Spinifex
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Spinifex may refer to:
- Spinifex (genus)Spinifex (genus)Spinifex is a genus of perennial coastal grasses. They are one of the most common plants that grow in sand dunes along the coasts of Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.. As they help stabilise the sand, these grasses are an important part of the entire sand dune ecosystem. Of the four species...
, a genus of grass which is indigenous to the coastal areas of Australasia and Indonesia - Triodia (plant genus)Triodia (plant genus)Triodia is a large genus of hummock-forming grass endemic to Australia; they are commonly known as spinifex, although they are not a part of the coastal genus Spinifex. There are currently 64 recognised species...
, a hummock grass of arid Australia, covering twenty percent of the Australian continent (although not technically Spinifex, it is commonly referred to as such)- Spinifex resinSpinifex resinSpinifex resin refers to the gum traditionally made by Australian Aborigines by burning the Spinifex plant and extracting its resin.-Making the gum:...
- Spinifex resin
- Spinifex peopleSpinifex peopleThe Spinifex people, or Pila Nguru, are an Indigenous Australian people, whose traditional lands are situated in the Great Victoria Desert,, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2002-08-03. Retrieved 2007-04-21. in the Australian state of Western Australia, adjoining the border with South Australia, to the...
, or Pila Nguru, an Australian tribe named after the grass - Spinifex, a rock texture in certain ultramafic lavas such as komatiite
- Spinifex PigeonSpinifex PigeonThe Spinifex Pigeon, Geophaps plumifera, is a bird found in Australia.There are only two Australian pigeon species that possess an erect crest: the Spinifex Pigeon and the Crested Pigeon. The Spinifex Pigeon is the smaller of the two, measuring from 20 to 24 centimetres...
(Geophaps plumifera), a bird found in Australia - Spinifex RidgeSpinifex RidgeSpinifex Ridge is a molybdenum/copper and iron ore mining project in the Pilbara region of Australia, northeast of Marble Bar.Moly Mines awarded production contracts to BGC Contracting in August 2010...
, a mine in Australia - Spinifexbird (Eremiornis carteri), a bird found in Australia