Some sort of reproductive device on a plant. It’s not a pine cone but it looks like one.
According to Jessica H., this is a ginger cone of the Zingiberaceae family, which is actually an angiosperm. Pine cones are conifers which are more primitive than angiosperms.
Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/30, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO87, 2005-10-23T13:53:40-04, 2005-10-23_13h53m40
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Richard X. Thripp at 2010-12-16T06:33:24.Thanks Jessica, I updated the caption. Do you work the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? I noticed your IP address… that’s awesome.
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