This photoset is from a hike at the Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Managment Area.  This is a fantastic place for a hike; the scenery is very nice and the only place that people seem to frequent is the hawkwatch.  I managed to find a couple populations of Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza, the autumn coralroot, which is the 24th species of orchids I've seen in New Jersey.  To top it off, there were Spiranthes cernua [Edit: Spiranthes ochroleuca] flowering, and two other species of orchid out of season.

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Autumn Coralroot Autumn Coralroot Autumn Coralroot Red-Spotted Newt
Moss Common Water Lily Yellow Ladies' Tresses Yellow Ladies' Tresses
Yellow Ladies' Tresses

 
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