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Some dandelions and a wintergreen.These are 3 different dandelion species.
Which Galium is that? G boreale is pretty showy here, in white masses, but of course yellow seems flashier-- not that we have a shortage of yellow flowers..Is the coltsfoot Tussilago? I considered planting it, but it seems there are concerns about invasiveness..Lots of fungi here, but no red fly agaric or any mushrooms quite so bright. Because of the wet summer, there were more mushrooms all season.
Dandelions can be a nightmare to identify, i own a 160 pages ID key..i often scratch my head
The yellow one is Galium verum. I like it! But I do like the other Galiums also. G. boreale is common here (photograph). G. album is similar but bigger.
The only other ones we have are triflorum, which is actually a very attractive foliage plant-- another of those odd natives which grow in a particular niche in nature ( shady and moist or at least mesic) but will grow in nearly any condition in the garden== it has popped up in some fairly dry exposed places in rock gardens! And some tiny species I forget the name of, in wetland areas.
triflorum occurs here also but I rarely notice it.
It is most striking and attractive when it grows in fairly bare patches of forest floor, over mosses, and grows prostrate, stems radiating out from the centre, very nice foliage plant. Would probably make a good hanging basket subject!