AUTUMN BEAUTIES ALONG COUNTRY ROADS
Late September into October is a pretty time of year in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Orange pumpkins decorate their fields, a variety of colorful flowers bloom along rural roadsides, and in fields, and red berries and colored leaves are striking along country roads. Rural roadsides are about six feet deep, on average, and innumerable miles long. Some are mowed occasionally, but none are plowed, allowing several kinds of wild plants, and wildlife, long narrow homes between roads and fields; habitats we can readily see from passing vehicles. Local country roadsides are covered with a variety of lush vegetation, wall to wall. Some are dominated by two kinds of foxtail grass and redtop grass, all of which are pretty to see, and loaded with seeds on their tops. Redtop grass seeds have a red or purple sheen that is most attractive in sunlight. Many foxtail and redtop seeds will be ...