| The heat from the fire causes the pine cones to explode, dispersing seed over a wide area. |
| The pattern can be spied in everything from the spirals of sea shells to the shape of pine cones. |
| The characteristic bitterness comes from the hops, a perennial plant with flowers that actually look like pine cones. |
| You will have spent the last two months collecting pine cones of uniform size and dipping them in gold paint. |
| Bits of wood, leaves, pine cones, stones and the odd lump of twisted metal rained down onto the clearing. |
| Purple Finches flock to the wahoo elm trees to feed on the buds, and Crossbills attack the pine cones. |
