@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • 2 months 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-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.@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • 2 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoInteresting… I always considered it to be a part of europe
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoIt’s a transcontinental country, like Turkey and Egypt.
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