Old Growth Birch Forest in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Old Growth Birch Forest biome (formerly called Tall Birch Forest) with screenshots.

In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let's explore the Old Growth Birch Forest biome in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

The Old Growth Birch Forest biome is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes
Education Edition	Yes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

In Minecraft, the Old Growth Birch Forest is a biome in the Overworld. It is made up of lots of rolling hills that are covered in birch trees. These birch trees generally have taller trunks than birch trees you would find in other biomes.

Let's explore the characteristics of the Old Growth Birch Forest biome.

Weather

The weather in the Old Growth Birch Forest biome has average precipitation.

Trees

In the Old Growth Birch Forest biome, you will find lots birch trees (which have taller trunks than usual):

Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Old Growth Birch Forest biome consists of dandelions, poppies, lilacs, peonies and rose bushes:

Item	Description
	Dandelion
	Poppy
	Lilac
	Peony
	Rose Bush

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as grass blocks:

Item	Description
	Grass Block

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Old Growth Birch Forest biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:

Mobs

In the Old Growth Birch Forest biome, there is some wildlife such as cows, sheep, pigs, chickens and bees:

Overworld Mobs that Spawn at Night

You will still find the usual Overworld mobs that spawn at night in the Old Growth Birch Forest biome, such as creepers, endermen, skeletons, spiders, witches and zombies:

Biome ID for Old Growth Birch Forest

• Java

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, the Old Growth Birch Forest biome has the following Minecraft ID values:

Minecraft ID	Dimension	Platform	Version(s)
minecraft:tall_birch_forest	Overworld	Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.16 - 1.17.1
minecraft:old_growth_birch_forest	Overworld	Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.18 - 1.20.3

See a complete list of Biome IDs that is interactive and searchable.

Old Growth Birch Forest Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Old Growth Birch Forest biome:

Old Growth Birch Forest Seeds (Java Edition)

Old Growth Birch Forest Seeds (Bedrock Edition)