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Soil-salinity Tolerant Plants - Wimmera Region

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Purpose

A list of salt-tolerant plants that commonly occur in the Wimmera Region appear below. The estimated soil salinity classes in which each of these plant species is likely to occur has been noted. Because many species often grow across a range of classes, other salinity indicators may also be needed to increase confidence in identifying a particular salinity class from its assemblage of indicator species.

Vegetation Community in relation to Salinity Class

* Indicates introduced and exotic species

S1 - Slightly saline

Grasses and Rush-like Plants
*Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis
Bristly Wallaby-grassAustrodanthonia setacea
Caldwell's Club-rushBolboschoenus caldwellii
Coast Blown-grassLachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei
*Common Barb-grassHainardia cylindrica
Common Blown-grass Lachnagrostis filiformis
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Common Wallaby-grass Austrodanthonia caespitosa
*Couch GrassCynodon dactylon
CumbungiTypha spp.
Curly Windmill-grass Enteropogon acicularis
*DesmazeriaTribolium acutiflorum
Feather Spear-grassAustrostipa elegantissima
Knobby Club-rushFicinia nodosa
*Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix
Nodding Club-rushIsolepis cernua
*Rat's-tail Couch Sporobolus mitchellii
Salt CouchSporobolus virginicus
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
Sharp Club-rushSchoenoplectus pungens
Shiny Bog-rushSchoenus nitens
Small Hair-grassMolineriella minuta
Southern Cane-grassEragrostis infecunda
*Spiny Rush Juncus acutus
Swamp Club-rushIsolepis inundata
*Tall FescueFestuca arundinacea
*Tall Wheat-grass Lophopyrum ponticum
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Water RibbonsTriglochin procerum
*Wimmera Rye-grass Lolium rigidum
Windmill Grass Chloris truncata

Forbs
Annual CeleryApium annuum
*Aster WeedAster subulatus
Austral TrefoilLotus australis
Austral StonecropCrassula sieberiana
*Buck's Horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
*Burr Medic Medicago polymorpha
*Cat's-earHypochoeris radicata
Clammy Sow-thistleSonchus tenerrimus
Clustered LawrenciaLawrencia glomerata
*Common Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Creeping BrookweedSamolus repens
Creeping Monkey-flower Mimulus repens
*DandelionTaraxacum spp.
Grass DaisyBrachyscome graminae
*Hairy HawkbitLeontodon taraxacoides
Hardhead DaisyBrachyscome lineariloba
Inland PigfaceCarpobrotus modestus
*Lesser Sand-spurreySpergularia diandra
Native Yam DaisyMicroseris spp.
*Ox-tongueHelminthoteca echioides
*Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Robust Willow-herbEpilobium billardierianum
RosinweedCressa australis
*Rough Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Salt GroundselSenecio halphilus
Smooth Cat's-earHypochoeris glabra
*Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
*Spiked CentaurySchenkia spicata
Spreading CrassulaCrassula decumbens
Swamp CrassulaCrassula helmsii
Swamp WeedSelliera radicans
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia
Willow-leaf LettuceLatuca saligna

Shrubs and Trees
Black Box Eucalyptus largiflorens
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Creeping BoobiallaMyoporum parvifolium
Creeping Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata
LignumMuehlenbeckia florulenta
Mallee Honey-myrtleMelaleuca brevifolia
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Old-man SaltbushAtriplex nummularia
River Red-gumEucalyptus camaldulensis
Ruby Salt Bush Enchylaena tomentosa
Swamp SheoakCasuarina obesa
Thorny LawrenciaLawrencia squamata
Totem PolesMelaleuca decussata
WirildaAcacia retinodes

S2 - Moderately saline

Grasses and Rush-like Plants
*Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis
Australian Salt-grassDistichlis distichophylla
Australian Saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia stricta
Bristly Wallaby-grassAustrodanthonia setacea
Caldwell's Club-rushBolboschoenus caldwellii
*Coast Barb-grass Parapholis incurva
Coast Blown-grassLachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei
*Common Barb-grassHainardia cylindrica
Common Blown-grass Lachnagrostis filiformis
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Curly Windmill-grass Enteropogon acicularis
*DesmazeriaTribolium acutiflorum
Feather Spear-grassAustrostipa elegantissima
Hair-grassesAira, Molineriella, Pentaschistis spp.
Knobby Club-rushFicinia nodosa
Lax Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia perlaxa
*Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix
Nodding Club-rushIsolepis cernua
*Rat's-tail Couch Sporobolus mitchellii
Salt Blown-grass Lachnagrostis robusta
Salt CouchSporobolus virginicus
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
Sharp Club-rushSchoenoplectus pungens
Shiny Bog-rushSchoenus nitens
Small Hair-grassMolineriella minuta
Smooth Cat's-earHypochoeris glabra
Southern Cane-grassEragrostis infecunda
*Spiny Rush Juncus acutus
Streaked Arrow-grassTriglochin striata
*Tall FescueFestuca arundinacea
*Tall Wheat-grass Lophopyrum ponticum
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Water RibbonsTriglochin procerum
*Wimmera Rye-grass Lolium rigidum
Windmill Grass Chloris truncata

