Capital Wasteland plants

Plants and fungi are present throughout the Capital Wasteland in 2277.

List of fungi
While none have specific names, they have been named upon their characteristics.


 * Glowing fungus: the green, glowing mushrooms that are found in the Capital Wasteland. Found in most caves, metros, sewers, and other damp, dark places. Often found at sites of radiation. The Deathclaw Sanctuary has multiple formations of this fungus.


 * Brain-like fungus: A fungus that resembles a mass of brains. Found in many caves, as well as damp places, and near outcroppings of rocks in the Wasteland. The fungus shares characteristics with live tissue because, when attacked by a weapon, blood flies.


 * Cave Fungus: Cave Fungus is found only in the caves of Little Lamplight. It is used extensively by the children of Little Lamplight. The fungus is believed to have grown out of the bodies of deceased adults within the caves. The fungus thrives on Strange Meat. The fungus soaks up radiation and replenishes lost health. It also acts as a food source for the children, but it supposedly does not taste very good. Cave fungus is eaten on a spit.

List of plants

 * Children of Bob: The children of Bob are plants grown from spoor produced by Bob. They can be found in Oasis.


 * Moss: In Oasis, much of the ground is covered in moss.
 * Flowers: The majority of the flowers found in the Capital Wasteland are in human dwellings and are mostly just for decoration. However, in the Arlington Cemetery, there are three healthy flowers poking out of the soil. There are 3 types of flowers:
 * Pansies: A cluster of 3-4 purple/white pansies with a few leaves.
 * Daffodils: Long, slender leaves with 2-3 trumpet shaped yellow flowers.
 * Hollyhock: A spire of pink flowers with a few leaves at the base.
 * Trees: Some types of trees are distinctive, with the following characteristics:
 * Leafless: A trunk with a mass of leafless branches.
 * Pine tree: A spire of leafless branches.
 * Willow tree: Drooping, low-hanging branches.
 * Mangrove tree: Lots of roots with thin trunks and a few branches.
 * Grass: Most wasteland grass is a sickly brown color.


 * Bushes: The bushes provide little cover from fighting, but they do provide concealment, making them a nuisance in VATS as they can cause hit percentages to drop to 0%.


 * Cattails: In Point Lookout, these abound.


 * Mutfruit: There are two types of Mutfruit: crunchy and regular. Mutfruit looks like a blue bloated version of a raspberry, and Crunchy Mutfruit looks like a brown peach with some glowing red-pink patches. The only source of Mutfruits is through traders and some stores, and have never been found growing in the wild.


 * Black vines: Covering many building interiors and exteriors in Point Lookout are what appear to be strange leafless vines that cover many structures in Point Lookout, such as the interior walls of Blackhall Manor.


 * Punga Fruit: They come in 2 varieties, wild and refined. Both grow from strange brownish-green plants that dot Point Lookout.


 * Fresh fruits and vegetables: The fresh fruit and vegetables of the wasteland can be found in the Arlington Public Library beside a trash can in a bathroom and in the Science Lab at Rivet City. Dialogue with various characters throughout Rivet City reveals that they have a hydroponics lab. In which case, the scientists have been engineering pre-war plants to grow with their roots systems in purified water rather than the irradiated soil of the Wasteland.


 * Simulated plants: Two types of pine trees can be found: a green and healthy kind in Tranquility Lane and a brown sickly kind in Operation: Anchorage. Both are a tower of branches and pine needles.