lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1437arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat would be part of why I said chili peppers, not pepper.
minus-squareraef@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAnd I meant that they were still making food spicy hot
That would be part of why I said chili peppers, not pepper.
And I meant that they were still making food spicy hot