Pennisetum ciliare (buffelgrass)

Synonym: Cenchrus ciliaris

                        

                                 

The Nature Conservancy’s Invasive Species Initiative, Species management summary for Cenchrus ciliaris (Pennisetum ciliare). Includes photos. 

 

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Flora of the Sonoran Desert Region. Pennisetum ciliare – buffelgrass: A dangerous invasive exotic weed

 

Pima County, AZ. Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Fact sheet for Pennisetum ciliare.

 

U. S. Geological Survey - Biological Resources Division - Invasive Species Program. Case file for buffelgrass.

 

USGS Southwest Exotic Plant Information Clearinghouse. Information on Pennisetum ciliare.

 

Van Devender, T.R., R.S. Felger, and A. Burquez M.1997. Exotic plants in the Sonoran Desert region, Arizona and Sonora. Proceedings of the 1997 California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. (pdf file)

 

Tellman, B. 1996. Stowaways and invited guests: How some exotic plants reached the American southwest. Proceedings of the 1997 California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. (pdf file)