Is it attached to the stem visible in the foreground? That looks like a rose and I'm wondering if this is a witches broom caused by rose rosette disease.

If I'm seeing it right there are tendrils. My thought is Smilax
though I'm wondering if your mean the background plant?

My first thought is Carex although I don't recognize the inflorescence to tell the truth. Perhaps something similar to C. pulicaris? Have seen plenty of RRD sadly, not any that looked like this though.

Do you have any pics that show the base of the plant?

At first the branching pattern made me think of something out of Caryophyllaceae like Arenaria. But jeanne's post brought Juncus to mind. Juncus diffusissimus is close, but the florets of yours do not appear to be arranged in heads.

Here is a link that might be useful: Juncus difusissimus

A couple more pictures would help. Something to show the scale and how the plant is growing. Out of the ground, on a stem, high up, low down???

Thanks everybody.
It's the background plant I'm talking about, (the one with many small branches that are brown in color) it looks like a mini bush. It was growing in the thin layer of soil on a rock, and was at a south facing location that's pretty dry.

Can't get anymore pictures today (bad weather), but I probably can in 2 or 3 days.

A new species? lol :-)

I found out it's: Hypericum gentianoides

You could be right. Here is what our Orange Grass looks like in bloom.

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It is amazing how different a plant can look depending on how it is photographed.
Remy

Orangegrass is right, I've just been looking at it up here in NJ. I've only seen it on the edge of the cliffs along the Hudson -very exposed and sunny.

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