diff --git a/df_caverns/level1.lua b/df_caverns/level1.lua
index f5061e2..8623b04 100644
--- a/df_caverns/level1.lua
+++ b/df_caverns/level1.lua
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ local tower_cap_cavern_floor = function(abs_cracks, vert_rand, vi, area, data, d
 		elseif abs_cracks > 0.25 then
 			if math.random() < 0.01 then
 				df_trees.spawn_tower_cap_vm(vi+ystride, area, data)
-			elseif math.random() < 0.03 then
+			elseif math.random() < 0.04 then
 				df_trees.spawn_spindlestem_vm(vi+ystride, area, data, data_param2, c_spindlestem_white)
 			end
 		end
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ local fungiwood_cavern_floor = function(abs_cracks, vert_rand, vi, area, data, d
 			df_caverns.place_shrub(vi+ystride, area, data, data_param2, fungiwood_shrublist)
 		elseif math.random() < 0.03 and abs_cracks > 0.35 then
 			df_trees.spawn_fungiwood_vm(vi+ystride, area, data)
+		elseif math.random() < 0.04 then
+			df_trees.spawn_spindlestem_vm(vi+ystride, area, data, data_param2)
 		end
 	end
 end
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ local decorate_level_1 = function(minp, maxp, seed, vm, node_arrays, area, data)
 				df_caverns.tunnel_floor(minp, maxp, area, vi, nvals_cracks, data, data_param2, false)
 			end
 			
-			if (not flooded_caverns) and biome_name ~= "barren" then
+			if biome_name ~= "barren" then
 				local cracks = nvals_cracks[index2d]
 				if cracks > 0.25 then
 					local rand = math.random()
diff --git a/df_trees/spindlestem.lua b/df_trees/spindlestem.lua
index bf2d7d9..046a9c8 100644
--- a/df_trees/spindlestem.lua
+++ b/df_trees/spindlestem.lua
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ df_trees.spawn_spindlestem_vm = function(vi, area, data, data_param2, c_cap)
 	local param2 = math.random(1,4)-1
 	local i = 0
 	local top = 0
+	local index
 	while i <= stem_height do
 		index = vi + i * area.ystride
 		if data[index] == c_air then