1. These animals store a large amount of Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir cones or seeds. 2. Numerous species of songbirds extract seeds from Douglas-fir cones or forage for seeds on the ground. 3. The heat dries the Douglas-fir cones enough for their scales to spread and release winged seeds. 4. Betancourt said, pointing out a Douglas-fir cone that looked as if it could have fallen last year. 5. The noble fir cones ); these are sometimes treated as a separate species, " Abies colimensis ". 6. It occurs in Europe and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, where it grows on fallen fir cones . 7. Her long, fine hair was dyed pale blonde, and her eyes, " brown as fir cones in autumn, scattered laughter ". 8. Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir cones Left : Shuswap Lake, British Columbia, Canada Right : Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, U . S. 9. In this case the fir cone would be dipped in the bucket of water before being shaken in order to ritually purify a person or object. 10. They were first described by William Buckland in 1829 . Prior to this they were known as " fossil fir cones " and " bezoar stones ".
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