leaves
Hardness	0.2
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	0.3
Wooden	0.15
Stone	0.1
Iron	0.05
Diamond	0.05
Netherite	0.05
Golden	0.05
Shears	0.05
Sword	0.2

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Drop	Source	No Fortune	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III
Jungle Saplings	Jungle Leaves	2.5% (¹⁄₄₀)	2.78% (¹⁄₃₆)	3.125% (¹⁄₃₂)	4.17% (¹⁄₂₄)
Azalea or other Saplings	Azalea Leaves or other Leaves	5% (¹⁄₂₀)	6.25% (¹⁄₁₆)	8.33% (¹⁄₁₂₎	10% (¹⁄₁₀)
1-2 Sticks	All Leaves	2% (¹⁄₅₀)	2.22% (¹⁄₄₅)	2.5% (¹⁄₄₀)	3.33% (¹⁄₃₀)
Apples	Oak and Dark Oak Leaves	0.5% (¹⁄₂₀₀)	0.556% (¹⁄₁₈₀)	0.625% (¹⁄₁₆₀)	0.833% (¹⁄₁₂₀)

Natural generation

Leaves occur naturally on trees and azaleas throughout the Overworld. Specially, oak leaves‌^{[Java Edition only]} or jungle leaves‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} are generate in jungle bushes. Oak leaves also generate in the tree at meeting point in plains village. Dark oak leaves also generate in woodland mansions.

Post-generation

Leaves generate as part of trees grown from saplings or azalea.

Usage

Leaves from trees spontaneously decay (disappear) when they receive a block tick if they are not connected to a block with the logs tag (log or wood block), either directly or via other leaf blocks, with a maximum distance of 6 blocks‌^{[Java Edition only]} or 4 blocks‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}. Leaves placed by players never decay.

Leaves that decay, or are destroyed without using Silk Touch or shears, yield saplings 5% (¹⁄₂₀) of the time, sticks 2% of the time, and otherwise drop nothing. Jungle leaves drop saplings 2.5% (¹⁄₄₀) of the time. Oak and dark oak leaves also have a separate but additional 0.5% (¹⁄₂₀₀) chance of dropping an apple, making it extremely rare but possible for a single leaf to drop a sapling, a stick and an apple at the same time. Rates are increased by the Fortune enchantment. Leaves that are burned do not yield saplings or apples.

Leaves take on a different shade of green depending on the biome in which they are placed.

Leaves are always transparent to light, but cannot be seen through when the graphics mode is set to "Fast"; the transparent regions are instead black‌^{[JE only]}/dark green‌^{[BE only]}. They diffuse sky light, causing the shadows they cast under trees.

Leaves can be waterlogged, despite being a full block. Water does not spread out‌^{[Java Edition only]} and waterlogged leaves follow the same rules as any other waterlogged block. When concrete powder is placed on any side of the waterlogged leaves it turns into concrete, without the danger of the water running out of the block.

Applying bone meal to mangrove leaves with a space beneath produces a hanging mangrove propagule with age=0.

Redstone component

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

The state of a leaves block—including a player-placed block—changes after 1 game tick (half a redstone tick) when the distance to the nearest log or wood block changes, up to 6 blocks of leaves away. Observers facing away from the leaves detect this change and transmit a redstone signal in the same game tick, making leaves useful for redstone signal transmission. This has been called "Leafstone" by the Minecraft Community.

Piston interactivity

Leaves are destroyed when pushed by pistons. They do not stick to sticky pistons, slime blocks or honey blocks.

Composting

Leaves have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. A stack of leaves yields an average of 2.74 bonemeal.

Bees

Flowering azaleas leaves function like any other flowers in their interaction and uses with bees.

Bee nests

Oak and birch trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of any flowering azalea leaves have a 5% chance to grow with bee nest and 1-3 bees in it.

Color

In the inventory, oak, jungle, acacia, and dark oak leaves are colored
#48b518.
In the inventory, mangrove leaves are colored
#92c648.
Spruce leaves are colored
#619961, and are not affected by biome or inventory color.^[1]
Birch leaves are colored
#80a755, and are not affected by biome or inventory color.^[1]
Azalea, flowering azalea, and cherry leaves‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.20 & BE 1.20.0]} are not colored.

Biome colors

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See Biome colors for more information.

