Tumbleweeds are invasive and you don't have to hand it to them.
this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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Invasive BUT they're actually not that bad for the ecology. The California Invasive Plant Council has found that tumbleweeds have no discernable impact to possibly a small positive impact on the ecologies they invade. They don't seem to be able to displace native species, instead finding the most success in disturbed soils, which they've been found to help stabilize and facilitate the introduction of other plants into (both by providing shelter and by introducing phosphorus to the soil). Even native small animals have come to use them for shelter and hunting grounds. Apparently the worst parts of tumbleweeds is that they're a nuisance to humans and they host an agricultural pest.
In the case of Tumbleweeds v Suburbs, I find for the tumbleweeds.
You've convinced me.
I propose that we shift our hatred to invasive buckthorn
They're a fire hazard.
At least relative to California ecologies, Cal IPC found that the tumbleweed didn't significantly change fire risk. In fact, Tumbleweeds don't usually get dead and dry until the first rains come. Right now, they're some of the last plants that are still green in the central valley.
#teamtumbleweed
Invasives... from Russia!
Counterpoint: they are cool.
Ya know why Montana is so windy?
Because Wyoming sucks and North Dakota blows.
- Mt dad
Tumbleweeds are real? I thought they were only in movies
They're very real. It weirded me out as a little kid seeing them for the first time.
You know whats extra funny
tumbleweeds are from siberia
Homes said twice feels like a vague attempt to hide what a desolate McMansion Hell was getting some natural feedback from being built in an unsustainable place and probably demanding lots of water for silly lawn shit. 
Is this the guy that deletes comments if they're not paying for his Patreon?
Tumbleweeds are bastards, extremely critical support for their fight against suburbia
Lmao the sticky nature of tumbleweeds makes any pile of them look deliberate, as if the whole town just got sick of this person's shit in particupar and decided to bury their house.
Very cool, reminds me of the hyperkeratineous callus videos I watch. I think both serve a good purpose: Tumbleweeds hide suburban blight and calluses hide feet( the most umattractive part of the body)