^ Kali Tragus
the most common tumbleweed is Russian.
Selaginella Lepidophylla aka the "Resurrection Plant" is a tumbleweed native to North America specifically the Chihuahua Desert of North Mexico and the American Southwest.
So I was right and wrong at the same time.
Exists for some reason
The idea of tumbleweeds in Russia sounds so weird to me.
I saw a bunch of tumbleweeds once, driving to Idaho to visit my brother at college. They make a nice big crunching sound when you drive over them.
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^ If they're big enough they can be nasty on a car. Popped tires are the most common problem from running over tumbleweeds.
You know, I've never seen a tumbleweed in real life. I wonder if they exist in Canada.
They like arid areas, like deserts or steppes.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
I feel a little tired myself.
I smell magic in the air. Or maybe barbecue.
But you just got on.
It's the Benedryl.
I smell magic in the air. Or maybe barbecue.
Ah.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
We do have tumbleweed in Germany, too. But not so much down here in Swabia; they are home to the northern heathland.
Fear the cinnamon sugar swirl. By the Gods, fear it, Laurence.
I'm pretty sure we have tumbleweeds in eastern Oregon.
It may be desolate, but like the tumbleweed I drift on.
edited 8th Jan '14 10:16:03 PM by MaxwellDaring
I'm pretty sure I've seen a tumbleweed in Southern Arizona.
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Obviously.
So droughts can make tumbleweeds hard to find.
edited 8th Jan '14 10:20:10 PM by MikuruFan
I like how this thread has devolved into actually talking about tumbleweeds, unlike what I oringially intended it for.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
That's a derail I can enjoy.
Fear the cinnamon sugar swirl. By the Gods, fear it, Laurence.
It's a glorious subject for discussion.
I guess.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
I remember seeing a lot of them lined up against a wall while on litter duty. This was when I was in the inner city school. I found an eyeglass tissue bag from a company I have never heard of.
That day I also learned what a used condom looks like.
Typically they just make tumbleweeds smaller, not less numerous. Or at least that's how it works in my neck of the woods.
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
Has anyone ever liked tied a tracker to a tumbleweed?
It'd be interesting to see where they go.
Oh really when?
^ Usually they end up in a ditch or gully or bottom of a riverbed or snagged on barbed wire fence.
They only roll a few miles at most before encountering one of the above.
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
Well that's a bummer.
Here I was hoping they had these big romantic journeys across the countryside.
Oh really when?
I remember that they're from Russia, but I may be mistaken.
Expect autocorrect goof-ups and missing words.