# A Question About Pine Cones (& Other Cultivated Plant Seeds)

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/a-question-about-pine-cones-other-cultivated-plant-seeds/47497>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** question, cultivated\
**Created:** [December 14, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/a-question-about-pine-cones-other-cultivated-plant-seeds/47497 "2023-12-14T15:52:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/a-question-about-pine-cones-other-cultivated-plant-seeds/47497/2 "2023-12-14T16:15:46Z")

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You’re talking about the actual fruit itself, correct? Not the plants that grow out of the seeds? Personally, for iNat’s purposes, I’d consider them evidence of the plant they came from, not a separate organism. If the seed germinates and grows, then I’d consider a wild new organism for iNat.

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