What are those dried rolling shrubs called that you would see in old western movies or cartoons?
2007-09-16 14:36:37 · 19 answers · asked by Pete 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
OK, so you have had all of these answers--and they ARE tumbleweeds--but I just want to say, that we experienced them first hand in Demming, New Mexico--and it was amazing.
We really felt like we were in the movies we watched as kids. We were in a campsite and by the time we got back from dinner, the wind was really blowing--a LOT! And something bumped into us and then went around us and we were shocked. It was so unexpected and then more of them came by--we finally realized what we were seeing were real tumbleweed, and it was a great experience. We've told so many people about it who thought those things were just made up for the movies!!
2007-09-20 11:58:40 · answer #1 · answered by Bromeliad 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tumbleweeds. They are actually dried up sage or cenizo in spanish. We have sage growing here and I've never seen tumbleweeds-only in the movies.
2007-09-16 17:33:54 · answer #2 · answered by towanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tumbleweeds. you can see them in many Western desert towns still, especially on I-10 from California to Texas.
2007-09-16 14:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by EJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those Old Westerns
2016-12-14 15:02:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tumbleweeds!
2007-09-16 14:59:54 · answer #5 · answered by angelzfyre 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tumbleweed.
2007-09-16 14:42:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
These are called "tumbleweeds" which I think is a variety of sage.
2007-09-16 14:42:37 · answer #7 · answered by donald n 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tumble weed
2007-09-16 14:39:33 · answer #8 · answered by Marcia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Russian Thistle - more popularly known as Tumbleweed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsola
2007-09-16 14:46:26 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"tumbleweed"
Have a look at this:
http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/may/papr/tweed.html
2007-09-16 14:40:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