Soil-salinity Tolerant Plants - Gippsland Region
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Purpose
A list of salt-tolerant plants that commonly occur in the Mallee 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 |
| Bare Twig-rush | Baumea juncea |
| 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. |
| Cutting Sedge | Gahnia trifida |
| * | Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum |
| English Couch | Eltrigia repens |
| Giant Rush | Juncus ingens |
| Knobby Club-rush | Ficinia nodosa |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Nodding Club-rush | Isolepis cernua |
| Prickly Spear-grass | Austrostipa stipoides |
| Purple Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis punicea ssp. punicea Lachnagrostis punicea ssp. filifolia |
| Reed Canary-grass | Phalaris arundinacea |
| River Club-rush | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| Shiny Bog-rush | Schoenus nitens |
| Smooth Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris glabra |
| * | 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 |
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| Forbs | |
| * | Angled Pigface | Carpobrotus aequilaterus |
| Annual Fireweed | Senecio glomeratus ssp. longifructus |
| * | Aster Weed | Aster subulatus |
| Austral Stonecrop | Crassula sieberiana |
| Austral Trefoil | Lotus australis |
| Bower Spinach | Tetragonia implexicoma |
| * | Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| * | Burr Medic | Medicago polymorpha |
| * | Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris radicata |
| Coast Sand-spurrey | Spergularia media |
| Clammy Sow-thistle | Sonchus tenerrimus |
| * | 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 |
| * | Hexham Scent | Melilotus indica |
| * | Hottentot Fig | Carpobrotus edulis |
| Karkalla | Carpobrotus rossii |
| Large River Buttercup | Ranunculus papulentus |
| Native Yam Daisy | Microseris spp. |
| New Zealand Spinach | Tetragonia tetragonoides |
| * | Orache | Atriplex prostrata |
| * | Ox-tongue | Helminthoteca echioides |
| * | Prickly Lettuce | Lactuca serriola |
| Robust Willow-herb | Epilobium billardierianum |
| * | Rough Sow-thistle | Sonchus asper |
| Salt Groundsel | Senecio halphilus |
| Salt Lawrencia | Lawrencia spicata |
| Salt Pratia | Lobelia irrigua |
| * | Sea Rocket | Cakile edentula / C. maritima |
| * | Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare |
| * | Spiked Centaury | Schenkia spicata |
| Spreading Crassula | Crassula decumbens |
| * | Strawberry Clover | Trifolium fragiferum |
| Swamp Crassula | Crassula helmsii |
| Swamp Weed | Selliera radicans |
| Variable Groundsel | Senecio pinnatifolius |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Willow-leaf Lettuce | Latuca saligna |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Marsh Saltbush | Atriplex paludosa |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Swamp Paperbark | Melaleuca ericifolia |
| Scented Paperbark | Melaleuca squarrosa |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
| S2 - Moderately saline | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| * | Annual Beard-grass | Polypogon monspeliensis |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichopylla |
| Bare Twig-rush | Baumea juncea |
| 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 |
| Cumbungi | Typha spp. |
| Cutting Sedge | Gahnia trifida |
| * | Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum |
| English Couch | Eltrigia repens |
| Giant Rush | Juncus ingens |
| Knobby Club-rush | Ficinia nodosa |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Nodding Club-rush | Isolepis cernua |
| Prickly Spear-grass | Austrostipa stipoides |
| Purple Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis punicea ssp. punicea Lachnagrostis punicea ssp. filifolia |
| Reed Canary-grass | Phalaris arundinacea |
| River Club-rush | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
| Salt Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis robusta |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| Shiny Bog-rush | Schoenus nitens |
| * | Slender Barb-grass | Parapholis strigosa |
| * | 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 | |
| * | Angled Pigface | Carpobrotus aequilaterus |
| Annual Fireweed | Senecio glomeratus ssp. longifructus |
| * | Aster Weed | Aster subulatus |
| Austral Stonecrop | Crassula sieberiana |
| Bower Spinach | Tetragonia implexicoma |
| * | Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| * | Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris radicata |
| Coast Sand-spurrey | Spergularia media |
| Creeping Brookweed | Samolus repens |
