Indicator Plant List - Gippsland 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 |  | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| * | Annual Beard-grass | Polypogon monspeliensis |
| Bristly Wallaby-grass | Austrodanthonia setacea |
| Coast Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei |
| Common Barb-grass | Hainardia cylindrica |
| Common Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis filiformis (syn. Agrostis avenacea) |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| Common Wallaby-grass | Austrodanthonia caespitosa |
| * | Couch Grass | Cynodon dactylon |
| Cutting Sedge | Gahnia trifida |
| Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum (syn. Desmazeria acutiflora, Plagiochloa acutiflora) |
| Prickly Spear-grass | Austrostipa stipoides |
| Purple Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis punicea ssp. punicea (syn. Agrostis aemula var. setifolia) Lachnagrostis punicea ssp. filifolia (syn. Agrostis billardierei var. filifolia) |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum (syn. Critesion marinum) |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum (syn. Agropyrum elongatum) |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius |
| * | Wimmera Rye-grass | Lolium rigidum |
| Windmill Grass | Chloris truncata |
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| Herbs and Forbs | |
| Angled Pigface | Carpobrotus aequilaterus |
| Bower Spinach | Tetragonia implexicoma |
| Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| * | Burr Medic | Medicago polymorpha |
| Coast Sand-spurrey | Spergularia media |
| Creeping Monkey-flower | Mimulus repens |
| * | Hexham Scent | Melilotus indica |
| Hottontot Fig | Carpobrotus edulis |
| Karkalla | Carpobrotus rossii |
| New Zealand Spinach | Tetragonia tetragonoides |
| Salt Lawrencia | Lawrencia spicata |
| Sea Rocket | Cakile edentula |
| Spiked Centaury | Centaurium spicatum |
| * | Strawberry Clover | Trifolium fragiferum |
| Swamp Weed | Selliera radicans |
| Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
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| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Marsh Saltbush | Atriplex paludosa |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Swamp Paperbark | Melaleuca ericifolia |
| Scented Paperbark | Melaleuca squarrosa |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
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S2 | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| * | Annual Beard-grass | Polypogon monspeliensis |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichopylla |
| Bristly Wallaby-grass | Austrodanthonia setacea |
| Coast Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei |
| Common Barb-grass | Hainardia cylindrica |
| Common Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis filiformis (syn. Agrostis avenacea) |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| Cutting Sedge | Gahnia trifida |
| Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum (syn. Desmazeria acutiflora, Plagiochloa acutiflora) |
| Prickly Spear-grass | Austrostipa stipoides |
| Purple Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis punicea ssp. punicea (syn. Agrostis aemula var. setifolia) Lachnagrostis punicea ssp. filifolia (syn. Agrostis billardierei var. filifolia) |
| Salt Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis robusta (syn. Agrostis billardierei var. robusta) |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum (syn. Critesion marinum) |
| Sea Rocket | Cakile edentula |
| Slender Barb-grass | Parapholis strigosa |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| Streaked Arrow-grass | Triglochin striata |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum (syn. Agropyrum elongatum) |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius |
| * | Wimmera Rye-grass | Lolium rigidum |
| Windmill Grass | Chloris truncata |
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| Herbs and Forbs | |
| Angled Pigface | Carpobrotus aequilaterus |
| Bower Spinach | Tetragonia implexicoma |
| Coast Sand-spurrey | Spergularia media |
| Creeping Monkey-flower | Mimulus repens |
| Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| * | Hexham Scent | Melilotus indica |
| Hottontot Fig | Carpobrotus edulis |
| Karkalla | Carpobrotus rossii |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| New Zealand Spinach | Tetragonia tetragonoides |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Rounded Noon-Flower | Disphyma clavellatum subsp. clavellatum |
| Tasmanian Sand-spurrey | Spergularia tasmanica |
| Salt Lawrencia | Lawrencia spicata |
| Spiked Centaury | Centaurium spicatum |
| * | Strawberry Clover | Trifolium fragiferum |
| Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
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| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Coast Saltbush | Atriplex cinerea |
| Marsh Saltbush | Atriplex paludosa |
| Moonah | Melaleuca lanceolata |
| River Red-gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Swamp Paperbark | Melaleuca ericifolia |
| Scented Paperbark | Melaleuca squarrosa |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
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S3 | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichopylla |
| Borrer’s Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia fasciculata |
| Chaffy Saw-sedge | Gahnia filum |
| Coast Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis billardierei ssp. billardierei |
| Common Barb-grass | Hainardia cylindrica |
| Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
| Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Cutting Sedge | Gahnia trifida |
| Desmazeria | Tribolium acutiflorum (syn. Desmazeria acutiflora, Plagiochloa acutiflora) |
| Prickly Spear-grass | Austrostipa stipoides |
| Salt Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis robusta (syn. Agrostis billardierei var. robusta) |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| * | Sea Barley-grass | Hordeum marinum (syn. Critesion marinum) |
| Sea Rush | Juncus kraussii |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
| Streaked Arrow-grass | Triglochin striata |
| * | Tall Wheat-grass | Lophopyrum ponticum (syn. Agropyrum elongatum) |
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| Herbs and Forbs | |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| Bower Spinach | Tetragonia implexicoma |
| Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| * | Hexham Scent | Melilotus indica |
| Hottontot Fig | Carpobrotus edulis |
| Karkalla | Carpobrotus rossii |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| New Zealand Spinach | Tetragonia tetragonoides |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Rounded Noon-Flower | Disphyma clavellatum subsp. clavellatum |
| Salt Lawrencia | Lawrencia spicata |
| Sea Rocket | Cakile edentula |
| Water Buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
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| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| Coast Saltbush | Atriplex cinerea |
| Marsh Saltbush | Atriplex paludosa |
| Swamp Paperbark | Melaleuca ericifolia |
| Wirilda | Acacia retinodes |
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S4 | | |
| Grasses and Rush-like Plants | |
| Australian Salt-grass | Distichlis distichopylla |
| Borrer’s Saltmarsh-grass | Puccinellia fasciculata |
| Chaffy Saw-sedge | Gahnia filum |
| * | Coast Barb-grass | Parapholis incurva |
| Cutting Sedge | Gahnia trifida |
| Salt Blown-grass | Lachnagrostis robusta (syn. Agrostis billardierei var. robusta) |
| Salt Couch | Sporobolus virginicus |
| Sea Rush | Juncus kraussii |
| * | Spiny Rush | Juncus acutus |
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| Herbs and Forbs | |
| Beaded Glasswort | Sarcocornia quinqueflora |
| Buck's Horn Plantain | Plantago coronopus |
| Lesser Sea-spurrey | Spergularia marina |
| * | Red Sand-spurrey | Spergularia rubra |
| Rounded Noon-flower | Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum |
| Sea Rocket | Cakile edentula |
| Tasmanian Sand-spurrey | Spergularia tasmanica |
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| Shrubs and Trees | |
| Austral Seablite | Suaeda australis |
| Coast Saltbush | Atriplex cinerea |
| Marsh Saltbush | Atriplex paludosa |
© The State of Victoria, 1996 - 2009.
This document was last reviewed on 10/11/2009