I just stopped back to have a look at the plants again. I did take a couple of quick phogtos but was going to say that the plant itself looked like tall blades of grass. So Yellow Star Grass may be a good id.

ok./.. i gotta zing you .... i tried yesterday not to.. but today is a new day ... so you get some time out of the city.. to walk the Appalachian trail ... and you can NOT put your technology away... eh??? whats that all about... now.. fess up ... did you sort the pix afterwards back at home... or were you transmitting from the trail??? lol i always wanted to do the AT ... but that never worked out.. i am envious... ken

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I like the three of them eventhoug all of them are invasive. To me, the aster is the worst. I think the helianthus you have is not h. debilis, maybe h. tuberosum? I say that because I think I have it and the one I have grows taller than h. debilis and its leaves are bigger, coarser and "hairier". I have never checked its roots to see if they form a tuber, but I know they go deep and it's difficult to kill the plant when it's established. The aster and the ba$tard cabbage are invasive but they are seasonal. They disappear when it gets warmer. That also means that they offer some interest when everything else is fading or dormant. They also look better when they are planted in mass. Omar