There are trees and flowers and birds and the occasional deer or squirrel. Some of the plants in this edge habitat aren't native to the forest. They like the extra sunlight and water available along a road. Take scotch broom for example. And it's generally found on clearcut land and abandoned fields and pastures.
Scotch broom enters forests through the edge habitats along roads.
Pineapple weed was rarely seen in England before the 1920s. Then cars with rubber tires hit the roads. The plant's seeds were sticky when wet and easily stuck to the rubber tires. In a few years, the pineapple weed could be found in every subcounty in England. We're Block and Byrd for Earth and Sky.