Why Do Tumbleweeds Tumble?

The iconic prop of classic Westerns is a plant on a mission. And it doesn't come from the West at all.

Tumbleweed - Wikipedia

Tumbleweed explosion wreaking havoc in Southeastern Colorado

Great Falls neighborhood overwhelmed by tumbleweeds

Drifting along like a tumbling tumbleweed

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Tumbleweeds tumbling in the Columbia Basin, Weeders of the West

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