Soil-salinity Tolerant Plants - Central and Northern Victorian
Salinity in the Central and Northern victorian Region | Photo Gallery | Glossary
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-rush | Baumea juncea |
| 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 |
| * | Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum |
| English Couch | Eltrigia repens |
| Feather Spear-grass | Austrostipa elegantissima |
| Giant Rush | Juncus ingens |
| Hair-grasses | Aira, Molineriella, Pentaschistis spp. |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Nodding Club-rush | Isolepis cernua |
| River Club-rush | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| 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 | |
| * | Aster Weed | Aster subulatus |
| Austral Stonecrop | Crassula sieberiana |
| Austral Trefoil | Lotus australis |
| Baccone's Sand-spurrey | Spergularia bocconei |
| Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| * | 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 Brookweed | Samolus repens |
| Creeping Monkey-flower | Mimulus repens |
| * | Dandelion | Taraxacum spp. |
| Grass Daisy | Brachyscome graminae |
| * | Hairy Hawkbit | Leontodon taraxacoides |
| Hairy Sand-spurrey | Spergularia villosa |
| Hardhead Daisy | Brachyscome lineariloba |
| Inland Pigface | Carpobrotus modestus |
| * | Mediterranean Turnip | Brassica tournefortii |
| Native Yam Daisy | Microseris spp. |
| * | Orache | Atriplex prostrata |
| * | Ox-tongue | Helminthoteca echioides |
| * | Prickly Lettuce | Lactuca serriola |
| Robust Willow-herb | Epilobium billardierianum |
| 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 |
| Swamp Weed | Selliera radicans |
| Variable Groundsel | Senecio pinnatifolius |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Willow-leaf Lettuce | Latuca saligna |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Annual Seablite | Suaeda maritima |
| Black Box | Eucalyptus largiflorens |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Lignum | Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Ruby Salt Bush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Scented Paperbark | Melaleuca squarrosa |
| Swamp Paperbark | Melaleuca ericifolia |
| Totem Poles | Melaleuca decussata |
| Violet Honey-myrtle | Melaleuca wilsonii |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
| S2 - Moderately saline | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| * | Annual Beard-grass | Polypogon monspeliensis |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichopylla |
| Australian Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia stricta |
| Bare Twig-rush | Baumea juncea |
| Bristly Wallaby-grass | Austrodanthonia setacea |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| Curly Windmill-grass | Enteropogon acicularis |
| * | Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum |
| English Couch | Eltrigia repens |
| Feather Spear-grass | Austrostipa elegantissima |
| Giant Rush | Juncus ingens |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Nodding Club-rush | Isolepis cernua |
| River Club-rush | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| Small Hair-grass | Molineriella minuta |
| 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 | |
| * | Aster Weed | Aster subulatus |
| Austral Stonecrop | Crassula sieberiana |
| Baccone's Sand-spurrey | Spergularia bocconei |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris radicata |
| Coast Sand-spurrey | Spergularia media |
| * | 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 Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| * | Mediterranean Turnip | Brassica tournefortii |
| * | Orache | Atriplex prostrata |
| * | Oval Purse | Hymenolobus procumbens |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Robust Willow-herb | Epilobium billardierianum |
| Rosinweed | Cressa australis |
| Round-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia rotundifolia |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| Small Monkey-flower | Mimulus prostratus |
| Smooth Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris glabra |
| * | 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 |
| Swamp Weed | Selliera radicans |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Annual Seablite | Suaeda maritima |
| Black Box | Eucalyptus largiflorens |
| * | Bokhara Clover | Melilotus albus |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Lignum | Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Scented Paperbark | Melaleuca squarrosa |
| Swamp Paperbark | Melaleuca ericifolia |
| Totem Poles | Melaleuca decussata |
| Violet Honey-myrtle | Melaleuca wilsonii |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
| S3 - Highly saline | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichopylla |
| Australian Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia stricta |
| Bare Twig-rush | Baumea juncea |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| * | Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum |
| * | Mediterranean Barley-grass | Hordeum hystrix |
| Nodding Club-rush | Isolepis cernua |
| Puccinellia | Puccinella ciliata |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| Streaked Arrow-grass | Triglochin striata |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum |
| Water Ribbons | Triglochin procerum |
| Forbs | |
| Baccone's Sand-spurrey | Spergularia bocconei |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| Berry Seablite | Suaeda baccifera |
| Coast Sand-spurrey | Spergularia media |
| * | Common Ice Plant | Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
| Creeping Brookweed | Samolus repens |
| Ferny Cotula | Cotula bipinnata |
| Glaucous Goosefoot | Chenopodium glaucum |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| * | Mediterranean Turnip | Brassica tournefortii |
| * | Orache | Atriplex prostrata |
| * | Oval Purse | Hymenolobus procumbens |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Rosinweed | Cressa australis |
| Round-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia rotundifolia |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| Stiff Cup-flower | Pogonolepis muelleriana |
| Swamp Crassula | Crassula helmsii |
| Swamp Weed | Selliera radicans |
| * | Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| Black-seeded Samphire | Halosarcia pergranulata |
| * | Bokhara Clover | Melilotus albus |
| * | Buckbush | Salsola tragus |
| Creeping Saltbush | Atriplex semibaccata |
| Lignum | Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| Old-man Saltbush | Atriplex nummularia |
| Ruby Saltbush | Enchylaena tomentosa |
| Totem Poles | Melaleuca decussata |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
| 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 | Spergularia marina |
| Round-leaf Wilsonia | Wilsonia rotundifolia |
| Short-stem Sand-spurrey | Spergularia brevifolia |
| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| Black-seeded Samphire | Halosarcia pergranulata |
| Lignum | Muehlenbeckia florulenta |
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