Biome	Temperature	Downfall	Foliage Color
(Default values) The Void River Warm Ocean Lukewarm Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Ocean Deep Ocean Cold Ocean Deep Cold Ocean Deep Frozen Ocean Lush Caves‌^{[JE only]} The End End Highlands End Midlands Small End Islands End Barrens	0.5	0.5	#71a74d
Lush Caves‌^{[BE only]}	0.9	0.0	#a6a432
Plains Beach Sunflower Plains Dripstone Caves‌^{[JE only]} Deep Dark	0.8	0.4	#77ab2f
Dripstone Caves‌^{[BE only]}	0.2	0.0	#70a26c
Snowy Plains Ice Spikes Snowy Taiga Frozen Ocean Frozen River	0.0	0.5	#60a17b
Grove	-0.2	0.8
Snowy Slopes	-0.3	0.9
Frozen Peaks Jagged Peaks	-0.7	0.9
Desert Savanna‌^{[JE only]} Savanna Plateau‌^{[JE only]} Windswept Savanna Nether Wastes Warped Forest Crimson Forest Soul Sand Valley Basalt Deltas	2.0	0.0	#aea42a
Savanna‌^{[BE only]}	1.2	0.0
Savanna Plateau‌^{[BE only]}	1.0	0.0
Badlands Wooded Badlands Eroded Badlands	2.0	0.0	#9e814d^{[n 1]}
Swamp	0.8	0.9	#6a7039^{[n 1]}
Mangrove Swamp	0.8	0.9	#8db127^{[n 1]}
Forest Dark Forest Flower Forest	0.7	0.8	#59ae30
Birch Forest Old Growth Birch Forest	0.6	0.6	#6ba941
Old Growth Pine Taiga	0.3	0.8	#68a55f
Old Growth Spruce Taiga Taiga	0.25	0.8	#68a464
Windswept Hills Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Forest Stony Shore	0.2	0.3	#6da36b
Jungle Bamboo Jungle	0.95	0.9	#30bb0b
Sparse Jungle	0.95	0.8	#3eb80f
Meadow	0.5	0.8	#63a948
Cherry Grove‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.20 & BE 1.20.0]}	0.5	0.8	#b6db61^{[n 1]}
Stony Peaks	1.0	0.3	#82ac1e
Snowy Beach	0.05	0.3	#64a278
Mushroom Fields	0.9	1.0	#2bbb0f

Unused biomes in Bedrock Edition.

Biome	Temperature	Downfall	Foliage Color
(Default values) Deep Warm Ocean	0.5	0.5	#71a74d
Snowy Mountains Legacy Frozen Ocean	0.0	0.5	#60a17b
Snowy Taiga Hills Snowy Taiga Mountains	-0.5	0.4	#60a17b
Taiga Hills Taiga Mountains	0.25	0.8	#68a464
Desert Hills Desert Lakes	2.0	0.0	#aea42a
Badlands Plateau Modified Badlands Plateau Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau	2.0	0.0	#9e814d^{[n 1]}
Shattered Savanna Plateau	1.0	0.5	#64b216
Swamp Hills	0.8	0.5	#6a7039^{[n 1]}
Wooded Hills Tall Birch Hills Dark Forest Hills	0.7	0.8	#59ae30
Birch Forest Hills	0.6	0.6	#6ba941
Giant Tree Taiga Hills Giant Spruce Taiga Hills	0.3	0.8	#68a55f
Gravelly Mountains+ Mountain Edge	0.2	0.3	#6da36b
Jungle Hills Modified Jungle Bamboo Jungle Hills	0.95	0.9	#30bb0b
Modified Jungle Edge	0.95	0.8	#3eb80f
Mushroom Field Shore	0.9	1.0	#2bbb0f

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Color is preset

Snowy leaves

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

Leaves appear as snow-covered during snowfall, however, these appearances are exclusive to frozen ocean, deep frozen ocean, frozen river, snowy beach, snowy plains, and snowy taiga biomes and their variants. Leaves are snow-covered only during snowfalls when fancy graphics are enabled. In mountains biomes and variants leaves do not become frost covered during snowfall.

