diff --git a/assets/world/manifests/shrubs/taiga.ron b/assets/world/manifests/shrubs/taiga.ron
index cef20b3f58..fea4f49aaa 100644
--- a/assets/world/manifests/shrubs/taiga.ron
+++ b/assets/world/manifests/shrubs/taiga.ron
@@ -3,26 +3,26 @@
 [
     (
         specifier: "world.shrub.taiga.bush-0",
-        center: (4, 4, 3),
+        center: (4, 4, 2),
     ),
     (
         specifier: "world.shrub.taiga.bush-1",
-        center: (4, 4, 3),
+        center: (4, 4, 2),
     ),
     (
         specifier: "world.shrub.taiga.bush-2",
-        center: (4, 4, 3),
+        center: (4, 4, 2),
     ),
     (
         specifier: "world.shrub.taiga.bush-3",
-        center: (4, 4, 2),
+        center: (4, 4, 1),
     ),
     (
         specifier: "world.shrub.taiga.bush-4",
-        center: (3, 3, 2),
+        center: (3, 3, 1),
     ),
     (
         specifier: "world.shrub.taiga.bush-5",
-        center: (4, 4, 2),
+        center: (4, 4, 1),
     ),
 ]
diff --git a/world/src/all.rs b/world/src/all.rs
index b5acc3bfb6..c340500642 100644
--- a/world/src/all.rs
+++ b/world/src/all.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@ impl ForestKind {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn shrub_density_factor(&self) -> f32 {
+        match self {
+            ForestKind::Palm => 0.2,
+            ForestKind::Acacia => 0.3,
+            ForestKind::Baobab => 0.2,
+            ForestKind::Oak => 0.4,
+            ForestKind::Chestnut => 0.3,
+            ForestKind::Cedar => 0.3,
+            ForestKind::Pine => 0.4,
+            ForestKind::Birch => 0.65,
+            ForestKind::Mangrove => 1.0,
+            ForestKind::Swamp => 0.4,
+            _ => 0.0,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn proclivity(&self, env: &Environment) -> f32 {
         self.ideal_proclivity()
             * close(env.humid, self.humid_range())
diff --git a/world/src/layer/shrub.rs b/world/src/layer/shrub.rs
index 2c7de9a67b..b6a0741787 100644
--- a/world/src/layer/shrub.rs
+++ b/world/src/layer/shrub.rs
@@ -48,21 +48,26 @@ pub fn apply_shrubs_to(canvas: &mut Canvas, _dynamic_rng: &mut impl Rng) {
                     && col.spawn_rate > 0.9
                     && col.path.map_or(true, |(d, _, _, _)| d > 6.0)
                 {
-                    Some(Shrub {
-                        wpos: wpos.with_z(col.alt as i32),
-                        seed,
-                        kind: *info
-                            .chunks()
-                            .make_forest_lottery(wpos)
-                            .choose_seeded(seed)
-                            .as_ref()?,
+                    let kind = *info
+                        .chunks()
+                        .make_forest_lottery(wpos)
+                        .choose_seeded(seed)
+                        .as_ref()?;
+                    if rng.gen_bool(kind.shrub_density_factor() as f64) {
+                        Some(Shrub {
+                            wpos: wpos.with_z(col.alt as i32),
+                            seed,
+                            kind,
                     })
                 } else {
                     None
                 }
-            });
-        }
-    });
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        });
+    }
+});
 
     for shrub in shrub_cache.values().filter_map(|s| s.as_ref()) {
         let mut rng = ChaChaRng::from_seed(seed_expan::rng_state(shrub.seed));