In China, tumbleweed is also known as "salsola". It can be said that it is strange to eat as much as possible in the wild and let it grow into an adult. In the United States, tumbleweed blocked roads and flooded houses, that is, the United States could not eat it as a vegetable, so it eventually became a state of flooding. Of course, this may be related to the food culture of various countries. We like crayfish and tumbleweed. But in the United States, these two foods are recognized and few people eat them. So this is normal. Let's take a look at tumbleweed.
What is tumbleweed?
Tumbleweed is a kind of plant that is very easy to see in Gobi, which is equivalent to a "drought" plant. The height of plants varies from10cm to10cm. Its biggest feature is that it can move with the wind, that is, it collects its roots from the soil every time it is dry, and then moves with the strong wind, so it is also called "tumbleweed".
However, many people may question whether its roots can survive from the soil. This kind of plant is really strange, it is a kind of plant with strong vitality. Nothing will make them die. They all found an environment suitable for their own growth, and then sent out new branches, sprouted new buds and blossomed rose-red to lavender flowers. Then it continues to spread, so this is a "wonderful flower" in the plant kingdom, as if there really is a situation that cannot die.
So it is also true that tumbleweed will spread more widely if it is not affected by human beings. This kind of plant is mainly xerophyte, so it can be seen in valley sand, desert, gravel Gobi, roadside and other places. Once this plant was mainly distributed in Eurasia, but now it has reached America, South America, Africa and other places, which can be regarded as a global invasive plant.
The United States blocked roads and flooded houses. Why can't we live to adulthood in China?
Tumbleweed is a global invasive plant, occupying almost all parts of North America, and the United States is one of them. However, many ecologists think that the appearance of this plant is a good thing, that is, tumbleweed can increase desert vegetation and provide habitat and food for wildlife, so they are unwilling to take large-scale measures to control it. At the same time, tumbleweed can be used to feed livestock and even become a food source for human beings. However, in America, it is hard and dry.
In our country, even plants with knives must be eaten as long as they can eat. So tumbleweed, like the invasive crayfish, is very popular in China, and everyone likes to eat it as a wild vegetable, which is more common in northern China. The tender stems and leaves of tumbleweed are not only green and tender, but also have good nutrition and taste. In addition, we can not only mix it cold, but also fry it, and so on, creating hundreds of ways to eat it. So how does this invasive plant survive? It simply can't survive.
At the same time, it has been reported that tumbleweed is cold, and its leaves can be used for diet, which is beneficial to relieve diseases such as hypertension. At the same time, tumbleweed as a medicine can be used for external application of wounds, which can speed up the recovery of wounds, so its value is even greater. Therefore, it is completely normal to live to adulthood in our country, because no redundant plants will be bought and eaten by everyone when they are young, so it is impossible to spread it on a large scale in our country. Therefore, "eating goods" is still in power. Although the United States has also carried out "genocide" on tumbleweed, there is still no way to eradicate it, mainly because the local food is not strong.
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Indeed, although tumbleweed is a global plant, it is still helpful for desert greening and has strong diffusion. In every drought period, when they roll with the wind, the spherical shape of tumbleweed allows it to roll and bounce on all the ground, leaving seeds along the way every time it bounces and rolls. So in this way, they can spread seeds, which is very powerful.
Because of this, in fact, if you want to eradicate tumbleweed, this possibility is very low, basically impossible, and its survival rate is very high. This is the general situation. Of course, at present, we haven't seen anyone planting this plant for sale in China, which is a little different from the crayfish we see. At most, we see it in the wild, and we will eat it as a wild vegetable in the end, but because it is very in line with the taste of "eating food" in China, we really can't have too much.