Grass and GrassesGrasses – image index Birdwood Buffel (Cenchrus setiger) Buffel Grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) Fairy Grass (Sporobolus caroli) Finger Grass (Chloris barbata) Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) Silkyheads (Cymbopogon obtectus) Wanderrie Grass (Eriachne sp)
Known as the Birdwood Buffel (Cenchrus setiger), this is an erect, tussocky, grass-like perennial often found grown on brown sands, red loam, pindan soils in sand dunes, plains rangelands, stony hillsides, and floodplains.
A specie from the grass family Poaceae, it is native to drier parts of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, India, and as far as Myanmar, and introduced to Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Lilianae
- Order: Poales
- Family: Poaceae
- Genus: Cenchrus
- Species: Cenchrus setiger
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Paul Smith for ID, member of Alice Springs Field Naturalists Club Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/alicefieldnats/
- The Alice Springs Bush Regeneration Handbook, by Andy Vinter (2012), ISBN 978-0-646-58810-0, c/- Land for Wildlife and Garden for Wildlife, Alice Springs
- Cenchrus setiger Vahl, Birdwood Grass, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2893906
- Cenchrus setiger Vahl, AusGrass, https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/AusGrass/key/AusGrass/Media/Html/CENCHRUS/CENSET.HTML
- Cenchrus setiger Vahl, Birdwood Grass, Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/29721
Grass and GrassesGrasses – image index Birdwood Buffel (Cenchrus setiger) Buffel Grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) Fairy Grass (Sporobolus caroli) Finger Grass (Chloris barbata) Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) Silkyheads (Cymbopogon obtectus) Wanderrie Grass (Eriachne sp)
SpinifexSoft Spinifex (Triodia pungens) Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides)