Soil-salinity Tolerant Plants - Wimmera Region
Salinity in the Wimmera Region | Photo Gallery | Glossary
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-grass | Austrodanthonia setacea |
| Caldwell's Club-rush | Bolboschoenus caldwellii |
| Coast Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei |
| * | Common Barb-grass | Hainardia cylindrica |
| 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 |
| * | Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum |
| Feather Spear-grass | Austrostipa elegantissima |
| Knobby Club-rush | Ficinia nodosa |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Nodding Club-rush | Isolepis cernua |
| * | Rat's-tail Couch | Sporobolus mitchellii |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| Sharp Club-rush | Schoenoplectus pungens |
| Shiny Bog-rush | Schoenus nitens |
| Small Hair-grass | Molineriella minuta |
| Southern Cane-grass | Eragrostis infecunda |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| Swamp Club-rush | Isolepis inundata |
| * | Tall Fescue | Festuca arundinacea |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius |
| Water Ribbons | Triglochin procerum |
| * | Wimmera Rye-grass | Lolium rigidum |
| Windmill Grass | Chloris truncata |
Forbs | ||
| Annual Celery | Apium annuum |
| * | Aster Weed | Aster subulatus |
| Austral Trefoil | Lotus australis |
| Austral Stonecrop | Crassula sieberiana |
| * | Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| * | Burr Medic | Medicago polymorpha |
| * | Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris radicata |
| Clammy Sow-thistle | Sonchus tenerrimus |
| Clustered Lawrencia | Lawrencia glomerata |
| * | Common Sow-thistle | Sonchus oleraceus |
| Creeping Brookweed | Samolus repens |
| Creeping Monkey-flower | Mimulus repens |
| * | Dandelion | Taraxacum spp. |
| Grass Daisy | Brachyscome graminae |
| * | Hairy Hawkbit | Leontodon taraxacoides |
| Hardhead Daisy | Brachyscome lineariloba |
| Inland Pigface | Carpobrotus modestus |
| * | Lesser Sand-spurrey | Spergularia diandra |
| Native Yam Daisy | Microseris spp. |
| * | Ox-tongue | Helminthoteca echioides |
| * | Prickly Lettuce | Lactuca serriola |
| Robust Willow-herb | Epilobium billardierianum |
| Rosinweed | Cressa australis |
| * | Rough Sow-thistle | Sonchus asper |
| Salt Groundsel | Senecio halphilus |
| Smooth Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris glabra |
| * | Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare |
| * | Spiked Centaury | Schenkia spicata |
| Spreading Crassula | Crassula decumbens |
| Swamp Crassula | Crassula helmsii |
| Swamp Weed | Selliera radicans |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Willow-leaf Lettuce | Latuca saligna |
Shrubs and Trees | ||
| Black Box | Eucalyptus largiflorens |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Creeping Boobialla | Myoporum parvifolium |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Lignum | Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
| Mallee Honey-myrtle | Melaleuca brevifolia |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Ruby Salt Bush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Swamp Sheoak | Casuarina obesa |
| Thorny Lawrencia | Lawrencia squamata |
| Totem Poles | Melaleuca decussata |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
| S2 - Moderately saline | ||
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | ||
| * | Annual Beard-grass | Polypogon monspeliensis |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichophylla |
| Australian Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia stricta |
| Bristly Wallaby-grass | Austrodanthonia setacea |
| Caldwell's Club-rush | Bolboschoenus caldwellii |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Coast Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei |
| * | Common Barb-grass | Hainardia cylindrica |
| Common Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis filiformis |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| Curly Windmill-grass | Enteropogon acicularis |
| * | Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum |
| Feather Spear-grass | Austrostipa elegantissima |
| Hair-grasses | Aira, Molineriella, Pentaschistis spp. |
| Knobby Club-rush | Ficinia nodosa |
| Lax Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia perlaxa |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Nodding Club-rush | Isolepis cernua |
| * | Rat's-tail Couch | Sporobolus mitchellii |
| Salt Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis robusta |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| Sharp Club-rush | Schoenoplectus pungens |
| Shiny Bog-rush | Schoenus nitens |
| Small Hair-grass | Molineriella minuta |
| Smooth Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris glabra |
| Southern Cane-grass | Eragrostis infecunda |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| Streaked Arrow-grass | Triglochin striata |
| * | Tall Fescue | Festuca arundinacea |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius |
| Water Ribbons | Triglochin procerum |
| * | Wimmera Rye-grass | Lolium rigidum |
| Windmill Grass | Chloris truncata |
| | |
Forbs | ||
| Annual Celery | Apium annuum |
| * | Aster Weed | Aster subulatus |
| Austral Stonecrop | Crassula sieberiana |
| * | Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| Clustered Lawrencia | Lawrencia glomerata |
