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Spinifex is a genus of perennial coastal plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4] [5]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. [6]
Spinifex resin is a gum coating of some species of spinifex grasses. This sticky resin was traditionally used as an adhesive in tool making by Aboriginal Australians . Many species of spinifex are extremely resinous, to the extent that resin may drip down the stems and leaves on hot days, and large residual lumps of resin often may be seen at ...
Spinifex sericeus has branched stolons and rhizomes extending up to 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft). The leaves have a ligule of a rim of dense hairs; the blades are flat and densely silky. [1] The male inflorescence is an orange-brown terminal cluster of spiky racemes subtended by silky bracts.
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 (Geophaps plumifera), a bird found in Australia; Spinifex Press, Australian book publisher; Spinifex resin, a type ...
Spinifex grass is a name which has been applied to two genera of grasses: Spinifex (coastal grass) , a genus of grass which is indigenous to the coastal areas of Australasia and Indonesia Triodia (plant) , a hummock grass of arid Australia, covering twenty percent of the Australian continent (although not in the genus Spinifex , it is the grass ...
The Neil Robertson stretcher (NRS) is believed to have been influenced by a Japanese stretcher made from bamboo. The NRS was designed with the purpose of packaging casualties into a compact form, allowing for rescue operations in spaces with limited openings and facilitating movement through vertical escape hatches while minimizing slippage.
A stretcher, gurney, litter, or pram [1] is an apparatus used for moving patients who require medical care. A basic type (cot or litter) must be carried by two or more people. A wheeled stretcher (known as a gurney, trolley, bed or cart) is often equipped with variable height frames, wheels, tracks, or skids.
Spinifex littoreus is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. [1] The species is similar to Spinifex longifolius . [ 2 ] It is native to tropical and subtropical areas of Asia and Australia.