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No one knows how tumbleweed got from Russia to the United States
It happened back in the 19th veke
In fact, a textbook running on Texas streets tangle of tumbleweeds - is the usual Russian solyanka weed. This plant is not endemic to America, its homeland - Russian steppe. However, at the end of the 19th century it somehow get across the ocean, and still neizvetno like.
According to one theory, the United States delivered a hodgepodge zlonamernno, on the other - accidentally with flax seeds, but whatever it was, this invasive species brought a lot of trouble the Americans. Weed is so common in South Dakota farmers have sounded the alarm, and some of them even went bankrupt. By that time, in 1885 tumbleweeds made it to California, the fight against it has conducted at the state level.
Soljanka weed needs a little moisture, grows to almost a meter in height, and in the autumn wind break the stems and the plant goes on a journey, along the way, "mastering" new territory. In addition to its excellent viability solyanka extremely dry fire hazard. Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan and the US cooperate in the biological control of this "walk" weed.
via factroom.ru
In fact, a textbook running on Texas streets tangle of tumbleweeds - is the usual Russian solyanka weed. This plant is not endemic to America, its homeland - Russian steppe. However, at the end of the 19th century it somehow get across the ocean, and still neizvetno like.
According to one theory, the United States delivered a hodgepodge zlonamernno, on the other - accidentally with flax seeds, but whatever it was, this invasive species brought a lot of trouble the Americans. Weed is so common in South Dakota farmers have sounded the alarm, and some of them even went bankrupt. By that time, in 1885 tumbleweeds made it to California, the fight against it has conducted at the state level.
Soljanka weed needs a little moisture, grows to almost a meter in height, and in the autumn wind break the stems and the plant goes on a journey, along the way, "mastering" new territory. In addition to its excellent viability solyanka extremely dry fire hazard. Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan and the US cooperate in the biological control of this "walk" weed.
via factroom.ru
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