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buffel grass
/ ˈbʌfəl /
noun
- a pasture grass, Cenchrus ciliaris , native to Africa and India, introduced in N Australia
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An even more serious threat is posed by buffel grass, an invasive species that was originally imported from Kenya to feed cattle.
Adapted to being trampled by elephants and capable of spreading widely with little water, buffel grass has migrated west from the rangelands of Texas, bringing a new threat, fire.
Buffel grass grows easily in dry soil, forming a carpet of dry, flammable stalks that burns very hot after a lightning strike and can engulf cacti, yucca, ocotillo and the paloverde trees.
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