




Salsola tragus
The Prickly Russian Thistle is a spiky plant that can grow very tall! It has sharp leaves and can roll around in the wind, making it look like it's dancing in the fields.
Hábitat: Grasslands
The Prickly Russian Thistle has a bushy, rounded form with numerous branched stems densely covered in sharp, needle-like leaves, ranging from bright green to reddish-purple. Its tiny, inconspicuous flowers are nestled in the leaf axils. When mature, it dries into a distinctive tan, spherical tumbleweed.





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A single Prickly Russian Thistle can produce up to 250,000 tiny seeds! Wow!
Dried Russian Thistle tumbleweeds can pile up against fences, becoming fire hazards! Wow!
Its rolling tumbleweed form can travel over 100 miles, spreading its seeds far! Wow!
This plant was accidentally brought to the US inside flax seeds in the 1870s! Wow!
Prickly Russian Thistle can break off at its base and roll in the wind, scattering its seeds far and wide across new territories.
Prickly Russian Thistle has a high tolerance for salty soils, allowing it to thrive where many other plants cannot survive.
Prickly Russian Thistle can grow incredibly fast, quickly outcompeting other plants for sunlight and water in disturbed areas.
Prickly Russian Thistle has sharp, rigid spines that protect it from most hungry herbivores, deterring them from taking a bite.
Bos taurus
Young plants provide emergency forage for livestock.
Ovis aries
Sheep graze on the less spiny shoots, especially in dry periods.

Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Grasshopper nymphs feed on the leaves and stems.
Uromyces salsolae
This fungus infects the leaves and stems, weakening the plant.
Las plantas con flores son cualquier planta que produce flores como parte de su ciclo reproductivo.
Un arbusto es una planta leñosa más pequeña que un árbol, típicamente con múltiples tallos que se ramifican desde o cerca del suelo.
Se refiere a las plantas que tienen tallos cubiertos de proyecciones puntiagudas y afiladas para defenderse.
Las plantas tolerantes a la sequía pueden sobrevivir y florecer en condiciones de escasa disponibilidad de agua.
Las plantas de crecimiento rápido exhiben tasas de crecimiento aceleradas, aumentando rápidamente de tamaño y biomasa en un corto período de tiempo.
Los hábitats de pastizales son biomas terrestres dominados por pastos y plantas herbáceas, que sustentan a una variedad de animales de pastoreo.
Posee proyecciones puntiagudas y afiladas o espinas en el cuerpo o en la superficie.
Las especies invasoras son organismos no nativos que causan daños al medio ambiente, la economía o la salud humana.
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Be careful around this plant because its spikes can poke you.
30-150 cm
30-150 cm
0.2-0.5 cm
Summer to fall
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Anual
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