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Indicator Plant List - Loddon Murray Region

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Purpose

A list of salt-tolerant plants that commonly occur in the Loddon Murray 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.

It should be noted that many plants are capable of growing over a range of soil salinities so other salinity indicators are needed to increase the confidence in identifying saline soils.
Image:  Loddon Murray Region
Loddon Murray Region

Vegetation Community in relation to Salinity Class

* Indicates introduced and exotic species

S1
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
*Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis
Common Blown-grass Lachnagrostis filiformis (syn. Agrostis avenacea)
*Couch GrassCynodon dactylon
Curly Windmill-grass Enteropogon acicularis
Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix (syn. Critesion hystrix)
Rat's-tail Couch Sporobolus mitchellii
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum (syn. Critesion marinum)
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
*Tall Wheat-grass Lophopyrum ponticum (syn. Agropyron elongatum)
White-top Wallaby-grass Austrodanthonia caespitosa
*Wimmera Rye-grass Lolium rigidum
Windmill Grass Chloris truncata

Herbs and Forbs
*Burr Medic Medicago polymorpha
Creeping Monkey Flower Mimulus repens
Hardhead DaisyBrachyscome lineariloba
*Hexham Scent Melilotus indica
Lesser Sand-spurreySpergularia diandra
Mediterranean TurnipBrassica tournefortii
Small Monkey-flowerMimulus prostratus
*Strawberry Clover Trifolium fragiferum
Swamp CrassulaCrassula helmsii

Shrubs and Trees
Black Box Eucalyptus largiflorens
*Bokhara Clover Melilotus alba
Dillon Bush Nitraria billardierei
Eumong Acacia stenophylla
Lagoon Saltbush Atriplex suberecta
Lignum Muehlenbeckia florulenta (syn. M. cunninghamii)
Moona Melaleuca lanceolata
Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa
Salt Paper-Bark Melaleuca halmaturorum
Spiked CentauryCentaurium spicatum
Thorny Saltbush Rhagodia spinescens
Yanga Bush Maireana brevifolia

S2
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
*Annual Beard-grass Polypogon monspeliensis
Common Blown-grass Lachnagrostis filiformis (syn. Agrostis avenacea)
Curly Windmill-grass Enteropogon acicularis
Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix (syn. Critesion hystrix)
Rat's-tail Couch Sporobolus mitchellii
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum (syn. Critesion marinum)
*Spiny Rush Juncus acutus
*Tall Wheat-grass Lophopyrum ponticum (syn. Agropyron elongatum)
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
White-top Wallaby-grass Austrodanthonia caespitosa
*Wimmera Rye-grass Lolium rigidum
Windmill Grass Chloris truncata

Herbs and Forbs
*Burr Medic Medicago polymorpha
Coast Sand-spurreySpergularia media
*Common Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Creeping Monkey Flower Mimulus repens
Hardhead DaisyBrachyscome lineariloba
*Hexham Scent Melilotus indica
Lesser Sand-spurreySpergularia diandra
Lesser Sea-spurreySerpgularia marina
Mediterranean TurnipBrassica tournefortii
Oval PurseHymenolobus procumbens
*Red Sand-spurrey Spergularia rubra
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia
*Small Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
Small Monkey-flowerMimulus prostratus
Spiked CentauryCentaurium spicatum
Stiff Cup-flowerPogonolepis muelleriana (syn. Angianthus strictus)
*Strawberry Clover Trifolium fragiferum
Swamp CrassulaCrassula helmsii
Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
Black Box Eucalyptus largiflorens
*Bokhara Clover Melilotus alba
Creeping Saltbush Artiplex semibaccata
Dillon Bush Nitraria billardierei
Eastern Flat-top Saltbush Atriplex lindleyi
Eumong Acacia stenophylla
Lagoon Saltbush Atriplex suberecta
Lignum Muehlenbeckia florulenta (syn. M. cunninghamii)
Moona Melaleuca lanceolata
Rounded Noon-FlowerDisphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa
Salt Paperbark Melaleuca halmaturorum
Slender-fruited Saltbush Atriplex leptocarpa
Thorny Saltbush Rhagodia spinescens
Yanga Bush Maireana brevifolia

S3
Grasses and Rush-like Plants
Australian Salt-grassDistichlis distichopylla
Australian Saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia stricta
*Coast Barb-grass Parapholis incurva
Mediterranean Barley-grassHordeum hystrix (syn. Critesion hystrix)
Puccinellia Puccinella ciliata
*Sea Barley-grass Hordeum marinum (syn. Critesion marinum)
*Spiny Rush Juncus acutus
*Tall Wheat-grass Lophopyrum ponticum (syn. Agropyron elongatum)

Herbs and Forbs
Black-seeded Samphire Halosarcia pergranulata
*Bokhara Clover Melilotus alba
Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Coast Sand-spurreySpergularia media
*Common Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
*Ferny Cotula Cotula bipinnata
*Hexham Scent Melilotus indica
Lesser Sand-spurreySpergularia diandra
Lesser Sea-spurreySerpgularia marina
Mediterranean TurnipBrassica tournefortii
Oval PurseHymenolobus procumbens
*Red Sand-spurrey Sergularia rubra
Round-leaf WilsoniaWilsonia rotundifolia
Rounded Noon-FlowerDisphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
Short-stem Sand-spurreySpergularia brevifolia
*Small Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
Stiff Cup-flowerPogonolepis muelleriana (syn. Angianthus strictus)
Swamp CrassulaCrassula helmsii
Water ButtonsCotula coronopifolia

Shrubs and Trees
Austral Seablite Suaeda australis
Creeping Saltbush Artiplex semibaccata
Dillon Bush Nitraria billardierei
Eastern Flat-top Saltbush Atriplex lindleyi
Eumong Acacia stenophylla
Lignum Muehlenbeckia florulenta (syn. M. cunninghamii)
Moona Melaleuca lanceolata
Ruby Saltbush Enchylaena tomentosa
Salt Paperbark Melaleuca halmaturorum
Slender-fruited Saltbush Atriplex leptocarpa
Thorny Saltbush Rhagodia spinescens

S4
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

Herbs and Forbs
Beaded Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Black-seeded Samphire Halosarcia pergranulata
Coast Sand-spurreySpergularia media
*Common Ice Plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
*Ferny Cotula Cotula bipinnata
Lesser Sea-spurreySerpgularia 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
Dillon Bush Nitraria billardierei
Eastern Flat-top Saltbush Atriplex lindleyi
Lignum Muehlenbeckia florulenta (syn. M. cunninghamii)
Salt Paperbark Melaleuca halmaturorum
Slender-fruited Saltbush Atriplex leptocarpa
Thorny Saltbush Rhagodia spinescens

Crop Species

Barley S1, S2
Canola S1
Chickpeas S1
Maize S1
Wheat S1, S2


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