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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-grassAustrodanthonia setacea
*Common ReedPhragmites australis
Common Wallaby-grass Austrodanthonia caespitosa
Curly Windmill-grass Enteropogon acicularis
Feather Spear-grassAustrostipa elegantissima
Knobby Club-rushFicinia nodosa
*Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix
Rat's-tail Couch Sporobolus mitchellii
Sand FescueVulpia fasciculata
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
*Wimmera Rye-grass Lolium rigidum
Windmill Grass Chloris truncata

Forbs
*Angled PigfaceCarpobrotus aequilaterus
Austral TrefoilLotus australis
Austral StonecropCrassula sieberiana
Baccone's Sand-spurreySpergularia bocconei
BonefruitOsteocarpum salsuginosum
*Burr Medic Medicago polymorpha
*Cat's-earHypochoeris radicata
Clammy Sow-thistleSonchus tenerrimus
*Common Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Clustered LawrenciaLawrencia glomerata
Creeping Monkey-flower Mimulus repens
*False Sow-thistleReichardia tingitana
*GaleniaGalenia pubescens
Hardhead DaisyBrachyscome lineariloba
Inland PigfaceCarpobrotus modestus
*Lesser Sand-spurreySpergularia diandra
Long-leaf PigfaceCarpobrotus aff. rossii
*Mediterranean TurnipBrassica tournefortii
Native Yam DaisyMicroseris spp.
*Ox-tongueHelminthoteca echioides
*Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
RosinweedCressa australis
*Rough Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Salt GroundselSenecio halphilus
Satiny BluebushMaireana georgei
Small Monkey-flowerMimulus prostratus
Smooth Cat's-earHypochoeris glabra
*Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
*Spiked CentaurySchenkia spicata
Spreading CrassulaCrassula decumbens

Shrubs and Trees
Annual SeabliteSuaeda maritima
BelahCasuarina pauper
Black Box Eucalyptus largiflorens
Bladder SaltbushAtriplex vesicaria
*Bokhara CloverMelilotus albus
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Coast BonefruitThrelkeldia diffusa
Creeping BoobiallaMyoporum parvifolium
Creeping Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata
Dillon Bush Nitraria billardierei
Eumong Acacia stenophylla
Lagoon Saltbush Atriplex suberecta
Mallee Honey-myrtleMelaleuca brevifolia
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Old-man SaltbushAtriplex nummularia
Rosy BluebushMaireana erioclada
Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa
Shrubby Twin-leafZygophyllum aurantiacum
Swamp SheoakCasuarina obesa
Thorny LawrenciaLawrencia squamata
Thorny Saltbush Rhagodia spinescens
Violet Honey-myrtleMelaleuca wilsonii
Willow WattleAcacia salicina
Yanga Bush Maireana brevifolia

S2 - Moderately saline
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
*Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis
Bristly Wallaby-grassAustrodanthonia setacea
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Curly Windmill-grass Enteropogon acicularis
Feather Spear-grassAustrostipa elegantissima
Knobby Club-rushFicinia nodosa
*Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix
*Rat's-tail Couch Sporobolus mitchellii
Sand FescueVulpia fasciculata
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
*Wimmera Rye-grass Lolium rigidum
Windmill Grass Chloris truncata

Forbs
*Angled PigfaceCarpobrotus aequilaterus
Austral StonecropCrassula sieberiana
Baccone's Sand-spurreySpergularia bocconei
BonefruitOsteocarpum salsuginosum
*Common Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Clustered LawrenciaLawrencia glomerata
Creeping Monkey-flower Mimulus repens
*False Sow-thistleReichardia tingitana
Ferny CotulaCotula bipinnata
*GaleniaGalenia pubescens
Glaucous GoosefootChenopodium glaucum
Hardhead DaisyBrachyscome lineariloba
Inland PigfaceCarpobrotus modestus
*Lesser Sand-spurreySpergularia diandra
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
*Mediterranean TurnipBrassica tournefortii
*Oval PurseHymenolobus procumbens
*Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra
RosinweedCressa australis
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Rounded Noon-FlowerDisphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
Salt GroundselSenecio halphilus
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia
*Small Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
Small Monkey-flowerMimulus prostratus
*Spiked CentaurySchenkia spicata
Spreading CrassulaCrassula decumbens
Stiff Cup-flowerPogonolepis muelleriana

Shrubs and Trees
Annual SeabliteSuaeda maritima
BelahCasuarina pauper
Black Box Eucalyptus largiflorens
Bladder SaltbushAtriplex vesicaria
*Bokhara CloverMelilotus albus
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Coast BonefruitThrelkeldia diffusa
Creeping BoobiallaMyoporum parvifolium
Creeping Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata
Dillon Bush Nitraria billardierei
Eastern Flat-top Saltbush Atriplex lindleyi
Eumong Acacia stenophylla
Lagoon Saltbush Atriplex suberecta
Leafy Sea-heathFrankenia foliosa
Mallee Honey-myrtleMelaleuca brevifolia
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Old-man SaltbushAtriplex nummularia
River Red-gumEucalyptus camaldulensis
Rosy BluebushMaireana erioclada
Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa
Salt Paperbark Melaleuca halmaturorum
Slender-fruited Saltbush Atriplex leptocarpa
Small-leaf Sea-heathFrankenia sessilis
Swamp SheoakCasuarina obesa
Shrubby Twin-leafZygophyllum aurantiacum
Thorny LawrenciaLawrencia squamata
Thorny Saltbush Rhagodia spinescens
Violet Honey-myrtleMelaleuca wilsonii
Willow WattleAcacia salicina
Yanga Bush Maireana brevifolia

S3 - Highly saline
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
Australian Saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia stricta
*Coast Barb-grass Parapholis incurva
Common ReedPhragmites australis
*Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix
Puccinellia Puccinella ciliata
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum

Forbs
Baccone's Sand-spurreySpergularia bocconei
Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Clustered LawrenciaLawrencia glomerata
*Common Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Ferny CotulaCotula bipinnata
*GaleniaGalenia pubescens
Glaucous GoosefootChenopodium glaucum
*Lesser Sand-spurreySpergularia diandra
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
*Mediterranean TurnipBrassica tournefortii
*Oval PurseHymenolobus procumbens
*Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra
RosinweedCressa australis
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Rounded Noon-flowerDisphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
Salt GroundselSenecio halphilus
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia
*Small Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
Stiff Cup-flowerPogonolepis muelleriana

Shrubs and Trees
Austral Seablite Suaeda australis
Berry SeabliteSuaeda baccifera
Black-seeded Samphire Halosarcia pergranulata
Bladder SaltbushAtriplex vesicaria
*BuckbushSalsola tragus
Coast BonefruitThrelkeldia diffusa
Creeping Saltbush Atriplex semibaccata
Dillon Bush Nitraria billardierei
Eastern Flat-top Saltbush Atriplex lindleyi
Eumong Acacia stenophylla
Leafy Sea-heathFrankenia foliosa
Moonah Melaleuca lanceolata
Old-man SaltbushAtriplex nummularia
Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa
Salt Paperbark Melaleuca halmaturorum
Slender-fruited Saltbush Atriplex leptocarpa
Small-leaf Sea-heathFrankenia sessilis
Swamp SheoakCasuarina obesa
Thorny LawrenciaLawrencia squamata
Thorny Saltbush Rhagodia spinescens
Willow WattleAcacia 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 CotulaCotula bipinnata
Glaucous GoosefootChenopodium glaucum
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Rounded Noon-flowerDisphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia
*Small Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

Shrubs and Trees
Austral Seablite Suaeda australis
Berry SeabliteSuaeda 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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