Soil-salinity Tolerant Plants - Loddon Murray Region
Salinity in the Loddon Murray Region | Photo Gallery | Glossary
| Purpose A list of salt-tolerant plants that commonly occur in the Loddon Murray 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. |  Loddon Murray Region |
* Indicates introduced and exotic species
| S1 - Slightly saline |  | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| * | Annual Beard-grass | Polypogon monspeliensis |
| Bristly Wallaby-grass | Austrodanthonia setacea |
| Common Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis filiformis |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| Common Wallaby-grass | Austrodanthonia caespitosa |
| * | Couch Grass | Cynodon dactylon |
| Cumbungi | Typha spp. |
| Curly Windmill-grass | Enteropogon acicularis |
| Feather Spear-grass | Austrostipa elegantissima |
| Hair-grasses | Aira, Molineriella, Pentaschistis spp. |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| * | Rat's-tail Couch | Sporobolus mitchellii |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum |
| * | Wimmera Rye-grass | Lolium rigidum |
| Windmill Grass | Chloris truncata |
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| Forbs | |
| Austral Stonecrop | Crassula sieberiana |
| Bonefruit | Osteocarpum salsuginosum |
| * | Burr Medic | Medicago polymorpha |
| * | Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris radicata |
| Clammy Sow-thistle | Sonchus tenerrimus |
| Coast Sand-spurrey | Spergularia media |
| * | Common Sow-thistle | Sonchus oleraceus |
| Creeping Monkey-flower | Mimulus repens |
| * | Hairy Hawkbit | Leontodon taraxacoides |
| Hardhead Daisy | Brachyscome lineariloba |
| * | Hexham Scent | Melilotus indica |
| Inland Pigface | Carpobrotus modestus |
| Lesser Sand-spurrey | Spergularia diandra |
| * | Mediterranean Turnip | Brassica tournefortii |
| Native Yam Daisy | Microseris spp. |
| * | Ox-tongue | Helminthoteca echioides |
| * | Prickly Lettuce | Lactuca serriola |
| Rosinweed | Cressa australis |
| * | Rough Sow-thistle | Sonchus asper |
| Small Monkey-flower | Mimulus prostratus |
| Smooth Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris glabra |
| * | Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare |
| * | Spiked Centaury | Schenkia spicata |
| Spreading Crassula | Crassula decumbens |
| * | Strawberry Clover | Trifolium fragiferum |
| Swamp Crassula | Crassula helmsii |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Willow-leaf Lettuce | Latuca saligna |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Annual Seablite | Suaeda maritima |
| Black Box | Eucalyptus largiflorens |
| Bladder Saltbush | Atriplex vesicaria |
| * | Bokhara Clover | Melilotus alba |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Creeping Boobialla | Myoporum parvifolium |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Dillon Bush | Nitraria billardierei |
| Eumong | Acacia stenophylla |
| Lagoon Saltbush | Atriplex suberecta |
| Lignum | Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Thorny Saltbush | Rhagodia spinescens |
| Willow Wattle | Acacia salicina |
| Yanga Bush | Maireana brevifolia |
| S2 - Moderately saline | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| * | Annual Beard-grass | Polypogon monspeliensis |
| Bristly Wallaby-grass | Austrodanthonia setacea |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| Curly Windmill-grass | Enteropogon acicularis |
| Feather Spear-grass | Austrostipa elegantissima |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| * | Rat's-tail Couch | Sporobolus mitchellii |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius |
| * | Wimmera Rye-grass | Lolium rigidum |
| Windmill Grass | Chloris truncata |
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| Forbs | |
| Austral Stonecrop | Crassula sieberiana |
| Bonefruit | Osteocarpum salsuginosum |
| Coast Sand-spurrey | Spergularia media |
| * | Common Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
| Creeping Monkey-flower | Mimulus repens |
| Ferny Cotula | Cotula bipinnata |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| * | Hairy Hawkbit | Leontodon taraxacoides |
| Hardhead Daisy | Brachyscome lineariloba |
| * | Hexham Scent | Melilotus indica |
| Inland Pigface | Carpobrotus modestus |
| * | Lesser Sand-spurrey | Spergularia diandra |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| * | Mediterranean Turnip | Brassica tournefortii |
| * | Oval Purse | Hymenolobus procumbens |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Rosinweed | Cressa australis |
| Round-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia rotundifolia |
