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Posted: 29 Apr 2014

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Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweeds
A.k.a. Russian thistle. It's ironic that this obnoxious stickery invader weed has become an icon of the American west! Thank the Sons of the Pioneers...

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15 comments - The latest ones
 Smiley Derleth
Smiley Derleth club
That's a fascinating fact. (Ha ha Sons of the Pioneers.)

Nice image of them still anchored.
10 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Gorgeous capture!

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10 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Thats alot of Tumble bunnies !
10 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Thanks, everyone!
10 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Nice shot; it looks like a boring landscape.
10 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thanks! There _are_, to be sure, considerably more photogenic parts of California. ;)
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
Jaap van 't Veen club has replied to slgwv club
I know.
10 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Thanks to all!
10 years ago.
 Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)
Don Barrett (aka DBs…
Thanks for the history (and the comments on both types of invaders). I'd read recently that tumbleweed wasn't native, but hadn't known its source.
10 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs…
My MIL, who grew up in rural Kansas, always called it "Russian thistle," so there must've been some folk memory that it wasn't native.
10 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
I've never seen a photo of it so dense before.
10 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Esther club
It's not unusual--but as per the comment above, it's not usually considered very photogenic! ;)
10 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
You learn so much on ipernity! It looks a bit like our (native) saltbush.
10 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Thanks!
10 years ago.
 Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)
Don Barrett (aka DBs…
Hmm, come to think of it, are humans invasives also?

And then there's those 'foreign plants' that became universal, like corn, rice, potatoes;
10 years ago.

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