Growing amidst the destruction in the "ash" woods, where all the ash trees have been removed, were several patches of the native plant, herb robert (one of the cranesbill geraniums). This one was against the stump of a downed tree.
A cosmopolitan group, evidently, as we have both native and introduced geranium (stork's-bills) in southern Australia. Are the ash trees native to your area? You refer to them having been planted.