@upat5 Welcome! I live in wooded conditions. I don't seem to have any issues with the invasives that you've mentioned, except for the dreaded stilt grass which seems to just appear in any of the wooded areas that have been disturbed in some way - logging trails and the main lane... I don't have much advice to give on that score. However, I am always dealing with major deer problems. Over the years I've been discovering what they will actually leave alone and am concentrating on adding more and more of those. I still love to have some of the plants that are deer candy, but they require lots of attention that some years they get and other years they don't. Here is a list of plants that are doing well for me that the deer don't seem to touch:
Hellebores, galanthus, narcissus, iris, peonies, dicentra, asarums, polemonium, pulmonaria, astilbe, solomons seal, trilliums, and any and all ferns to name a few. I'm amassing quite a collection of named cultivars of hellebores, iris, pulmonaria, and astilbes. I have native mountain laurel and azalea naturalized throughout the wooded acreage that have not been browsed by deer. One of the biggest disappointments from the ever increasing deer population damage is the huge stands of mayapple that were here twenty years ago have completely disappeared. I do like to introduce other natives as well and add them to my gardens on greenthumb99's recommendations and pass alongs, but I am not as familiar with them as he and also muddy1 are.
Good luck! Would love to hear more about your woodland gardening!
