I crushed a seed and it definitely smelled like licorice ... must be "sweet cicely" / "sweetroot" ... thank you both for responding.

1 and 2 are some kind of rush or sedge - the first one might be some kind of nutsedge. I see something similar to the second one growing in wet areas around her but I don't know what it is. I'm planning to learn the grasses and sedges after I retire, when I have more time (ha!). 3 That might be Maianthemum canadense, Canada Mayflower. Are those spent flowers on top of the stalk? Kind of hard to tell from that photo. It doesn't look quite right, though; there's something called Three-leaved False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina trifolia) on the same page of Peterson that might be a possibility. 4 Maybe Poke Milkweed, Asclepias exaltata. 5 Beats me. Dalibarda (Dewdrop)? Coptis (Goldthread)? Do you have any pictures that show the leaves? 6 Not sure about this one either. If it's short (8" or so) it might be Wild Leek; or maybe some kind of wild onion. 7 Might be Hayscented Fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula 8 That's Bracken, Pteridium aquilinum 9 That looks like a Club Moss, Lycopodium spp, but again, I don't know which one. I poked around a little on the web and found this site that lists a lot of plants found there; you could check what you've got against their list. http://asecular.com/forests/dollysods.htm They probably list the club moss and the rush/sedges. Sounds like a fun trip. That's a place I'd like to go sometime, too. WW

Flowers look different here: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=waldsteinia&qpvt=waldsteinia&FORM=IGRE However following one of the other species shown in the panel on the same page we do get similar flowers: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Waldsteinia+Lobata&FORM=IRIBQP

For a 10 or 15' strip along the road, use a low-growing, sun tolerant groundcover, like 'Blue pacific' or 'Blue rug' juniper ... or whatever people are using and does well in your locale. Beyond the strip near the road, you could have the slope hydroseeded with Lespedeza. For shady areas you'd use a different groundcover, of course. I don't know if it's OK to use there, but my personal favorite for large scale shady areas would be English ivy. If you want to hunt specifically for natives, do some Googling for sun (or shade) groundcovers.