Cattle may graze annual grasses and soft spinifex on the hills during the wet, leaving seasonally flooded or waterlogged flats for grazing during the dry season.

Is spinifex native to Australia?

Spinifex is a genus of perennial coastal plants in the grass family. ... The single species indigenous to New Zealand, Spinifex sericeus, is also found in Australia.

What is spinifex Australia?

Spinifex grasslands are xerophytic hummock-grass communities that occur on highly sandy and sand plain soils. The grasslands are located in the northwestern corner of Australia, passing through the states of Western Australia and Northern Territory in the regions of the Pilbara, Great Sandy Desert and Tanami Desert.