Triodia

plant genus

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In savanna: Flora
The prickly spinifex grasses (Plectrachne, Triodia) are prominent in more-arid regions. Most trees and shrubs of the Australian savanna are markedly sclerophyllous. Small patches of monsoon rainforest and other types of vegetation occur locally within mainly savanna regions, surviving in places that have some degree of protection from the dry-season…
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In grassland: Biota
…the spinifex grasses, Plectrachne and Triodia, which form characteristic hummocks by trapping windblown sand at the bases of their tussocks. Heteropogon and Sorghum dominate grasslands in moister, northern areas, and Astrebla (Mitchell grass) is prevalent in seasonally arid areas, especially on cracking clay soils in the east. Other grass species…
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