lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 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-squaremessage-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.lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 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-squarejust_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoWait holdup, a weed from asia, named after russia is ravaging america?
minus-squareMrShankles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoRussia is part of the Asian continent
minus-squarejust_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoInteresting… I always considered it to be a part of europe
minus-squarei_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoIt’s a transcontinental country, like Turkey and Egypt.
minus-squarekusivittula@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agorussia is so big it’s part of both
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoSo you are saying that russia isnt a north american country? Whats next, saying that france isnt a south american country?
minus-squarelousyd@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYep. They’re like tribbles.
Wait holdup, a weed from asia, named after russia is ravaging america?
Russia is part of the Asian continent
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
So you are saying that russia isnt a north american country?
Whats next, saying that france isnt a south american country?
Yep. They’re like tribbles.