Nephrolepis
by valeristt
Nephrolepis adds a small set of custom plants that generate in the world, along with recipes for plants that are otherwise hard to collect.
What it does
Nephrolepis targets parts of vanilla Minecraft that players rarely use. Ferns, dead bushes and tall grass are hard to obtain in normal play, so the mod supplies crafting recipes for them. Most of the plants can also be duplicated with bonemeal, and a method is included for restoring grass and dirt blocks.
Several new plants appear in natural biomes. A giant puffball grows among fungi and releases spores that briefly slow anyone who steps on it. Nettle hurts a player on contact, and crawling petals can be processed into several dye colors. Plants can also be stored as blocks, which reduces inventory clutter and gives builders decorative options. Nephrolepis runs on Forge for 1.20.1 and is published under the MIT License, with its source code available. Servers that run it need every player to install it too.
Key features
Recipes for hard-to-find plants
Crafting recipes make ferns, tall grass and large ferns obtainable without relying on chance drops.
Giant puffball
A fungus that releases spores on contact, giving a short slowness effect, and spawns in plains and windswept hills.
Nettle and crawling petals
Nettle damages players who touch it, while crawling petals process into several dye colors.
Plants as blocks
Most plants can be placed as blocks, and a craftable fuel block reduces inventory clutter.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Simple Bushes is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, also client and server, and it adds bushes rather than the puffball, nettle and dye plants found here. Nature Is Alive is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and it is under All rights reserved. The 1.21.5 Backport is Apache License 2.0 and client and server, but it is a backport of newer content rather than a set of natural plants.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nephrolepis | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-26 |
| Simple Bushes | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-18 |
| Nature Is Alive | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-06-29 |
| The 1.21.5 Backport | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-23 |
Questions
Does Nephrolepis need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Nephrolepis support?
Can the plants be crafted or duplicated?
In the catalog
Nephrolepis is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
it is no secret that minecraft's natural world is highly neglected. this mod aims to fix that! ### FEATURES LIST - adds a few custom unique plants, generates them in the world - all plants in the mod are craftable into a fuel block, reducing inventory clutter - most plants are obtainable in block form, good for…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/nephrolepis
- Owner
- valeristt
- Published
- 2026-07-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15