Cenchrus echinatus L.

HERBARIUM OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
REVISION OF THE GENUS CENCHRUS
Cenchrus echinatus L.
DETERMINED BY D.G. DELISLE
PLANTS OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
U.S.C.C. Economic Survey of Micronesia
Cenchrus echinatus L-
Examined for	Det. Dst F. R. Fotberg
Cat. Mteron. 1%
Locality Kwajalein Atoll, Bigej ("Bennett”) Islet.
Habitat coral sand and gravel, much torn up by bulldozers but being densely
revegetated by a deep tangled brush of Wedelia, Messerschmidia,
Scaevola, etc.
common in openings.
Date Aug. 17, 1946	Altitude 1-3 m. (estimated)
Coll. F. R. Fosberg No. 26504
Remarks spreading tufts.
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