FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – When you think of Fernandina, you probably picture peaceful beaches and pristine coastline — and that’s exactly what locals and volunteers are fighting to protect. But it’s ...

Russian thistle – or tumbleweed – rides fall and winter winds across fields and roadways, causing driving hazards for motorists and accumulating along tree rows, fencelines and other structures.

In December 2017, fourth graders from Marin Country Day School pulled Russian thistle from Triangle Marsh in Corte Madera. Russian thistle (Salsola species) is a bushy, noxious, annual broadleaf plant ...

To the editor — I want to thank Lex Talamo for the May 31 Tumbleweeds article. It has been my experience that Russian thistle seeds can hold over for more than one year. If you notice a tumbleweed ...

The USDA proposes to turn loose tiny mites from Eurasia to gnaw on that symbol and scourge of the West — Russian thistle, also known as tumbleweeds, which also originated in Eurasia. Tumbleweeds clog ...

The City of Fernandina Beach and the non-profit group Invader Raiders are teaming up to help combat an invasive plant growing in Nassau County. The Russian Thistle, a spikey tumbleweed commonly shown ...

When the plants become old and detach from the ground, their light weight allows them to roll around in the wind. *Cue the old western movie music. According to pollenlibrary.com, the pollen released ...

BOZEMAN – This article highlights the evolution of glyphosate (Roundup, RT3, and other generics)-resistant Russian thistle in Montana. Russian thistle ( Salsola tragus L.), a native of southeastern ...

RICHLAND, Wash. — The Cold War may be over, but Hanford nuclear reservation continues to battle Russian invaders: radioactive tumbleweeds. Russian thistle is a dead menace here on the wind-swept ...

BOZEMAN - Recent research in Washington shows that post-harvest management of Russian thistle with low-disturbance sweeps retains more than 90 percent of wheat stubble on the soil surface and can ...

The plants are mostly associated with isolated desert areas of the United States, largely thanks to their regular appearances in Westerns. But North America's most common tumbleweed, the Russian ...

[imgbelt img=tumbleweed-rolling-320.jpg]The signature plant of every American Western actually stole onto this continent in a sack of flaxseed a century ago. Tumbleweeds have been rolling ever since.