Thanksgiving History. Thanksgiving is a particularly American holiday. The word evokes images of football, family reunions, roasted turkey with stuffing, pumpkin pie and, of course, the Pilgrims and Wampanoag, the acknowledged founders of the feast.
A forb (sometimes spelled phorb) is a herbaceous flowering plant that is not a graminoid (grasses, sedges and rushes). The term is used in biology and in vegetation ecology, especially in relation to grasslands[1] and understory.
Fully mature, this winter annual forb stands about 3 feet tall and has yellow flowers and very spiny flower heads. As many as 10,000 seeds can be produced by each plant. These hitchhike by jabbing sharp spines into passing hide, clothing or tires.