Spin Class: Why Tumbleweeds Are On a Roll in West Texas
January 24, 2023 | By Asher Elbein
They roll through the deserts of Texas: woody, ball-shaped plants called tumbleweeds. They’re a visual cliche and joke in Western movies.
Texas plants
Some Like It Hot
June 22, 2010 | By Steven Schwartzman
While Texans usually make a beeline indoors (or to the nearest swimming hole) on sweltering summer days, some of our native wildflowers revel in the heat.