| Creeping Monkey-flower | Mimulus repens |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| Grass Daisy | Brachyscome graminae |
| * | Hairy Hawkbit | Leontodon taraxacoides |
| * | Hexham Scent | Melilotus indica |
| * | Hottentot Fig | Carpobrotus edulis |
| Karkalla | Carpobrotus rossii |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| New Zealand Spinach | Tetragonia tetragonoides |
| * | Orache | Atriplex prostrata |
| * | Ox-tongue | Helminthoteca echioides |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Robust Willow-herb | Epilobium billardierianum |
| Rounded Noon-Flower | Disphyma clavellatum subsp. clavellatum |
| Salt Groundsel | Senecio halphilus |
| Salt Lawrencia | Lawrencia spicata |
| Salt Pratia | Lobelia irrigua |
| * | Sea Rocket | Cakile edentula / C. maritima |
| 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 |
| Swamp Weed | Selliera radicans |
| Tasmanian Sand-spurrey | Spergularia tasmanica |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Coast Saltbush | Atriplex cinerea |
| Marsh Saltbush | Atriplex paludosa |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Swamp Paperbark | Melaleuca ericifolia |
| Scented Paperbark | Melaleuca squarrosa |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
| S3 - Highly saline | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| * | Annual Beard-grass | Polypogon monspeliensis |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichopylla |
| Bare Twig-rush | Baumea juncea |
| Borrer’s Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia fasciculata |
| Chaffy Saw-sedge | Gahnia filum |
| Coast Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei |
| * | Common Barb-grass | Hainardia cylindrica |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Cutting Sedge | Gahnia trifida |
| * | Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Nodding Club-rush | Isolepis cernua |
| Prickly Spear-grass | Austrostipa stipoides |
| Salt Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis robusta |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| Sea Rush | Juncus kraussii |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| Streaked Arrow-grass | Triglochin striata |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum |
| Water Ribbons | Triglochin procerum |
| Forbs | |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| Bower Spinach | Tetragonia implexicoma |
| * | Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| Coast Sand-spurrey | Spergularia media |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| Creeping Brookweed | Samolus repens |
| * | Hexham Scent | Melilotus indica |
| Karkalla | Carpobrotus rossii |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| New Zealand Spinach | Tetragonia tetragonoides |
| * | Orache | Atriplex prostrata |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Rounded Noon-Flower | Disphyma clavellatum subsp. clavellatum |
| Salt Angianthus | Angianthus preissianus |
| Salt Groundsel | Senecio halphilus |
| Salt Lawrencia | Lawrencia spicata |
| * | Sea Rocket | Cakile edentula / C. maritima |
| * | Spiked Centaury | Schenkia spicata |
| Swamp Crassula | Crassula helmsii |
| Swamp Weed | Selliera radicans |
| Tasmanian Sand-spurrey | Spergularia tasmanica |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Coast Saltbush | Atriplex cinerea |
| Marsh Saltbush | Atriplex paludosa |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Shrubby Glasswort | Tecticornia arbuscula |
| Swamp Paperbark | Melaleuca ericifolia |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
| S4 - Extremely saline | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichopylla |
| Borrer’s Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia fasciculata |
| Chaffy Saw-sedge | Gahnia filum |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Cutting Sedge | Gahnia trifida |
| Salt Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis robusta |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| Sea Rush | Juncus kraussii |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| Streaked Arrow-grass | Triglochin striata |
| Forbs | |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| * | Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| Rounded Noon-flower | Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum |
| Salt Angianthus | Angianthus preissianus |
| * | Sea Rocket | Cakile edentula / C. maritima |
| Tasmanian Sand-spurrey | Spergularia tasmanica |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| Coast Saltbush | Atriplex cinerea |
| Marsh Saltbush | Atriplex paludosa |
| Shrubby Glasswort | Tecticornia arbuscula |
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