Today I was on an urban hike and collected plant materials on the way. I picked up an unusual looking pine cone. The tree was massive and full of cones but I only found one on the ground.

So on the left is a regular, typical pine cone and on the right is the cone I picked up today. After checking the  web I was able to determine that the cone is from a tree commonly called Atlas Cedar (non native?). It is a very dense cone much heavier than the dried out pine cone. It has lots of sap on the end and I can probably guess that it'll burn very well. -R