| * | Common Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
| Creeping Brookweed | Samolus repens |
| Creeping Monkey-flower | Mimulus repens |
| Ferny Cotula | Cotula bipinnata |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| Grass Daisy | Brachyscome graminae |
| * | Hairy Hawkbit | Leontodon taraxacoides |
| Hardhead Daisy | Brachyscome lineariloba |
| Inland Pigface | Carpobrotus modestus |
| * | Lesser Sand-spurrey | Spergularia diandra |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| * | Oval Purse | Hymenolobus procumbens |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Robust Willow-herb | Epilobium billardierianum |
| Rosinweed | Cressa australis |
| Round-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia rotundifolia |
| Salt Groundsel | Senecio halphilus |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| * | Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare |
| * | Spiked Centaury | Schenkia spicata |
| Spreading Crassula | Crassula decumbens |
| Stiff Cup-flower | Pogonolepis muelleriana |
| Swamp Crassula | Crassula helmsii |
| Swamp Weed | Selliera radicans |
| Tasmanian Sand-spurrey | Spergularia tasmanica |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| | |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Black Box | Eucalyptus largiflorens |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Creeping Boobialla | Myoporum parvifolium |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Lignum | Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
| Mallee Honey-myrtle | Melaleuca brevifolia |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Salt Paperbark | Melaleuca halmaturorum |
| Small-leaf Sea-heath | Frankenia sessilis |
| Swamp Sheoak | Casuarina obesa |
| Thorny Lawrencia | Lawrencia squamata |
| Totem Poles | Melaleuca decussata |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
| | |
| S3 - Highly saline | ||
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichophylla |
| Australian Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia stricta |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| * | Common Barb-grass | Hainardia cylindrica |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| Chaffy Saw-sedge | Gahnia filum |
| * | Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum |
| Lax Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia perlaxa |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Nodding Club-rush | Isolepis cernua |
| Puccinellia | Puccinella ciliata |
| Salt Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis robusta |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| Streaked Arrow-grass | Triglochin striata |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum |
| Water Ribbons | Triglochin procerum |
| Forbs | |
| Annual Celery | Apium annuum |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| Berry Seablite | Suaeda baccifera |
| Clustered Lawrencia | Lawrencia glomerata |
| * | Common Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
| Creeping Brookweed | Samolus repens |
| Ferny Cotula | Cotula bipinnata |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| * | Lesser Sand-spurrey | Spergularia diandra |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| Narrow-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia backhousei |
| * | Oval Purse | Hymenolobus procumbens |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Rosinweed | Cressa australis |
| Round-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia rotundifolia |
| Salt Angianthus | Angianthus preissianus |
| Salt Groundsel | Senecio halphilus |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| Silky Wilsonia | Wilsonia humilis |
| Stiff Cup-flower | Pogonolepis muelleriana |
| Swamp Crassula | Crassula helmsii |
| Swamp Weed | Selliera radicans |
| Tasmanian Sand-spurrey | Spergularia tasmanica |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| Black-seeded Samphire | Halosarcia pergranulata |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Salt Paperbark | Melaleuca halmaturorum |
| Small-leaf Sea-heath | Frankenia sessilis |
| Swamp Sheoak | Casuarina obesa |
| Thorny Lawrencia | Lawrencia squamata |
| Totem Poles | Melaleuca decussata |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
| S4 - Extremely saline | ||
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichophylla |
| Australian Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia stricta |
| Chaffy Saw-sedge | Gahnia filum |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Lax Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia perlaxa |
| Puccinellia | Puccinella ciliata |
| Salt Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis robusta |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| * | 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 |
| Narrow-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia backhousei |
| Round-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia rotundifolia |
| Salt Angianthus | Angianthus preissianus |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| Silky Wilsonia | Wilsonia humilis |
| Tasmanian Sand-spurrey | Spergularia tasmanica |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| Black-seeded Samphire | Halosarcia pergranulata |
| Salt Paperbark | Melaleuca halmaturorum |
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