Minecraft – Acquiring different tree barks in Minecraft

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I'd like to collect different bark types from trees to build a house but I'm having a hard time growing trees with birch and dark barks.

If I plant a sapling then what is the probability of getting a tree with birch or dark bark? Is there anywhere I can plant a sapling to increase my chances?

Best Answer

From the minecraft wiki:

"Saplings will only grow into generic trees, never into birch or pine trees, even if the saplings came from the foliage of those trees."

As of version 1.5:

Since Beta 1.5, birch, spruce/pine, and oak trees drop birch, spruce/pine, and oak saplings, respectively, although birch and spruce/pine trees will still drop oak saplings as well. Pre-Beta 1.5, trees only ever dropped oak saplings, regardless of tree type.

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