Spinifex Pigeon Ormiston Gorge
Spinifex may refer to: * ''Spinifex'' (coastal grass), a genus of grasses growing on coastal dunes in Asia and Australasia * ''Triodia'' (plant), a genus of grasses of inland Australia, commonly known as ''spinifexes'' * Spinifex, a texture in certain ultramafic lavas such as komatiite See also * Spinifex people, an Aboriginal Australian people, inhabitants of the Spinifex country * Spinifex Arts Project, an art centre in Tjuntjuntjara community, Western Australia * Spinifex Gum, an Australian musical group * Spinifex hopping mouse, a mouse native to the central and western Australian arid zones * Spinifex pigeon The spinifex pigeon (''Geophaps plumifera''), also known as the plumed-pigeon or gannaway pigeon, is one of three endemic Australian bird species within the genus ''Geophaps''. It occurs within a broader group known as bronzewing pigeons. This s ...

Spinifex (coastal Grass)
''Spinifex'' is a genus of perennial coastal plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are one of the most common plants that grow in sand dunes along the coasts of Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, with the ranges of some species extending north and west along the coasts of Asia as far as India and Japan. As they help stabilise the sand, these grasses are an important part of the entire sand dune ecosystem. The single species indigenous to New Zealand, ''Spinifex sericeus'', is also found in Australia. Confusingly, the word "spinifex" is also used as a common name referring to grasses in the related genus ''Triodia (plant), Triodia''. ''Triodia'' however is native to inland Australia and refers to a group of spiny-leaved, tussock grass, tussock-forming grasses. Species Species include: * Spinifex × alterniflorus, ''Spinifex'' × ''alterniflorus'' Nees – Western Australia * ''Spinifex hirsutus'' Labill. – all 6 states of Australi ...
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