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Cenchrus spinifex
coastal sandbur
Petrified Forest National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Cenchrus spinifex Cav.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Poales, Family Poaceae, Genus Cenchrus, Species Cenchrus spinifex


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		GNR
NatureServe State Rank:		AZ: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Amistad National Recreation Area	Big Bend National Park
Big Thicket National Preserve	Canaveral National Seashore
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chiricahua National Monument
Coronado National Memorial	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Natchez Trace Parkway	Padre Island National Seashore
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Petroglyph National Monument
Saguaro National Park	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tumacacori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument	Washita Battlefield National Historic Site


Last Modified Date:	7/23/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/25/2025 4:51:39 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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