This plant lacks chlorophyll and resembles a pine cone.  Habitats include upland woodlands, bluffs, wooded slopes and ravines, and usually in association with leaf liter and oak trees. Because it lacks chlorophyll the plant must obtain its nutrients from the host tree.  This plant spreads to new locations by dropping seed or from its seeds passing throuh the digestive tracts of certain animals.The photo was taken along the Horse Shoe Trail in the woods near Hemlock Overlook.