0006163: Surface Grass Grows in Vegetation-Free Desert

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006163	Dwarf Fortress	Vegetation	public	2012-08-12 21:15	2012-08-12 22:26

Reporter	RiderofDark	Assigned To
Priority	low	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Platform	PC	OS	Windows	OS Version	7
Product Version	0.34.11

Summary	0006163: Surface Grass Grows in Vegetation-Free Desert
Description	Embarking on a sand desert with no vegetation, it's possible to have surface grass grow by digging down into another soil layer. I've reproduced this bug across four different maps, with multiple embarks on each map, in temperature variations from hot (tropical) to temperate (cold). Some areas were next to oceans, some had brooks/streams, some with aquifers, all produced the same bug.
Steps To Reproduce	Produce a new world; larger ones are better. Embark on a sand desert with no vegetation, with a miner and pick. Channel out a large, contiguous area (I used 21x21) and watch grass grow.
Additional Information	Here's a link to a save file. Focus is on the area I've already dug out; the layer above is a sand desert with no vegetation. The embark site is spread across three biomes, two of which are vegetation-free sand deserts. http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=6762
Tags	grass

Note

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-08-12 21:15	RiderofDark	New Issue
2012-08-12 22:26	RiderofDark	Tag Attached: grass
2016-10-08 15:31	Loci	Relationship added	has duplicate 0008857