I think the fern is a lady fern. Very common in gardens and shady areas. They are best in shade, but I have a grouping that seeded itself in a pretty sunny spot. They burn some towards summer’s end. I just remove the brown leaves.

debra

#3 looks to be Lotus corniculatus.

the shrub could be some willow, perhaps Salix caprea,

the pics are not too clear, but the habitus and the location (near a pond) would fit

is this in a garden or somewhere in the countryside?

The yellow flowering might be Senna. Can't really see the leaves well enough.

Lotus corniculatus, imo. Flowers, foliage and seed pods all point that way. In long grass it grows more laxly than in cropped turf.

Does the fern have stalks? Or do the fronds grow from the base? If the former it looks like bracken.

Thank you for answers. Here is a more closeup of the salix. The fern looks stalky

So, yes, it’s a Salix, and no, it’s not bracken.

Is it salix caprea as linaria mentions?

Not already familiar willows are identified by both floral and foliar characters. In my (Seattle) area the common yellow Lotus of damp places is L. pedunculatus, with L. corniculatus being infrequent and characteristic of dry sites.

Heruga, go with L pedunculatus. I didn’t think of that one.

Is this Leucanthemum vulgare? Or some kind of aster? Oddly they are growing at the pond margin along with pickerel weeds

Also what’s the yellow one?

Edit: Actually I think it may be helenium autumnale?

No it isn’t Leucanthemum vulgare. That has much larger flowers, does not have branched flowering stems and the leaves are toothed. It looks like an Erigeron to me but I know little about N American Asteraceae.

Actually I think it’s actually boltonia asteroides. I saw some pics online and looks like it and description also matches it.

The yellow one is Helenium autumnale.

Whats this tree? Growing in the wild

Populus...looks to be grandidentata, but I'm not familiar enough with other potentially similar aspens to be 100%.

3 plants I would like Id on

1) Looks similar to petasites and acts pretty weedy here although not so common

2)Found this in the wild while hiking

3)Is this tree a wild cherry?

Heruga, tree w/poplar-like leaves (fifth up from here) looks like bigtooth aspen, tho many "poplars" have similar leaves. Very last pic above is a cherry (perhaps black cherry), but again, there are alot of cherry species.

1. Tussilago farfara, Colt's-foot.

2. Helianthus species, maybe H. stromosus

3. The leaves don't look like like Aspen or Poplar to me. They look similar to a cherry tree.

4. Prunus serotina I think?

The Populus id referred to a previous picture. Fifth one up from the bottom.

What is this? Can it be a caryopteris of some sort?

Yes. Looks like 'Summer Sorbet'.

Caryopteris x clandonensis

C. incana x C. mongholica

Thanks. Here’s some annuals which I have no clue about. What are these ?

Wouldn’t let me post all 4 in one post

Top photo, Emilia coccinea, Pentas, Salvia farinacea, Lantana, Cosmos Sulphureus

#2 Dahlia?, Lantana

#3 Cosmos sulphurus,Salvia farinacea

#4 Dahlia

I don't know what this little plant in picture #1 is, but it looks interesting. Can't see it clear enough.

What fountain grass cultivar is this? I measured and it’s 6 ft wide. Started blooming in July.

Is this a silver maple or one of the hybrid cultivars of the red maple and silver maple?

What is this tree? Could it be a chestnut?

The grass, maybe Cenchrus setaceum, formerly Pennisetum setaceus. That tree, maybe Quercus michauxii? You are right about the maple. Acer x freemontii, A. saccharinum x A. rubrum

The grass might also be Penniset alopecuroides. A different genus, but both Cenchrus and Pennisetum are in the same subtr and tribe of Poaceae.