Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Snow on Cedars

Nothing says southern Iowa road ditch like a Cedar tree. 

The further south you drive, the more numerous they become.  As we drove to Northwest Iowa last weekend, I observed the plants that grow in the road ditches along the farms.  Bushy-odd-poor-dirt-loving trees like Cedars are less abundant there.  This red-ish bush tree is the first invader of open land like pasture and road ditches.

Last December I watch two guys with chain saws jump out of a truck and head for the ditch.  They don't just use them for Christmas trees in Missouri and Arkansas.  

 They make a beautiful sight when they are full of fresh snow. 

The Cedars pictured here are growing along the Skunk River bottom between Oskaloosa, New Sharon, and Peoria.


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