You've heard of tumbleweed before. Dried up shrubs floating with the wind over wide plains. Well, that's what most people think. But the truth, however, is that tumbleweed are not dead, they are very much alive. The dried up shrubs, the tumbleweed you know, are just in a dormant state. They float with the wind over wide plains looking for a new place to thrive and grow, with an unused water source. In this state tumbleweed are just small trees, with planted roots, complete with its very own leaves. And when this new water source is used up and dry, the tumbleweed unhooks its roots, goes back into its dormant state, and floats with the wind, looking for a new water source, and continuing this little-known, amazing process.
* This was a guest blog post written by Alex. Thank you, Alex! Leave him a comment and let him know you read his post, maybe he'll do some more someday!
1 comment:
I've read many books about the Great Plains and the Dust Bowl era, but never come across the fact that tumbleweeds are living. Nice factiod, Alex!
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