There Were No Tumbleweeds In The Old West

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Visit http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe to start your 30-day free trial, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Perhaps no other plant is as synonymous with the American West as the tumbleweed. But they’re surprisingly new to North America, in fact, they’re an invasive species that didn’t show up until the very end of the “Old West” period. And they’ve become quite a problem over the years. Today we’re looking at the tumbleweed, how it came from the steppes of Russia to become an icon of the American West. Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks: https://ts.la/joe74700 Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS https://www.proquest.com/openview/cbc705cde3a9f724965654c363c6a964/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=34751 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/the-weed-that-won-the-west https://brightly.eco/blog/tumbleweeds-environmental-problem https://www.proquest.com/openview/cbc705cde3a9f724965654c363c6a964/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=34751 https://1027kord.com/video-shows-massive-tumbleweeds-that-shutdown-sr-240-video/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/01/tumbleweeds-trap-drivers-force-road-closure-washington https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/why-do-tumbleweeds-tumble https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/how-tumbleweeds-became-the-symbol-of-the-american-west/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/tumbleweeds-have-become-trendy-decor/ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/tumbleweeds-fastest-plant-invasion-in-usa-history.html https://1027kord.com/video-shows-massive-tumbleweeds-that-shutdown-sr-240-video/ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/tumbleweeds-fastest-plant-invasion-in-usa-history.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-plants-in-the-family-Amaranthaceae-2042049 https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/tumbleweeds-fastest-plant-invasion-in-usa-history.html https://academic.oup.com/aobpla/article/12/1/plz039/5532236?guestAccessKey=2f5abd84-aba3-4264-8a10-ad39ea0e9a60&login=false https://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Norman-Ellstrand-People-Behind-the-Science.jpg https://brightly.eco/blog/tumbleweeds-environmental-problem https://cisr.ucr.edu/invasive-species/russian-thistle https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653504000657 https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2018/02/09/tumbleweeds-despised-icons-west https://brightly.eco/blog/tumbleweeds-environmental-problem https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/tumbleweeds-fastest-plant-invasion-in-usa-history.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/why-do-tumbleweeds-tumble https://brightly.eco/blog/tumbleweeds-environmental-problem https://phys.org/news/2014-09-fungi-eyed-tackle-weedy-menace.html https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/amphibians/cane-toad/ https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/indiana/stories-in-indiana/kudzu-invasive-species/ https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/invasive-species/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 2:21 - How Did Tumbleweeds Get Here? 4:02 - Buffalo Bill 7:50 - The Biology of the Tumbleweed 11:55 - Monster Tumbleweed 16:15 - Sponsor - Brilliant