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Soil-salinity Tolerant Plants - Coastal Region

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Purpose

A list of salt-tolerant plants that commonly occur in the Coastal 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
Blue Tussock-grassPoa poiformis
Coast Blown-grassLachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei
*Common Barb-grassHainardia cylindrica
Common Blown-grass Lachnagrostis filiformis
Common ReedPhragmites australis
*Couch GrassCynodon dactylon
Cutting SedgeGahnia trifida
*DesmazeriaTribolium acutiflorum
Knobby Club-rushFicinia nodosa
Nodding Club-rushIsolepis cernua
Prickly Spear-grassAustrostipa stipoides
Purple Blown-grassLachnagrostis punicea ssp. punicea
Lachnagrostis punicea ssp. filifolia
Salt CouchSporobolus virginicus
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
Swamp Club-rushIsolepis inundata
Toad RushJuncus bufonius

Forbs
*Angled PigfaceCarpobrotus aequilaterus
Annual CeleryApium annuum
Bower SpinachTetragonia implexicoma
*Buck's Horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
*Burr Medic Medicago polymorpha
*Cat's-earHypochoeris radicata
Coast Sand-spurreySpergularia media
*Common Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Creeping Monkey-flower Mimulus repens
*GaleniaGalenia pubescens
Grass DaisyBrachyscome graminae
*Hairy HawkbitLeontodon taraxacoides
*Heart-leaf Ice-plantAptenia cordifolia
*Hottentot FigCarpobrotus edulis
KarkallaCarpobrotus rossii
Little Noon-flowerLampranthus tegens
*OracheAtriplex prostrata
Robust Willow-herbEpilobium billardierianum
*Rodondo CreeperDrosanthemum candens
*Rough Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Salt GroundselSenecio halophilus
Salt LawrenciaLawrencia spicata
Sea CeleryApium prostratum
*Sea RocketCakile edentula / C. maritima
*Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
*Strawberry Clover Trifolium fragiferum
Swamp WeedSelliera radicans
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Coast BonefruitThrelkeldia diffusa
Common BoobiallaMyoporum insulare
Marsh SaltbushAtriplex paludosa
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Seaberry SaltbushRhagodia candolleana
Swamp PaperbarkMelaleuca ericifolia
Scented PaperbarkMelaleuca squarrosa
Southern Sea-heathFrankenia pauciflora
Thorny LawrenciaLawrencia squamata
WirildaAcacia retinodes

S2 - Moderately saline
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
*Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis
Australian Salt-grassDistichlis distichopylla
Australian Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia stricta
Blue Tussock-grassPoa poiformis
Borrer's Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia fasciculata
Coast Blown-grassLachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei
Common Barb-grassHainardia cylindrica
Common Blown-grass Lachnagrostis filiformis
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Cutting SedgeGahnia trifida
*DesmazeriaTribolium acutiflorum
Knobby Club-rushFicinia nodosa
Nodding Club-rushIsolepis cernua
Prickly Spear-grassAustrostipa stipoides
Purple Blown-grassLachnagrostis punicea ssp. punicea
Lachnagrostis punicea ssp. filifolia
Salt CouchSporobolus virginicus
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
*Slender Barb-grassParapholis strigosa
*Spiny Rush Juncus acutus
Streaked Arrow-grassTriglochin striata
Toad RushJuncus bufonius

