lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前TIL 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-square54fedilinkarrow-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 · 4 个月前message-square54fedilinkfile-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-up4·4 个月前Interesting… I always considered it to be a part of europe
minus-squarei_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 个月前It’s a transcontinental country, like Turkey and Egypt.
minus-squarekusivittula@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 个月前russia 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