if on-gen, saplings grow per their biome_defs.lua settings
if placed, they grow on the surfaces given in the tables:
* anything but palms will grow on the dirt surfaces
* conifers can also grow on a cold surface, but other trees will not
* only palms can grow on sand, but they will not grow on dirt or cold
Bas080's jungletree mod from 2013 registered those nodes, so the aliases are very old.
The sumpf modpack uses an updated version of that jungletree mod, so when using sumpf and moretrees together a warning appeared.
The previous screenshot showed only a few of the available trees.
The new one shows all of them (except acacia, which is disabled,
and in the default game anyway, and beech).
As finding a suitable spot where even a significant proportion of
trees is only visible at all is near impossible, this scene was
crafted, and instructions and a script for recreating it are included.
Poplars exist in two kinds: small and large trees. Both use the same
nodes, except for the sapling. Poplar leaves may drop one or the
other sapling.
Poplar trees require a humid environment, and water nearby.
Provided there is water, an occasional poplar will grow under less humid
conditions.
Using a combination of dates, nuts and coconut, an extremely high
energy date-nut cake can be baked (32 units of food). It's main purpose
is to be a very concentrated transport mechanism of food, but it can be
used for instant replenishment of a starving soul. In practise, it will
be used to craft date-nut energy bars, which merely have a good
nutritional value (4 units).
Because of its exceptional nature, the cake requires special ingredients
(all three types of nuts, as well as coconuts), and given the ingredients,
3 steps are needed (including one cooking step) to bake it. All of the
ingredients themselves, except dates, are not found in nature, but must
also be prepared.
Spawns in hot and dry desert, but requires water. This makes it a bit harder to
find, but where found, it can be more abundant.
If found in the middle of a desert, its presence indicates a water source below
the surface.
As an additional optional feature, dates (slowly) grow back after harvesting.