Forbs
*Angled PigfaceCarpobrotus aequilaterus
Annual CeleryApium annuum
Bower SpinachTetragonia implexicoma
*Buck's Horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
*Cat's-earHypochoeris radicata
Coast Sand-spurreySpergularia media
Creeping Monkey-flower Mimulus repens
*GaleniaGalenia pubescens
Glaucous GoosefootChenopodium daucum
Grass DaisyBrachyscome graminae
*Hairy HawkbitLeontodon taraxacoides
*Heart-leaf Ice-plantAptenia cordifolia
*Hottentot FigCarpobrotus edulis
KarkallaCarpobrotus rossii
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Little Noon-flowerLampranthus tegens
*OracheAtriplex prostrata
*Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra
Robust Willow-herbEpilobium billardierianum
*Rodondo CreeperDrosanthemum candens
Rounded Noon-FlowerDisphyma clavellatum subsp. clavellatum
Salt GroundselSenecio halphilus
Salt LawrenciaLawrencia spicata
*Sea RocketCakile edentula / C. maritima
Sea CeleryApium prostratum
*Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
*Strawberry Clover Trifolium fragiferum
Tasmanian Sand-spurreySpergularia tasmanica
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Coast BonefruitThrelkeldia diffusa
Coast SaltbushAtriplex cinerea
Common BoobiallaMyoporum insulare
Marsh SaltbushAtriplex paludosa
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Seaberry SaltbushRhagodia candolleana
Swamp PaperbarkMelaleuca ericifolia
Scented PaperbarkMelaleuca squarrosa
Southern Sea-heathFrankenia pauciflora
Thorny LawrenciaLawrencia squamata
WirildaAcacia retinodes

S3 - Highly saline
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
Australian Salt-grassDistichlis distichopylla
Borrer’s Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia fasciculata
Australian Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia stricta
Chaffy Saw-sedgeGahnia filum
*Coast Barb-grass Parapholis incurva
Coast Blown-grassLachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei
*Common Barb-grassHainardia cylindrica
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Cutting SedgeGahnia trifida
*DesmazeriaTribolium acutiflorum
Nodding Club-rushIsolepis cernua
Prickly Spear-grassAustrostipa stipoides
Salt CouchSporobolus virginicus
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
Sea RushJuncus kraussii
*Spiny Rush Juncus acutus
Streaked Arrow-grassTriglochin striata

Forbs
Annual CeleryApium annuum
Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Bower SpinachTetragonia implexicoma
*Buck's Horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Coast Sand-spurreySpergularia media
*GaleniaGalenia pubescens
Glaucous GoosefootChenopodium daucum
KarkallaCarpobrotus rossii
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Little Noon-flowerLampranthus tegens
*OracheAtriplex prostrata
*Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra
Rounded Noon-FlowerDisphyma clavellatum subsp. clavellatum
Salt AngianthusAngianthus preissianus
Salt GroundselSenecio halphilus
Salt LawrenciaLawrencia spicata
*Sea RocketCakile edentula / C. maritima
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
Austral Seablite Suaeda australis
Black-seeded SamphireHalosarcia pergranulata
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Coast BonefruitThrelkeldia diffusa
Coast SaltbushAtriplex cinerea
Marsh SaltbushAtriplex paludosa
Seaberry SaltbushRhagodia candolleana
Southern Sea-heathFrankenia pauciflora
Swamp PaperbarkMelaleuca ericifolia
Thorny LawrenciaLawrencia squamata
WirildaAcacia retinodes

S4 - Extremely saline
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
Australian Salt-grassDistichlis distichopylla
Borrer’s Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia fasciculata
Australian Saltmarsh-grassPuccinellia stricta
Chaffy Saw-sedgeGahnia filum
*Coast Barb-grass Parapholis incurva
Cutting SedgeGahnia trifida
Salt CouchSporobolus virginicus
Sea RushJuncus kraussii
*Spiny Rush Juncus acutus

Forbs
Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora
*Buck's Horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Glaucous GoosefootChenopodium daucum
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
*Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra
Rounded Noon-flowerDisphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
Salt AngianthusAngianthus preissianus
*Sea RocketCakile edentula / C. maritima
Tasmanian Sand-spurreySpergularia tasmanica
*Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
Austral Seablite Suaeda australis
Black-seeded SamphireHalosarcia pergranulata
Coast SaltbushAtriplex cinerea
Marsh SaltbushAtriplex paludosa
White MangroveAvicennia marina subsp. australasica
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