lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1440arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-squarejust_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoInteresting… I always considered it to be a part of europe
minus-squarei_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoIt’s a transcontinental country, like Turkey and Egypt.
minus-squarekusivittula@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agorussia is so big it’s part of both
Interesting… I always considered it to be a part of europe
It’s a transcontinental country, like Turkey and Egypt.
russia is so big it’s part of both