[DOC] [TLE] Russian thistle - Utah State University [PAR] Home>Plant Species>Weed Species>Russian Thistle Drawing of ... It spread by 
contaminated seed, threshing crews, railroad cars, and by windblown 
tumbleweeds. Ironically ... It is an important prairie dog food, and pronghorn eat it 
readily. [DOC] [TLE] Russian Thistle Management Guidelines--UC IPM [PAR] UC home and landscape guidelines for control of Russian Thistle. ... as Salsola 
tragus is likely three or more morphologically similar species that differ ... The 
seed is spread when mature plants detach at the base and are blown along by 
the wind. ... It has been reported that prairie wildfires can spread rapidly when 
ignited... [DOC] [TLE] Tumbleweed - Wikipedia [PAR] A tumbleweed is a structural part of the above-ground anatomy of a number of 
species of plants .... One study showed that a single Russian Thistle can remove 
up to 167 liters (44 .... "Watch a Plague of Tumbleweeds Blow Across the West". [DOC] [TLE] SPECIES: Salsola kali - US Forest Service [PAR] PALATABILITY : Russian-thistle is preferred by prairie dogs [13]. .... adaptations: 
Russian-thistle colonizes a burn when off-site, abscised plants blow across it,... [DOC] [TLE] Salsola tragus - Invasion Biology Introduced Species Summary ... [PAR] Nov 14, 2005 ... The mature plant has stiff, needle-like upper stem leaves that alternate. ... Mode(s
) of Introduction: Salsola tragus seeds were shipped from Russia with flax seeds 
... It exploited the early western farmers removal of the native prairie ... As a 
tumbleweed it can be a road hazard when blown across roads or into... [DOC] [TLE] russian thistle - US Department of Agriculture [PAR] The Russian thistle is the worst rolling tumbleweed on the prairie, and iu time of 
prairie ..... weeds so that no occasional mature plant would be blown away. If the 
work is put off ... Many species of the mustard family are very troublesome in the. [DOC] [TLE] Russian Thistle - Columbia - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [PAR] Nov 6, 2014 ... In a strong wind, tumbleweeds blow into the water, the wind drives them to the ... 
While no where near as nutritious as native plants, Russian thistle does at ... It is 
actually well-liked by prairie dogs, and pronghorn eat it readily. Several bird 
species, including scaled and Gambel's quail, will eat it, as well as... [DOC] [TLE] Salsola kali - Invasive.Org [PAR] Sep 24, 2007 ... FRES39 Prairie. FRES40 ... Russian-thistle seeds are eaten by at least eight 
species of ..... abscised plants blow across it, spreading seed [61]. [DOC] [TLE] The Tumbling Tumbleweed | Conservancy Talk [PAR] Feb 12, 2014 ... The Russian thistle, a plant that often becomes the "tumbling ... Peters is involved 
in a GPS mapping project to track and color-code data on invasive species. ... 
and the weeds prevented the grass from drying out and being blown away. ... We 
live in Central New Mexico on 10 acres of shortgrass prairie that... [DOC] [TLE] Russian Thistle and Kochia Management - NMSU Weed Information [PAR] Russian thistle (Salsola collinea) and kochia (Kochia scoparia) are common 
annual broadleaf ... The seeds from these plants are also transported long 
distances by seeds contained in shoots that are blown and tumble ... plant 
species present, depth to groundwater, historical precipitation amount, and timing 
of .... Prairie flax. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The Russian thistle : its history as a weed in the United ... [PAR] The plant is generally called Russian thistle in South Dakota and Russian cactus 
in ... under the supposition that it was identical with the species of the coast 
region. .... Like these its season of rolling is in the fall, and when blown into piles 
along the ..... The prairie soil will produce a fair crop under almost any conditions, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The Russian thistle : its introduction and spread in ... [PAR] Owing to its name, which is an absurd misnomer, every species of thistle and 
many .... the surface of the frozen ground, and the plant is blown about as a 
tumbleweed

Question: The Russian thistle is a species of this plant blown about the prairies
Answer: tumbleweed