Name these? *L*

Ok I have two pictures here to share and if anyone can tell me what they are would be super.
here is #1

Here is the second one..a tree

I want to know #2 as well. We have a lot of them here. I thought they were black willows, but not sure. Are there a lot of willows that grow in Texas?

mine is clear out back but I told DH no cutting it down even if it looks funny I like it and with the weeds and stuff gone now maybe it will branch out more and grow more.

If you figure out what #1 is and how to get rid of it, let me know. I've got this stuff popping up everywhere. I've never seen it before and I've gardened in this same area of town for 30 years and all or a sudden, it's coming up everywhere; pots, beds, lawn, all over.

I may be wrong, but picture #1 looks like it may be some type of milkweed.

I was thinking #1 might be frog fruit, but it has the wrong type of foliage and flower.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/45977/

I think your tree is a black willow. It resembles one we had growing near the pond.

Forest Trees of Texas from the Texas Forest service says there are primarily two types of willows in Texas. The black and the desert willow.

That's what confused me about Mibus's willow. It's no where near water. All of ours grow around the banks of the ponds. If fact our largest one has about ten lures and bobbers hanging from the upper most branches. lol

The book does say growing along water courses... Mibus ~ is there a spring there? A well? Runoff, a moist, boggy area maybe?

I don't know what the first flower is, but it is very pretty.
The willow is most likely a black willow, although there are 10 species of willow that are native to Texas, it is hard to tell from a picture and with nothing to compare it to.
Here is a link to black willow;
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SANI
Josephine.

#1 resembles Ragweed Woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiifolius) - it is difficult for me to be certain without seeing the leaves a bit closer up :
http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/ast/hymenopappus_artemisiifolius.htm

http://www.catnapin.com/WildWeeds/Weed/wwOldPlainsman.htm

here is a picture of the leaves on the tree if that helps more.
as to any spring underground water I have no idea but it is not soggy in that area.

I'll try to get a closer picture of the leaves today too on the plant