Soil-salinity Tolerant Plants - Mallee 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 |
| Bristly Wallaby-grass | Austrodanthonia setacea |
| * | Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| Common Wallaby-grass | Austrodanthonia caespitosa |
| Curly Windmill-grass | Enteropogon acicularis |
| Feather Spear-grass | Austrostipa elegantissima |
| Knobby Club-rush | Ficinia nodosa |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Rat's-tail Couch | Sporobolus mitchellii |
| Sand Fescue | Vulpia fasciculata |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius |
| * | Wimmera Rye-grass | Lolium rigidum |
| Windmill Grass | Chloris truncata |
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| Forbs | |
| * | Angled Pigface | Carpobrotus aequilaterus |
| Austral Trefoil | Lotus australis |
| Austral Stonecrop | Crassula sieberiana |
| Baccone's Sand-spurrey | Spergularia bocconei |
| Bonefruit | Osteocarpum salsuginosum |
| * | Burr Medic | Medicago polymorpha |
| * | Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris radicata |
| Clammy Sow-thistle | Sonchus tenerrimus |
| * | Common Sow-thistle | Sonchus oleraceus |
| Clustered Lawrencia | Lawrencia glomerata |
| Creeping Monkey-flower | Mimulus repens |
| * | False Sow-thistle | Reichardia tingitana |
| * | Galenia | Galenia pubescens |
| Hardhead Daisy | Brachyscome lineariloba |
| Inland Pigface | Carpobrotus modestus |
| * | Lesser Sand-spurrey | Spergularia diandra |
| Long-leaf Pigface | Carpobrotus aff. rossii |
| * | 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 |
| Salt Groundsel | Senecio halphilus |
| Satiny Bluebush | Maireana georgei |
| Small Monkey-flower | Mimulus prostratus |
| Smooth Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris glabra |
| * | Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare |
| * | Spiked Centaury | Schenkia spicata |
| Spreading Crassula | Crassula decumbens |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Annual Seablite | Suaeda maritima |
| Belah | Casuarina pauper |
| Black Box | Eucalyptus largiflorens |
| Bladder Saltbush | Atriplex vesicaria |
| * | Bokhara Clover | Melilotus albus |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Coast Bonefruit | Threlkeldia diffusa |
| Creeping Boobialla | Myoporum parvifolium |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Dillon Bush | Nitraria billardierei |
| Eumong | Acacia stenophylla |
| Lagoon Saltbush | Atriplex suberecta |
| Mallee Honey-myrtle | Melaleuca brevifolia |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| Rosy Bluebush | Maireana erioclada |
| Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Shrubby Twin-leaf | Zygophyllum aurantiacum |
| Swamp Sheoak | Casuarina obesa |
| Thorny Lawrencia | Lawrencia squamata |
| Thorny Saltbush | Rhagodia spinescens |
| Violet Honey-myrtle | Melaleuca wilsonii |
| 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 |
| Knobby Club-rush | Ficinia nodosa |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| * | Rat's-tail Couch | Sporobolus mitchellii |
| Sand Fescue | Vulpia fasciculata |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius |
| * | Wimmera Rye-grass | Lolium rigidum |
| Windmill Grass | Chloris truncata |
| | |
| Forbs | |
| * | Angled Pigface | Carpobrotus aequilaterus |
| Austral Stonecrop | Crassula sieberiana |
| Baccone's Sand-spurrey | Spergularia bocconei |
| Bonefruit | Osteocarpum salsuginosum |
| * | Common Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
| Clustered Lawrencia | Lawrencia glomerata |
| Creeping Monkey-flower | Mimulus repens |
| * | False Sow-thistle | Reichardia tingitana |
| Ferny Cotula | Cotula bipinnata |
| * | Galenia | Galenia pubescens |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| Hardhead Daisy | Brachyscome lineariloba |
| 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 |
| Salt Groundsel | Senecio halphilus |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| * | Small Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum |
| Small Monkey-flower | Mimulus prostratus |
| * | Spiked Centaury | Schenkia spicata |
| Spreading Crassula | Crassula decumbens |
| Stiff Cup-flower | Pogonolepis muelleriana |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Annual Seablite | Suaeda maritima |
| Belah | Casuarina pauper |
| Black Box | Eucalyptus largiflorens |
| Bladder Saltbush | Atriplex vesicaria |
| * | Bokhara Clover | Melilotus albus |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Coast Bonefruit | Threlkeldia diffusa |
| 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 |
| Leafy Sea-heath | Frankenia foliosa |
| Mallee Honey-myrtle | Melaleuca brevifolia |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Rosy Bluebush | Maireana erioclada |
| Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Salt Paperbark | Melaleuca halmaturorum |
| Slender-fruited Saltbush | Atriplex leptocarpa |
| Small-leaf Sea-heath | Frankenia sessilis |
| Swamp Sheoak | Casuarina obesa |
| Shrubby Twin-leaf | Zygophyllum aurantiacum |
| Thorny Lawrencia | Lawrencia squamata |
| Thorny Saltbush | Rhagodia spinescens |
| Violet Honey-myrtle | Melaleuca wilsonii |
| Willow Wattle | Acacia salicina |
| Yanga Bush | Maireana brevifolia |
| S3 - Highly saline | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| 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 |
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| Forbs | |
| Baccone's Sand-spurrey | Spergularia bocconei |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| Clustered Lawrencia | Lawrencia glomerata |
| * | Common Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
| Ferny Cotula | Cotula bipinnata |
| * | Galenia | Galenia pubescens |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| * | 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 |
| Salt Groundsel | Senecio halphilus |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| * | Small Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum |
| Stiff Cup-flower | Pogonolepis muelleriana |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| Berry Seablite | Suaeda baccifera |
| Black-seeded Samphire | Halosarcia pergranulata |
| Bladder Saltbush | Atriplex vesicaria |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Coast Bonefruit | Threlkeldia diffusa |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Dillon Bush | Nitraria billardierei |
| Eastern Flat-top Saltbush | Atriplex lindleyi |
| Eumong | Acacia stenophylla |
| Leafy Sea-heath | Frankenia foliosa |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Salt Paperbark | Melaleuca halmaturorum |
| Slender-fruited Saltbush | Atriplex leptocarpa |
| Small-leaf Sea-heath | Frankenia sessilis |
| Swamp Sheoak | Casuarina obesa |
| Thorny Lawrencia | Lawrencia squamata |
| Thorny Saltbush | Rhagodia spinescens |
| Willow Wattle | Acacia salicina |
| S4 - Extremely saline | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| Australian Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia stricta |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Puccinellia | Puccinella ciliata |
| | |
| Forbs | |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| * | Common Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
| Ferny Cotula | Cotula bipinnata |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia 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 |
| Berry Seablite | Suaeda baccifera |
| Black-seeded Samphire | Halosarcia pergranulata |
| Dillon Bush | Nitraria billardierei |
| Eastern Flat-top Saltbush | Atriplex lindleyi |
| Salt Paperbark | Melaleuca halmaturorum |
| Slender-fruited Saltbush | Atriplex leptocarpa |
| Thorny Saltbush | Rhagodia spinescens |
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