Neat pics Syreeta. I'd say the first one is a Coltsfoot and I agree with you on the aster and the current (could be one of a few species, we get black currant and skunk current up here). I have been trying to ID a plant the last couple years that I never saw the flower on til last fall and it ended up being an aster. It had the same serrated lance shaped and kind of fuzzy leaves and I never found anything else similar. These particular ones (showy asters) flowered quite late. There's a few varieties of those too, but the serrated leaves are your biggest hint I'd say for that family.

The one that looks like a columbine...could it be in the Thalictrum family? It sure would look nice in the Garden.

I have an Aruncus dioicus (wild goatsbeard) listed in my Northern BC plant book, but it only shows a pic of a mature plant so I can't tell for sure. Says it likes moist sites, streambanks, slides and roadsides. My other guesses would be Angelica or Sweet Cicily. If it is Angelica it says it is easy to confuse it with the poisonous Water Hemlock. It mentioned purplish stems on Angelica and Water Hemlock.
Not sure about the rest. Good luck! I love plant quizes :^)

Thanks Toots, I looked up Coltsfoot and that is what it is. Apparently the stalk is used to cure menstrual cramps. Maybe I just discovered the cure to my endo?! :)

1. Coltsfoot (Thanks Toots)
2. Aster?
3.
4. Currant?
5. thalictrum?
6. Goats Beard?
7. Goats Beard?
8. Goats Beard?

Anyone else know what any of these are?

Syreeta

Agree with most of seaootercove's list. Would add
7. Fern seeds instead of goatsbeard.
5. Thalictrum was not familiar until I looked up 'meadowrue' - same thing.
Not sure at all about 3. and 8.
Love the photographs Syreeta.

Ferns don't make seeds, they make microscopic spores, but #7 could be some sort of dried out fern frond. Unless it really looked like seed pods, it's hard to tell from the picture.

#4 looks like some sort of currant or gooseberry to me... the leaves look so much the same.

Another hint for the possible current or gooseberry is that gooseberries have bristles and currants are unarmed. If it is a currant, skunk currant smells 'skunky' when you bruise them and the black or red currants don't.

I'm sure I've seen # 7 before...can't place it though. Were there any dead leaves lying around that might have given you a hint?

Could #7 be Filipendula rubra (aka Meadowsweet/Queen of the Prairie)? I think it looks like mine but it's too dark to compare right now...

Susan

That looks just like the goatsbeard we have growing all over our neighborhood. I'd place my bet that it is goatsbeard.

Where are the pictures that are posted? Where do I go to find them?
Inanda

Inanda, the pics should show up on this post. Are you getting the red x's? If so, right click on them and select 'show picture'...that advice was greatfully passed on to me here earlier when I was on dial-up and I kept getting the x's. We went to satelite a couple months ago and VOILA! No more x's!

Syreeta, just looking at these again and I'm second guessing my thoughts on #2 being an aster. The leaves look too shiny...hmmm.

Thanks guys for all the suggestions. I've been going through wild plant books and wildflower books. The problem is they only show the plant fully grown. Here are the confirmed ones so far:

1. Coltsfoot (They have now stretched out and really look like the pictures on the web).
2. Is it an aster or not?
3. ?
4. Currant (has no spines)
5. Thalictrum?
6. Goats Beard
7. Goats Beard
8. Goats Beard

For the goats beard, they are growing up more and I know they look just like astilbe and since we don't have that here it must be goatsbeard. Plus I know it grows up there.

Still seem to be stuck on the same ones as before. I guess I'll have to wait until they grow up some more. Thanks for the comments on the pictures.

Syreeta