Sounds

Other leaves

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.grass.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.grass.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.grass.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.grass.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.grass.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.grass`	0.7	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.grass`	0.8	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.grass`	0.3	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.grass`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.grass`	0.3	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.grass`	0.11	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.grass`	0.21	1.0

Azalea leaves

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.azalea_leaves.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.85	0.8/0.736	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.azalea_leaves.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.85	0.8/0.736	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.azalea_leaves.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.2	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.azalea_leaves.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.azalea_leaves.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.1275	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.azalea_leaves`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.azalea_leaves`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.azalea_leaves`	0.249	0.65
Friendly Creatures	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.azalea_leaves`	0.4	1.0
Friendly Creatures	Walking on the block	`step.azalea_leaves`	0.3	1.0
Friendly Creatures	Jumping from the block	`step.azalea_leaves`	0.12	1.0
Friendly Creatures	Falling on the block without fall damage	`step.azalea_leaves`	0.22	1.0

Cherry leaves

‌^{[upcoming: 1.20]}
Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.cherry_leaves.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.cherry_leaves.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.cherry_leaves.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.2	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.cherry_leaves.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.cherry_leaves.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`break.cherry_leaves`	1.0	1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.cherry_leaves`	1.0	1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.cherry_leaves`	0.8	1.0
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.cherry_leaves`	0.4	1.0
Blocks^{[sound 1]}	Walking on the block	`step.cherry_leaves`	0.2	1.0
Blocks^{[sound 1]}	Jumping from the block	`step.cherry_leaves`	0.12	1.0
Blocks^{[sound 1]}	Falling on the block without fall damage	`step.cherry_leaves`	0.18	1.0

↑ ^a ^b ^c MCPE-168093 — step.cherry_leaves uses Blocks sound category instead of Players

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Oak Leaves	`oak_leaves`	Block & Item	`lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/hoe`	`leaves`	`block.minecraft.oak_leaves`
Spruce Leaves	`spruce_leaves`	Block & Item	`lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/hoe`	`leaves`	`block.minecraft.spruce_leaves`
Birch Leaves	`birch_leaves`	Block & Item	`lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/hoe`	`leaves`	`block.minecraft.birch_leaves`
Jungle Leaves	`jungle_leaves`	Block & Item	`lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/hoe`	`leaves`	`block.minecraft.jungle_leaves`
Acacia Leaves	`acacia_leaves`	Block & Item	`lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/hoe`	`leaves`	`block.minecraft.acacia_leaves`
Dark Oak Leaves	`dark_oak_leaves`	Block & Item	`lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/hoe`	`leaves`	`block.minecraft.dark_oak_leaves`
Mangrove Leaves	`mangrove_leaves`	Block & Item	`lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/hoe`	`leaves`	`block.minecraft.mangrove_leaves`
Cherry Leaves	`cherry_leaves`	Block & Item	`lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/hoe`	`leaves`	`block.minecraft.cherry_leaves`
Azalea Leaves	`azalea_leaves`	Block & Item	`lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/hoe`	`leaves`	`block.minecraft.azalea_leaves`
Flowering Azalea Leaves	`flowering_azalea_leaves`	Block & Item	`flowers` `lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/axe` `^[verify] mineable/hoe`	`flowers` `leaves`	`block.minecraft.flowering_azalea_leaves`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Leaves (oak, spruce, birch and jungle)	`leaves`	`18`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.leaves.oak.name` `tile.leaves.spruce.name` `tile.leaves.birch.name` `tile.leaves.jungle.name`
Leaves (acacia and dark oak)	`leaves2`	`161`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.leaves2.acacia.name` `tile.leaves2.big_oak.name`
Mangrove Leaves	`mangrove_leaves`	`?`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.mangrove_leaves.name`
Cherry Leaves	`cherry_leaves`	`?`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.cherry_leaves.name`
Azalea Leaves	`azalea_leaves`	`579`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.azalea_leaves.name`
Flowered Azalea Leaves	`azalea_leaves_flowered`	`580`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.azalea_leaves_flowered.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Available with /give command.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
distance	`7`	`1` `2` `3` `4` `5` `6` `7`	How far away this block is from the appropriate wood type.
persistent	`false`	`false` `true`	If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby.
waterlogged	`false`	`false` `true`	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this leaves.

Bedrock Edition:
Leaves:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
old_leaf_type	`0x1` `0x2`	`oak`	`oak`	`0`	Oak Leaves
			`spruce`	`1`	Spruce Leaves
			`birch`	`2`	Birch Leaves
			`jungle`	`3`	Jungle Leaves
persistent_bit	`0x8`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `1`	If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby.
update_bit	`0x4`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `1`	If the block checks for nearby wood and decays.