| Rounded Noon-Flower | Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| * | Small Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum |
| Small Monkey-flower | Mimulus prostratus |
| * | Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare |
| * | Spiked Centaury | Schenkia spicata |
| Spreading Crassula | Crassula decumbens |
| Stiff Cup-flower | Pogonolepis muelleriana |
| * | Strawberry Clover | Trifolium fragiferum |
| Swamp Crassula | Crassula helmsii |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
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| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Annual Seablite | Suaeda maritima |
| Black Box | Eucalyptus largiflorens |
| Bladder Saltbush | Atriplex vesicaria |
| * | Bokhara Clover | Melilotus alba |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Creeping Boobialla | Myoporum parvifolium |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Dillon Bush | Nitraria billardierei |
| Eastern Flat-top Saltbush | Atriplex lindleyi |
| Eumong | Acacia stenophylla |
| Lagoon Saltbush | Atriplex suberecta |
| Lignum | Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Salt Paperbark | Melaleuca halmaturorum |
| Slender-fruited Saltbush | Atriplex leptocarpa |
| Thorny Saltbush | Rhagodia spinescens |
| Willow Wattle | Acacia salicina |
| Yanga Bush | Maireana brevifolia |
| S3 - Highly saline | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichopylla |
| Australian Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia stricta |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Puccinellia | Puccinella ciliata |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum |
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| Forbs | |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| Berry Seablite | Suaeda baccifera |
| Coast Sand-spurrey | Spergularia media |
| * | Common Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
| * | Ferny Cotula | Cotula bipinnata |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| * | Hexham Scent | Melilotus indica |
| * | Lesser Sand-spurrey | Spergularia diandra |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| * | Mediterranean Turnip | Brassica tournefortii |
| * | Oval Purse | Hymenolobus procumbens |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Rosinweed | Cressa australis |
| Round-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia rotundifolia |
| Rounded Noon-Flower | Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| * | Small Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum |
| Stiff Cup-flower | Pogonolepis muelleriana |
| Swamp Crassula | Crassula helmsii |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
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| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| Bladder Saltbush | Atriplex vesicaria |
| Black-seeded Samphire | Halosarcia pergranulata |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Dillon Bush | Nitraria billardierei |
| Eastern Flat-top Saltbush | Atriplex lindleyi |
| Eumong | Acacia stenophylla |
| Lignum | Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Salt Paperbark | Melaleuca halmaturorum |
| Slender-fruited Saltbush | Atriplex leptocarpa |
| Willow Wattle | Acacia salicina |
| Thorny Saltbush | Rhagodia spinescens |
| S4 - Extremely saline | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichopylla |
| Australian Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia stricta |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Puccinellia | Puccinella ciliata |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| Forbs | |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| Berry Seablite | Suaeda baccifera |
| * | Common Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
| * | Ferny Cotula | Cotula bipinnata |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Serpgularia marina |
| Round-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia rotundifolia |
| Rounded Noon-flower | Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| * | Small Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| Black-seeded Samphire | Halosarcia pergranulata |
| Dillon Bush | Nitraria billardierei |
| Eastern Flat-top Saltbush | Atriplex lindleyi |
| Lignum | Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
| Salt Paperbark | Melaleuca halmaturorum |
| Slender-fruited Saltbush | Atriplex leptocarpa |
| Thorny Saltbush | Rhagodia spinescens |
Crop Species
| Barley | S1, S2 |
| Canola | S1 |
| Chickpeas | S1 |
| Maize | S1 |
| Wheat | S1, S2 |
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