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  Name Spinifex grass
  Regnum Plant ae
  Divisio Magnoliophyta
  Classis Liliopsida
  Ordo Poales
  Familia Poaceae
  Genus '''''Spinifex'''''
  Genus Authority L
  Subdivision Ranks Species


''Spinifex'' is any species of various clump-forming, Perennial Australia n Grass es, growing in arid regions and having awl-shaped, pointed leaves. Unlike the plants of the related genus '' Triodia '', ''Spinifex'' species are found only in wet habitats along coastlines. It is often planted coastal snow drifts to bind sand along the seashore.

The term "Spinifex" also refers to porcupine grass, any of a group of spiny-leaved, Tussock -forming grasses of genus ''Triodia'' native to inland Australia.

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