The bug
Birch trees won't grow up when there is tall grass around the sapling.
Linked issues
Comments 5
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I can confirm this bug to be in Minecraft 19w42a (on the land)
There's a separate issue in 19w42a, which you're probably experiencing: MC-163403.

This issue was fixed in 1.16 pre-release 3
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