Buffalo Springs National Reserve is a protected area in Isiolo County, Kenya.
[1] It is a gently rolling lowland plain of old lava flows and volcanic soils of olivine basalt.
[1] There is a narrow band of riverine forest along the Ewaso Ngiro which includes Tana River Poplar, Doum Palm and magnificent specimens of Acacia elatior.
Vegetation includes acacia tortilis woodland and large stretches of bushland dominated by Commiphora.
The Salvadora persica (tooth-brush tree) shrub provides food to elephants, and its twigs are used as toothbrushes by the nomadic Samburu people.