yeah, I think those are stems.
You gotta watch. If you don't make sure your shit is out before you dump it in a full ashtray like that, It will catch on fire, and sit there and smolder for hours. It has happened a couple times, and the entire house filled up with smoke so bad I had to open windows. Wasting be damned, oxygen has to mixed in there somewhere.
and to end the argument about the US and Im assuming Canadian budz, I have far superior to the two because I control 100% from the beginning. No one other than me EVER touches my weed. That way I know I've got THE very best. I don't piss around when it comes to medication.