Savannas are the area where the buffalo graze, while the marshes serve as wallows and help with the insects.[4] Forest buffalo are very rarely observed in the unbroken canopy of the forests.[5][6] They instead spend most of their time in clearings, grazing on grasses and sedges.[7] Consequently, their diet is primarily made up of grasses and other plants that grow in clearings and savannas.[8]