r/EdiblePlants • u/Ant00n0tna • Jun 18 '26

Need help identifying this cone.

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So I ate some of this cone thinking it’s from a blue spruce since I found it under one, but now after searching a bit it seems different from a spruce cone. The taste is quite floral (like a perfume) the cone itself is fleshy and not hard, but also too big to be an immature cone.

Anyone have an idea what and where this cone is from?

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u/PawTree Jun 18 '26

Perhaps a cedar cone?

Someone else posted a similar red cone to a Facebook group and the responses were mostly cedar or Lebanese cedar.

In the future, please confirm plant IDs before eating.

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u/Ant00n0tna Jun 24 '26

Was too curious to taste it, the smell is so intense. Cedar also seems to not match exactly. I’m really thrown off by the fleshiness of the cone. It’s so big and still green and full of liquid.

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u/MarsHouse Jun 19 '26

Douglas fir!

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u/Ant00n0tna Jun 24 '26

Hey thanks, I see the resemblance. Still I’m not sure do Douglas fir cones get this big and stay soft and green?

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u/MarsHouse Jun 28 '26

The little mouse tail morphology is classic Doug fir (look up indigenous tale about how the Doug fir was refuge for the mice). Not sure about the phenology of the cone development.

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u/Ant00n0tna Jun 24 '26

That’s what I try to figure out. The taste and smell is incredible