How does the tumbleweed live?

As a rule, we notice the tumbleweed only at the end of its growing season. It is then a, ball of dry, dead twigs blown by the breezes over the ground, Actually, this is the last of its duties, for its a parent plans scattering its seeds so that they can grow up in less crowded conditions, All summer long, the rolling tumbleweed was rooted like other plants into the soil. It grew from a seed into a small bush and produced seeds.

When the seeds became ripe, the parent plant dried up and died. Its main stem was broken off by the first stiff breeze and other breezes carried the ball of dry twigs rolling and bowling over the ground. The seeds for new tumbleweeds were scattered along the way.