Forbs

Annual CeleryApium annuum
*Aster WeedAster subulatus
Austral StonecropCrassula sieberiana
*Buck's Horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Clustered LawrenciaLawrencia glomerata
*Common Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Creeping BrookweedSamolus repens
Creeping Monkey-flower Mimulus repens
Ferny CotulaCotula bipinnata
Glaucous GoosefootChenopodium glaucum
Grass DaisyBrachyscome graminae
*Hairy HawkbitLeontodon taraxacoides
Hardhead DaisyBrachyscome lineariloba
Inland PigfaceCarpobrotus modestus
*Lesser Sand-spurreySpergularia diandra
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
*Oval PurseHymenolobus procumbens
*Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra
Robust Willow-herbEpilobium billardierianum
RosinweedCressa australis
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Salt GroundselSenecio halphilus
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia
*Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
*Spiked CentaurySchenkia spicata
Spreading CrassulaCrassula decumbens
Stiff Cup-flowerPogonolepis muelleriana
Swamp CrassulaCrassula helmsii
Swamp WeedSelliera radicans
Tasmanian Sand-spurreySpergularia tasmanica
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
Black Box Eucalyptus largiflorens
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Creeping BoobiallaMyoporum parvifolium
Creeping Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata
LignumMuehlenbeckia florulenta
Mallee Honey-myrtleMelaleuca brevifolia
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Old-man SaltbushAtriplex nummularia
River Red-gumEucalyptus camaldulensis
Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa
Salt Paperbark Melaleuca halmaturorum
Small-leaf Sea-heathFrankenia sessilis
Swamp SheoakCasuarina obesa
Thorny LawrenciaLawrencia squamata
Totem PolesMelaleuca decussata
WirildaAcacia retinodes

S3 - Highly saline

Grasses and Rush-like Plants
Australian Salt-grassDistichlis distichophylla
Australian Saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia stricta
*Coast Barb-grass Parapholis incurva
*Common Barb-grassHainardia cylindrica
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Chaffy Saw-sedgeGahnia filum
*DesmazeriaTribolium acutiflorum
Lax Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia perlaxa
*Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix
Nodding Club-rushIsolepis cernua
Puccinellia Puccinella ciliata
Salt Blown-grass Lachnagrostis robusta
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
Salt CouchSporobolus virginicus
*Spiny Rush Juncus acutus
Streaked Arrow-grassTriglochin striata
*Tall Wheat-grass Lophopyrum ponticum
Water RibbonsTriglochin procerum

Forbs
Annual CeleryApium annuum
Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Berry SeabliteSuaeda baccifera
Clustered LawrenciaLawrencia glomerata
*Common Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Creeping BrookweedSamolus repens
Ferny CotulaCotula bipinnata
Glaucous GoosefootChenopodium glaucum
*Lesser Sand-spurreySpergularia diandra
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Narrow-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia backhousei
*Oval PurseHymenolobus procumbens
*Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra
RosinweedCressa australis
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Salt AngianthusAngianthus preissianus
Salt GroundselSenecio halphilus
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia
Silky WilsoniaWilsonia humilis
Stiff Cup-flowerPogonolepis muelleriana
Swamp CrassulaCrassula helmsii
Swamp WeedSelliera radicans
Tasmanian Sand-spurreySpergularia tasmanica
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
Austral Seablite Suaeda australis
Black-seeded Samphire Halosarcia pergranulata
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Creeping Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Old-man SaltbushAtriplex nummularia
Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa
Salt Paperbark Melaleuca halmaturorum
Small-leaf Sea-heathFrankenia sessilis
Swamp SheoakCasuarina obesa
Thorny LawrenciaLawrencia squamata
Totem PolesMelaleuca decussata
WirildaAcacia retinodes

S4 - Extremely saline

Grasses and Rush-like Plants
Australian Salt-grassDistichlis distichophylla
Australian Saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia stricta
Chaffy Saw-sedgeGahnia filum
*Coast Barb-grass Parapholis incurva
Lax Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia perlaxa
Puccinellia Puccinella ciliata
Salt Blown-grass Lachnagrostis robusta
Salt CouchSporobolus virginicus
*Spiny Rush Juncus acutus

Forbs
Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Berry SeabliteSuaeda baccifera
*Common Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Ferny CotulaCotula bipinnata
Glaucous GoosefootChenopodium glaucum
Lesser Sea-spurreySerpgularia marina
Narrow-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia backhousei
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Salt AngianthusAngianthus preissianus
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia
Silky WilsoniaWilsonia humilis
Tasmanian Sand-spurreySpergularia tasmanica
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
Austral Seablite Suaeda australis
Black-seeded Samphire Halosarcia pergranulata
Salt Paperbark Melaleuca halmaturorum
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