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Russian thistle

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Russian thistle: see goosefoot goosefoot, common name for the genus Chenopodium, as well as for the goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, a family of widely distributed shrubs and herbs that includes the beet, spinach, and mangel-wurzel.
..... Click the link for more information. ; tumbleweed tumbleweed, any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as
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They somehow got here in the 1800s, apparently from Eastern Europe, and are sometimes called Russian thistle.
CITY GETS HAND ON TUMBLING WEEDS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Agriculture, housing developments, off-highway vehicle recreation, and the introduction of non-native, invasive plant species (especially Russian thistle and tamarisk) have resulted in the decline of sand dunes and blockage of natural sand transport corridors.
A treasured place by Grandberry, Shawnetta / Endangered Species Update
They are quackgrass, Canada thistle, burdock, white or oxeye daisy, snapdragon or butter and eggs, cocklebur, perennial sow thistle, sour dock, yellow dock, wild mustard, wild parsnip, and Russian thistle.
The problem of weeds by Stone, A. L. / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
 
 
 
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