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  • Chapter 9 - Tumbleweed

  • from Part II - Transfers
  • David Moon, University of York
  • Book:
    The American Steppes
    Published online:
    23 March 2020
    Print publication:
    02 April 2020, pp 354-381

  • Summary

    The tumbleweed, or Russian thistle, has become an icon of the American West, celebrated in songs and movies. But, in reality it is an invasive species that causes great harm to other plants, animals, and humans. It thrives in dry conditions when other plants struggle. It was brought to the Great Plains from the steppes by mistake, in sacks of flax seed, by immigrants to South Dakota in the 1870s. It has defied attempts by agricultural scientists and state and federal government agencies to control or eliminate it.