It seems that when using Bonemeal on a spruce sappling it will convert the "soil" or grass into podzol. the Bonemeal on other grass styles will make Tall grass by default too.
this issue has been active since.. 1.12
MC-155684
Podzol when using BoneMeal on Spruce
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We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-125563, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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