Recumbent Bicycling, Science

Roadside Overgrowth: Life Finds a Way

A few years ago, this traffic splitter had a magnificent overgrowth goin’ on:

Traffic splitter bushes - Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr - Streetview 2018-07
Traffic splitter bushes – Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr – Streetview 2018-07

Eventually, somebody (perhaps the NYS DOT) cut the bushes off at their bases and probably hit them with defoliant to keep them down:

Traffic splitter stumps - Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr - 2020-11
Traffic splitter stumps – Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr – 2020-11

I don’t know that the stems cracked the concrete, but they surely eased the slabs apart.

The signpost had a substantial bush at its base:

Traffic splitter stumps - signpost - Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr - 2020-11
Traffic splitter stumps – signpost – Vassar Rd at Pine Tree Dr – 2020-11

It’s tough to keep civilization running ahead of Mother Nature …