During field work, it was observed that pine needles were added to nests dry and not fresh and at the time we considered that they should not be considered aromatic since they lost their freshness.
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during field works I found some nests made by small birds (may be by tits) almost exclusively of Artemisia...
that plant is for sure an aromatic one
(actually, people are using to improve the quality of the wine they produce...)
p.s. I have to check out where and when we find the nests, and what species were building those nests (anyway they surely were small-sized bird-species)
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Yes - some monoterpenes are still present after the needles have dried.
Thank you both for your answers! Sylvio Codella, is there any paper that could have that information?
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