Leaves2:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
new_leaf_type	`0x1` `0x2`	`acacia`	`acacia`	`0`	Acacia Leaves
new_leaf_type	`0x1` `0x2`	`acacia`	`dark_oak`	`1`	Dark Oak Leaves
persistent_bit	`0x8`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `1`	If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby.
update_bit	`0x4`	`false`	`false` `true`	`0` `1`	If the block checks for nearby wood and decays.

Azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
persistent_bit	Not Supported	`false`	`false` `true`	`Unsupported`	If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby.
update_bit	Not Supported	`false`	`false` `true`	`Unsupported`	If the block checks for nearby wood and decays.

History

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Java Edition Classic
0.0.14a					Added leaves.
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)					The texture of leaves has been changed.
August 25, 2009					Demonstrated that leaves now drop saplings.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Leaves now drop saplings.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20091223-2			Leaves now produce shadows.
20100218					Leaves now decay.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1					Leaves no longer decay.
20100325					Leaves now decay again.
20100413					Leaves no longer decay due to the addition of big trees.
20100615					Leaves now decay again.
20100616-1					Leaves now use an opaque texture when the graphics setting is set to "Fast".
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.6					Leaves no longer decay.
v1.0.6					Leaves now have a ¹⁄₂₀ chance of dropping a sapling instead of ¹⁄₁₀.
v1.0.6_01					Leaves now decay again when not connected to the ground or to a tree trunk.
v1.1.0					Torches can no longer be placed on tree leaves, but only in fast mode.^{[more information needed]}
v1.2.0		preview			With the addition of biomes, the color of leaves have been changed.
v1.2.0		preview			Leaves no longer decay.
v1.2.1					Leaf breaking particle colors now reflect the biome, instead of the grayscale texture.
v1.2.3					Leaf decay has been re-introduced.
v1.2.3_01					Leaf decay is now disabled, due to an infinite loop in the code.
Java Edition Beta
1.0					Leaf decay has been re-introduced with the new behavior.
1.1					Leaf decay has been rewritten, once again.
1.2					Added birch and spruce leaves, which are colored #80a755 and #619961 respectively, and do not vary across biomes.
1.2					Birch and spruce leaves that decay, or are destroyed, drop oak saplings.
1.5					Birch and spruce leaves now drop their respective saplings.
1.6		Test Build 3			Many disparities between the properties of leaves in Fast and Fancy graphics have been fixed.^{[more information needed]}
1.7					Added shears, which collect leaves. Before, leaves could be obtained only via inventory editing.
1.7					Leaves no longer appear gray (blank and uncolored, default texture before the application of biome coloration) in the inventory.
1.8		Pre-release			Leaves placed by the player or an enderman no longer decay like normal leaves do.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			The Silk Touch enchantment can now be used to collect leaves. Any dropped leaves will always be oak, regardless of the tree.^[verify]
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Silk Touch now preserves the data value of broken leaves rather than always dropping oak. This now includes non-species metadata, allowing for the collection of Invalid Data Value Leaves as an item.
1.1		11w48a			Oak leaves now have a ¹⁄₂₀₀ chance of dropping an apple.
1.2.1		12w03a			Added jungle leaves.
1.2.1		12w03a			Oak leaves now generate in jungle bushes.
1.3.1		12w18a			Jungle leaves now have a small chance of dropping cocoa beans.
		12w19a			Jungle leaves no longer drop cocoa beans.
		12w22a			Water now slowly drips through leaves during rain.
1.4.6		12w49a			Leaves now always drop the correct data values when collected via Silk Touch, making invalid data value leaves unobtainable in survival from this point onwards.
1.7.2		13w43a			Added acacia and dark oak leaves, which use separate but identical textures to oak leaves.
1.8		14w25a			Jungle leaves now use the texture of oak leaves.^[2] This is an issue with the model, as it points to the exact same texture file as oak leaves do, making the jungle leaves texture file unused in this version.
					Leaves now render differently with the "Fast" graphics setting.
					Leaves no longer have distinct texture files for fast and fancy graphics.
		14w25b			Jungle leaves now use their own texture again.^[2]
		14w25b			Leaves now render differently in the "Fast" graphics setting - all transparent regions are set to black instead.^[3]
1.11		16w39a			Leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13		18w22a			Naturally-generated leaves now survive at a distance of up to 6 blocks from logs, instead of 4.
1.14		18w43a			Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
		18w43a			The textures of all leaves have changed. This also results in birch, acacia and dark oak leaves having visually distinct textures from oak leaves.
		18w48a			Oak leaves now generate at some meeting points in plains villages.
		19w03a			Placing leaves into the brand-new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
		19w05a			Leaves now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
1.16		20w15a			Hoes can now break leaves quickly.
October 3, 2020					Azalea and flowering azalea leaves are shown as part of lush caves at Minecraft Live 2020.
1.17		21w05a			Added azalea and flowering azalea leaves.
		21w10a			Both types of azalea leaves now generate as part of azalea trees above a lush cave biome.
		21w13a			Bees now see flowering azalea leaves as a pollen source.
October 16, 2021					Mangrove leaves were shown at Minecraft Live 2021.
1.19		22w11a			Added mangrove leaves.
