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Soil-salinity Tolerant Plants - Central and Northern Victorian

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Purpose

A list of salt-tolerant plants that commonly occur in the Central and Northern Victorian 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-rushBaumea juncea
Bristly Wallaby-grassAustrodanthonia setacea
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
English CouchEltrigia repens
Feather Spear-grassAustrostipa elegantissima
Giant RushJuncus ingens
Hair-grassesAira, Molineriella, Pentaschistis spp.
*Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix
Nodding Club-rushIsolepis cernua
River Club-rushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
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
*Aster WeedAster subulatus
Austral StonecropCrassula sieberiana
Austral TrefoilLotus australis
Baccone's Sand-spurreySpergularia bocconei
Buck's Horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
*Burr Medic Medicago polymorpha
*Cat's-earHypochoeris radicata
Clammy Sow-thistleSonchus tenerrimus
Coast Sand-spurreySpergularia media
Common Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Creeping BrookweedSamolus repens
Creeping Monkey-flower Mimulus repens
*DandelionTaraxacum spp.
Grass DaisyBrachyscome graminae
*Hairy HawkbitLeontodon taraxacoides
Hairy Sand-spurreySpergularia villosa
Hardhead DaisyBrachyscome lineariloba
Inland PigfaceCarpobrotus modestus
*Mediterranean TurnipBrassica tournefortii
Native Yam DaisyMicroseris spp.
*OracheAtriplex prostrata
*Ox-tongueHelminthoteca echioides
*Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Robust Willow-herbEpilobium billardierianum
RosinweedCressa australis
*Rough Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Small Monkey-flowerMimulus prostratus
Smooth Cat's-earHypochoeris glabra
*Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
*Spiked CentaurySchenkia spicata
Spreading CrassulaCrassula decumbens
*Strawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferum
Swamp CrassulaCrassula helmsii
Swamp WeedSelliera radicans
Variable GroundselSenecio pinnatifolius
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia
Willow-leaf LettuceLatuca saligna

Shrubs and Trees
Annual SeabliteSuaeda maritima
Black Box Eucalyptus largiflorens
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Creeping Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata
Lignum Muehlenbeckia florulenta
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Old-man SaltbushAtriplex nummularia
River Red-gumEucalyptus camaldulensis
Ruby Salt Bush Enchylaena tomentosa
Scented PaperbarkMelaleuca squarrosa
Swamp PaperbarkMelaleuca ericifolia
Totem PolesMelaleuca decussata
Violet Honey-myrtleMelaleuca wilsonii
WirildaAcacia retinodes

S2 - Moderately saline
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
*Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis
Australian Salt-grassDistichlis distichopylla
Australian Saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia stricta
Bare Twig-rushBaumea juncea
Bristly Wallaby-grassAustrodanthonia setacea
*Coast Barb-grass Parapholis incurva
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Curly Windmill-grass Enteropogon acicularis
*DesmazeriaTribolium acutiflorum
English CouchEltrigia repens
Feather Spear-grassAustrostipa elegantissima
Giant RushJuncus ingens
*Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix
Nodding Club-rushIsolepis cernua
River Club-rushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
Small Hair-grassMolineriella minuta
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
*Aster WeedAster subulatus
Austral StonecropCrassula sieberiana
Baccone's Sand-spurreySpergularia bocconei
Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Buck's Horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Cat's-earHypochoeris radicata
Coast Sand-spurreySpergularia media
*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 Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
*Mediterranean TurnipBrassica tournefortii
*OracheAtriplex prostrata
*Oval PurseHymenolobus procumbens
*Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra
Robust Willow-herbEpilobium billardierianum
RosinweedCressa australis
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia
Small Monkey-flowerMimulus prostratus
Smooth Cat's-earHypochoeris glabra
*Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
*Spiked CentaurySchenkia spicata
Spreading CrassulaCrassula decumbens
Stiff Cup-flowerPogonolepis muelleriana
*Strawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferum
Swamp CrassulaCrassula helmsii
Swamp WeedSelliera radicans
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
Annual SeabliteSuaeda maritima
Black Box Eucalyptus largiflorens
*Bokhara CloverMelilotus albus
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Creeping Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata
Lignum Muehlenbeckia florulenta
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Old-man SaltbushAtriplex nummularia
River Red-gumEucalyptus camaldulensis
Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa
Scented PaperbarkMelaleuca squarrosa
Swamp PaperbarkMelaleuca ericifolia
Totem PolesMelaleuca decussata
Violet Honey-myrtleMelaleuca wilsonii
WirildaAcacia retinodes

S3 - Highly saline
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
Australian Salt-grassDistichlis distichopylla
Australian Saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia stricta
Bare Twig-rushBaumea juncea
*Coast Barb-grass Parapholis incurva
Common ReedPhragmites australis
*DesmazeriaTribolium acutiflorum
*Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix
Nodding Club-rushIsolepis cernua
Puccinellia Puccinella ciliata
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
*Spiny Rush Juncus acutus
Streaked Arrow-grassTriglochin striata
*Tall Wheat-grass Lophopyrum ponticum
Water RibbonsTriglochin procerum

Forbs
Baccone's Sand-spurreySpergularia bocconei
Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Berry SeabliteSuaeda baccifera
Coast Sand-spurreySpergularia media
*Common Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Creeping BrookweedSamolus repens
Ferny CotulaCotula bipinnata
Glaucous GoosefootChenopodium glaucum
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
*Mediterranean TurnipBrassica tournefortii
*OracheAtriplex prostrata
*Oval PurseHymenolobus procumbens
*Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra
RosinweedCressa australis
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia
Stiff Cup-flowerPogonolepis muelleriana
Swamp CrassulaCrassula helmsii
Swamp WeedSelliera radicans
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
Austral Seablite Suaeda australis
Black-seeded Samphire Halosarcia pergranulata
*Bokhara CloverMelilotus albus
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Creeping Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata
Lignum Muehlenbeckia florulenta
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Old-man SaltbushAtriplex nummularia
Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa
Totem PolesMelaleuca decussata
WirildaAcacia retinodes

S4 - Extremely saline
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
Australian Salt-grassDistichlis distichopylla
Australian Saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia stricta
*Coast Barb-grass Parapholis incurva
Puccinellia Puccinella ciliata
*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-spurreySpergularia marina
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia

Shrubs and Trees
Austral Seablite Suaeda australis
Black-seeded Samphire Halosarcia pergranulata
Lignum Muehlenbeckia florulenta
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