Tumbleweed - Wikipedia
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.
Tumbleweed | Deserts, Invasive Species, Wind Dispersal | Britannica
Oct 15, 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.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Tumbleweeds - Treehugger
Feb 7, 2022 · 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 Western movies and...
Where do tumbleweeds come from? - Deseret News
Mar 8, 2024 · Tumbleweeds are often seen in Wild West movies, tumbling across the vacant desert. We can see in the beginning of the trailer for the 2011 animated movie “Rango” a tumbleweed sitting alone in a hot empty desert.
Tumbleweeds: the fastest plant invasion in the USA's history
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.
Activity | Dust storms, tumbleweeds and traveling seeds! | Desert …
Jan 20, 2021 · Common plants that rely on wind to reproduce include desert milkweed, desert willow, birdcage primrose, cottonwoods and desert broom to name a few. The famous “tumbleweed” often seen blowing across the road during a dust storm, relies on wind as well.
Salsola tragus - Wikipedia
This detached anatomical part of Salsola tragus is colloquially called "tumbleweed" (although there are many other plant species that also produce tumbleweeds). Once mature, dry, and detached from the plant, this tumbleweed will tumble (i.e., roll) due to the force of the wind.
Tumbleweed, - Russian Thistle - DesertUSA
Although tumbleweed is native to the arid steppes of the Ural Mountains in Russia, it is now ubiquitous throughout the western states, growing in disturbed soils such as agricultural fields, irrigation canals and roadside shoulders and ditches.
Growing Wild in the West: Photos of Invasive Tumbleweeds
Growing Wild in the West: Photos of Invasive Tumbleweeds. Check out these unique photos of the invasive weed that became a symbol of the American West.
Russian Thistle - Tumbleweed in the Sonoran Desert - Arizonensis
Photographic images and information about Russian Thistle / Tumbleweed, Salsola tragus, in Arizona's Sonoran Desert.