Skeletons of Russian thistle, better known as tumbleweed, pile up in a yard in Lancaster, California.<br>
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Skeletons of Russian thistle, better known as tumbleweed, pile up in a yard in Lancaster, California.
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The Weed That Won the West
How did an invader from the Russian steppes become a symbol of the American West?
This story appears in the December 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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