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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