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A tumbleweed is a structural part of the above-ground anatomy of a number of species of plants. It is a diaspore that, once mature and dry, detaches from its root or stem and rolls due to the force of the wind .
This detached anatomical part of Salsola tragus is colloquially called "tumbleweed" (although there are many other plant species that also produce tumbleweeds). Once mature, dry, and detached from the plant, this tumbleweed will tumble (i.e., roll) due to the force of the wind. As this dead structure tumbles in the wind, it gradually degrades ...
Boophone disticha is a bulbous tropical and subtropical flowering plant, endemic to Africa.Commonly called the century plant [4] or tumbleweed, [3] Boophone disticha was first collected in 1781 from South Africa by Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg and described by Carl Linnaeus as Amaryllis disticha. [2]
Common names of the plant include Jim Hill mustard, tall tumblemustard, [1] tall mustard, tumble mustard, [2] tumbleweed mustard, tall sisymbrium, and tall hedge ...
The Tumbleweed Tree is a Christmas decoration made of tumbleweeds in the shape of a Christmas tree. Each year since 1957, the city of Chandler, Arizona , assembles the decoration, using over 1,000 tumbleweeds and 1,200 lights.
The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President (Ohio University Press, 2016) Lamis, Alexander, and Brian Usher. Ohio Politics (2007) 544pp. Maizlish, Stephen E. The Triumph of Sectionalism: The Transformation of Ohio Politics, 1844–1856 (1983) Miller, Richard F. States at War, Volume 5: A Reference Guide for Ohio in the Civil War (2015).
Candy corn took off in the late 1800s after a Cincinnati-based company took the lead in production. Here's what to know about the Halloween treat.
Langstroth Cottage in Oxford, Ohio. After 1858 Langstroth made Oxford, Ohio, his residence, and devoted his time to beekeeping. The site was 10 acres (40,000 m 2), and was an ideal place to keep bees. Langstroth planted a row of linden trees along the street, and apple trees throughout his property.