		22w12a			Leaves are now waterloggable.
					Mangrove leaves are now compostable.^[4]
					Hoes can now mine mangrove leaves faster.^[5]
		22w13a			Mangrove leaves now can drop sticks when broken.
		22w14a			Due to the addition of the mangrove tree and mangrove swamp, make mangrove leaves obtainable and renewable.
		22w15a			The texture of mangrove leaves has changed.
		22w15a			Mangrove leaves now drop when broken with Silk Touch.^[6]
1.20 (Experimental)		23w07a			Added cherry leaves behind the Update 1.20 experimental datapack.
		1.19.4 Pre-release 1			Bees now see cherry leaves as flowers.
		1.19.4 Pre-release 4			Updated the texture of cherry leaves.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.20		23w12a			Cherry leaves are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental datapack.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release					Added oak, birch and spruce leaves, all of which are tinted with #339933.
v0.1.0					Added opaque item models for the block and item form of leaves when the graphics setting is not set to "Fancy".
					Added an item model for oak leaves tinted with #59a53f and an inventory icon.
					Oak Leaves in item form with damage value 1 and 2 use models of spruce and birch leaves, however still place oak leaves.
v0.2.1					The item model use separate but identical magenta textures when "Fancy Graphics" are enabled/disabled and no longer tinted.
v0.2.1					Oak leaves in item form with damage value 1 and 2 no longer use models of spruce and birch leaves.
v0.2.1 alpha2					The textures of oak and birch leaves have been changed.
					The textures were taken from Java Edition Alpha v1.1.2_01 and earlier.
					The textures of oak leaves in item form have been changed to pre-tinted leaves.
v0.3.0					Oak leaves now drop their item form when broken with shears.
					Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of oak leaves in the inventory.
					Breaking spruce or birch leaves with shears would drop strange leaves items that had a durability bar, and would stack to 1, sometimes appearing as infinity. Spruce leaves used the crafting table side texture on all sides on some devices.^[7]
v0.3.2					The tints of oak, birch and spruce leaves have been changed to #48b518, #80a755 and #619961.
					Added item form for birch and spruce leaves. They uses oak leaves in item form model.
					Spruce and birch leaves no longer dropped glitched items when broken by shears.
					The item form for spruce leaves would sometimes use the crafting table texture on all sides when dropped as an item or held in the player's hand.
					Leaves now have a small chance to drop their respective sapling type when broken.
v0.4.0					Spruce leaves in item form now have separate pre-tinted textures.
					The item form for spruce leaves would no longer sometimes use the crafting table texture on all sides when dropped as an item or held in the player's hand.
					Oak leaves now have a small chance to drop an apple when broken.
v0.8.0		build 1			Added jungle leaves to the creative inventory. If fancy graphics is enabled, the jungle leaves texture incorrectly uses a tinted still water texture for the top row of pixels. This texture is affected by the "Animated water" setting.
		build 1			The textures of oak and birch leaves have been changed.
		build 5			The texture of jungle leaves with fancy graphics has been corrected.
v0.9.0		build 1			Added acacia and dark oak leaves. They use separate but identical textures to oak leaves.
					The models of leaves have been changed. Jungle leaves are now permanently opaque.
					Jungle leaves can now be obtained in survival mode as part of jungle trees.
					Leaves now release spiders, creating a higher amount of spiders in tree-rich biomes at night (version exclusive).
v0.12.1		build 1			Leaves in snowy biomes now gradually become frost-covered during snowfall.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.22			Jungle leaves are now transparent on higher-end devices when Fancy leaves are turned on.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of all leaves have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Leaves can now be used to fill up composters.
Caves & Cliffs (experimental)		beta 1.16.220.52			Added azalea and flowering azalea leaves.
		beta 1.16.230.50			Bees now interact with flowering azalea leaves as they do with regular flowers.
		beta 1.17.0.50			Azalea Leaves and Flowering Azalea Leaves now have a chance to drop azalea or flowering azalea when broken.
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.52			Azalea Leaves now have correct color on maps.
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.52			Azalea Leaves and Flowering Azalea Leaves are no longer only available in experimental gameplay.
1.17.10		beta 1.17.10.20			Spruce and birch leaves are affected by biome tinting if the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle is enabled.^[8]
1.17.30		beta 1.17.20.20			Spruce and birch leaves are no longer affected by biome tinting.
1.19.0		beta 1.19.0.20			Added mangrove leaves.
1.19.20		beta 1.19.20.20			Azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves can now be destroyed by ravagers.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
Next Major Update (Experimental)		beta 1.19.80.20			Added cherry leaves behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
Next Major Update (Experimental)		beta 1.19.80.21			Updated the texture of cherry leaves.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added leaves.
TU5					Leaf blocks placed by the player no longer decay like normal leaves do.
TU12					Added jungle leaves.
TU14		1.04			Water drip particles appear underneath leaves if it's raining.
		1.90			Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
		1.90			The textures of all leaves have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added leaves.

