u/BritOverThere

My wife has pulled a large number of these plants that sprout up quickly. Is it a tree sapling or a weed?

Is there any good way to remove them more permanently?

I know that there is lily of the valley growing as well as the nice if invasive wild garlic type plant. Any idea what the two rogue plants growing in the first picture and what the 2nd and 3rd picture might be?

In Illinois about 75 miles south west of Chicago.