2 Plant IDs ?

West Branch

5 year old buck +
Looking for some help on plants. These pics were taken in my gravel pit.

#1 - 2 pictures It is a skinny, tube-like, plant. Looks like some sort of water plant? First pic is smaller ones while second pic looks like more mature ones.





#2 - Tall narrow plant with yellow flowers. Both pictures have poor focus.



 
First one looks like Horsetail Rush, the second escapes me at the moment.
 
First one looks like Horsetail Rush, the second escapes me at the moment.

Thanks, I was thinking it reminded me of bulrushes but it was obviously something else. The odd thing was that the first picture was up the side of a gravel pile 6+ feet off the ground. But I guess there was enough rain this spring to get some spores or rhizomes that were in the gravel to grow.

Here is a link to the horsetail rush:
http://minnesotaseasons.com/Plants/scouring_rush_horsetail.html

Looks like it could also be this smooth scouring rush.
http://minnesotaseasons.com/Plants/smooth_scouring_rush.html

I could save a few buck on sponges by using these for cleaning dishes :D
 
On the second one I would say Common Evening Primrose, or something close to that.
 
Maybe some type of penstemon on the 2nd plant.
 
Thanks guys! I think that the Common Evening Primrose looks most likely for the second. There were a ton of them around the pit and they all had the yellow flowers that were closed up. They look a bit different than the penstemon when I look that up.
 
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