Ever since they were added, Jungle leaves have had a significantly reduced drop rate of saplings compared to the other tree types, since it was the first 2 x 2 tree type. However, now with mega spruce trees as well as dark and pale oak, Jungle isn’t alone and is now really hard to get lots of saplings. Bedrock doesn’t have this same problem so this seems to be a Java bug and this would be nice as to make it easier to farm lots of Jungle trees, especially if you aren’t by a Jungle.
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Hi!
Thank you for your report!
We're already tracking this issue at MC-151244 , so I will resolve and link this ticket as a Duplicate.
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Duplicate of MC-151244
Also, working as intended