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A tumbleweed is a structural part of the above-ground anatomy of a number of species of plants. It is a diaspore that, once mature and dry, detaches from its root or stem and rolls due to the force of the wind.
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Feb 7, 2022 · Tumbleweed Takedown. Like cowboys, wagon trains and buffalo, tumbleweeds are icons of the Old West. These twisted balls of dead foliage rolling across deserts and the open range are staples of...
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Jun 14, 2024 · Tumbleweed, plant that breaks away from its roots and is driven about by the wind as a light rolling mass, scattering seeds as it goes. Examples include pigweed (Amaranth retroflexus, a widespread weed in the western United States) and other amaranths, tumbling mustard, Russian thistle, the steppe.
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Oct 30, 2023 · Tumbleweeds are annual plants. The seeds germinate in the spring, flower in the summer or fall (depending on the species), and reproduce only by seed. Unlike other weed seeds, which can live for decades, most tumbleweed seeds remain viable for only one year (though some live up to three years).
The arrival and spread of Russian thistle is considered to be one of the fastest plant invasions in the history of the United States. Today the plant is found in all states except Alaska and Florida. Tumbleweeds in a roadside ditch in Haskell County, Kansas, being burned in 1941.
Salsola tragus, often known by its synonym Kali tragus [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is known by various common names such as prickly Russian thistle, [5] windwitch, or common saltwort. It is widely known simply as tumbleweed because, in many regions of the United States, it is the most common and most ...
May 6, 2018 · By bouncing and rolling in the wind, a tumbleweed spreads out tens of thousands of seeds so that they all get plenty of sunlight and space.