Old Legacy Console Edition's jungle leaves. This texture was also shown in the old Bedrock Edition's inventory sprite.
Old Legacy Console Edition's jungle leaves (Fast graphics).
Old leaves texture.

Data history

This section is missing information about

Leaf decay handling prior to Beta 1.2
MC-213767.

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Java Edition Beta

1.2 A fourth type of leaves with data value 3, 7, 11 and 15 also exists. It uses a texture of oak and birch leaves and colored
#619961.

Leaves pre-dating this update include multiple types of leaves, as the data indicating leaf type was previously used for decay calculations.

Java Edition

1.2.1 12w03a Oak trees pre-dating Beta 1.2 can include some jungle leaves as the data indicating leaf type had previously been used for decay calculations.

Leaves with data value 3, 7, 11, 15 replaced with jungle leaves.

1.8 14w10a minecraft:leaves2 blocks with numerical metadata variants 2-3, 6-7, 10-11 and 14-15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to either acacia or dark oak leaves.^[verify]

14w25a

Leaves are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of minecraft:leaves were as follows:

	DV	Description
	0	Oak Leaves
	1	Spruce Leaves
	2	Birch Leaves
	3	Jungle Leaves
	4	Oak Leaves (check decay)
	5	Spruce Leaves (check decay)
	6	Birch Leaves (check decay)
	7	Jungle Leaves (check decay)
	8	Oak Leaves (persistent)
	9	Spruce Leaves (persistent)
	10	Birch Leaves (persistent)
	11	Jungle Leaves (persistent)
	12	Oak Leaves (persistent, check decay)
	13	Spruce Leaves (persistent, check decay)
	14	Birch Leaves (persistent, check decay)
	15	Jungle Leaves (persistent, check decay)

The data values for minecraft:leaves2 were as follows:

	DV	Description
	0	Acacia Leaves
	1	Dark Oak Leaves
	2-3	Inaccessible "boring" leaves blocks
	4	Acacia Leaves (check decay)
	5	Dark Oak Leaves (check decay)
	6-7	Inaccessible "boring" leaves blocks
	8	Acacia Leaves (persistent)
	9	Dark Oak Leaves (persistent)
	10-11	Inaccessible "boring" leaves blocks
	12	Acacia Leaves (persistent, check decay)
	13	Dark Oak Leaves (persistent, check decay)
	14-15	Inaccessible "boring" leaves blocks

14w26a minecraft:leaves2 blocks with metadata values 2-3, 6-7, 10-11 and 14-15 have been completely removed from the game.

1.13 17w47a The different variant block states for both the leaves and leaves2 IDs have been split up into their own IDs.

Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 18 and 161.

Issues

Issues relating to "Leaves" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

Occasionally, leaves grow through other blocks, acting as though they are still connected to the tree. They may also completely replace blocks they try to grow into.
Leaves do not prevent chests from being opened.
Some trees seem to occasionally drop apples or saplings without being destroyed due to creation of leaf blocks not supported by logs.
The frost texture in Bedrock Edition is not an instant transition. Instead, the leaves slowly shift from their original color to the frosty one.