diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/pipe_warm/menagerie.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/pipe_warm/menagerie.rs
index 079ee8ed..c4f45c50 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/pipe_warm/menagerie.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/pipe_warm/menagerie.rs
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ pub(super) fn spawn_menagerie(
     // doodad's trunk batch is Opaque, its canopy Blend, and the builder's untextured fallback is
     // Opaque + back-cull with the fade still armed — each its own key (0958's sweep; 0938 warmed
     // Mask only).
+    let mut clutter_mats: Vec<Handle<WowModelMaterial>> = Vec::new();
     for two_sided in [false, true] {
         for blend in [ModelBlend::Opaque, ModelBlend::AlphaTest, ModelBlend::Blend] {
             let plain = model_material(
@@ -316,6 +317,8 @@ pub(super) fn spawn_menagerie(
                 let mut m = m.clone();
                 m.extension.clutter_fade = Vec4::new(52.5, 70.0, 0.0, 1.0);
                 let clutter = materials.add(m);
+                // MONKEY (fix-wind): also on the clutter mesh layout (UV_1 = wind height/phase).
+                clutter_mats.push(clutter.clone());
                 mats.push(clutter);
             }
         }
@@ -496,6 +499,19 @@ pub(super) fn spawn_menagerie(
     let posuv = meshes.add(warm_pos_uv_mesh());
     let liquid_mesh = meshes.add(warm_liquid_mesh(false));
     let liquid_color_mesh = meshes.add(warm_liquid_mesh(true));
+    // MONKEY (fix-wind): clutter meshes carry POS + NORMAL + UV_0 + UV_1 (wind) + COLOR, a layout
+    // (and `VERTEX_UVS_B`) the model quads lack; the liquid colour quad has exactly that set.
+    for mat in &clutter_mats {
+        spawn_lane_rig(
+            commands,
+            cam,
+            None,
+            &liquid_color_mesh,
+            None,
+            mat.clone(),
+            &mut count,
+        );
+    }
     // Celestial discs + glares (`sun::setup` quads: position+normal+UV).
     for mat in lane_handles(&mut lanes.celestial) {
         spawn_lane_rig(
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/clutter.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/clutter.rs
index da9cd94d..b43113a8 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/clutter.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/clutter.rs
@@ -322,17 +322,19 @@ fn build_chunk_clutter(
         if subs.is_empty() {
             continue;
         }
+        // MONKEY (wind): source M2 Z is up. Normalize the actual tuft geometry rather than
+        // trusting texture V (WXL's 3.3.5 detail doodads use inverse V, but vanilla assets are
+        // not guaranteed to). UV_1 stays free here and carries height + per-tuft phase.
+        // MONKEY (fix-wind): one span over ALL of the model's submeshes, so a trunk + canopy pair
+        // bends as one body instead of tearing apart at the seam.
+        let (min_z, max_z) = subs
+            .iter()
+            .flat_map(|sub| sub.positions.iter())
+            .fold((f32::INFINITY, f32::NEG_INFINITY), |(lo, hi), p| {
+                (lo.min(p[2]), hi.max(p[2]))
+            });
+        let height_span = (max_z - min_z).max(1.0e-4);
         for sub in subs.iter() {
-            // MONKEY (wind): source M2 Z is up. Normalize the actual tuft geometry rather than
-            // trusting texture V (WXL's 3.3.5 detail doodads use inverse V, but vanilla assets are
-            // not guaranteed to). UV_1 stays free here and carries height + per-tuft phase.
-            let (min_z, max_z) = sub
-                .positions
-                .iter()
-                .fold((f32::INFINITY, f32::NEG_INFINITY), |(lo, hi), p| {
-                    (lo.min(p[2]), hi.max(p[2]))
-                });
-            let height_span = (max_z - min_z).max(1.0e-4);
             let vcount = sub.positions.len() * placements.len();
             let mut positions = Vec::with_capacity(vcount);
             let mut uvs = Vec::with_capacity(vcount);