Content of Table 1
Table 1 has summarised the information on each species: the linked PDFs have a short description of each plant, with photographs, an estimate of the waterlogging and salinity tolerance, and where the plant has been recorded and could grow. Each SALTdeck card has references for that plant's information.
Comments
- Alien means that the plant has been introduced from outside of Western Australia, and may have become naturalised (grows and reproduces in competition with native flora or other alien plants).
- Forage value is a generalised term about the value to grazing or browsing livestock for protein and metabolisable energy. Some plants – for instance, Rhodes grass – have high forage value when young and actively growing, and very low forage value when mature and dry. Some of the plants – for instance, the saltbushes – have their best forage value in combination with other forage plants.
Scientific name | Common name | Salt tolerance | Waterlogging tolerance | Form | Comments |
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Acacia saligna | golden wreath wattle | moderate | temporary | tree | native, low forage value |
Symphyotrichum squamatum (syn. Aster subulatus) | bushy starwort | moderate | low | herb | alien, naturalised, weed |
Atriplex amnicola | river saltbush | moderate to high | moderate | shrub | native, moderate forage value, halophyte |
Atriplex nummularia | old man saltbush | moderate | low | shrub | native, moderate forage value, halophyte |
Atriplex prostrata | orache | moderate | moderate | shrub | native, low to moderate forage value, halophyte |
Atriplex semibaccata | creeping saltbush | moderate | low | shrub | native, low to moderate forage value, halophyte |
Atriplex undulata | wavy-leaf saltbush | moderate | moderate to low | shrub | native, moderate forage value, halophyte |
Baccharis halimifolia | groundsel bush | moderate to low | moderate to low | shrub | alien, weed, may be toxic |
Bromus catharticus | prairie grass | low | low | grass | alien, naturalised, moderate forage value |
Chloris gayana | Rhodes grass | low | low to moderate | grass | alien, moderate to high forage value |
Chloris truncata | windmill grass | low | low | grass | native, moderate forage value |
Cotula coronopifolia | water buttons | high | high | herb | native, low forage value, may be toxic |
Crassula tetramera (syn. Crassula sieberiana | stonecrop | moderate | moderate | herb | native, low forage value |
Cynodon dactylon | common couch | moderate | moderate | grass | native, moderate forage value |
Distichlis distichophylla | Australian salt grass | high | high | grass | native, low to moderate forage value |
Distichlis spicata | distichlis | moderate to high | high | grass | alien, forage information limited |
Enchylaena tomentosa | ruby saltbush | moderate | low | shrub | native, low forage value, varieties |
Tecticornia spp. (syn. Halosarcia spp.) | samphire | very high | very high | shrub | native, low forage value |
Heliotropium curassavicum | smooth heliotrope | moderate | moderate | herb | native, weed, toxic |
Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire fog | low to moderate | low to moderate | grass | alien, naturalised, moderate forage value |
Hordeum leporinum | barley grass | low to moderate | low to moderate | grass | alien, naturalised, moderate forage value |
Hordeum marinum | sea barley grass | high | low to moderate | grass | alien, naturalised, moderate forage value |
Juncus acutus | spiny rush | moderate | moderate to high | rush | alien, naturalised, weed |
Juncus bufonius | toad rush | moderate | moderate to high | rush | alien, weed, low forage value |
Lolium multiflorum | Italian ryegrass | moderate | low | grass | alien, high forage value |
Lolium rigidum | annual ryegrass | moderate | low | grass | alien, high forage value |
Maireana brevifolia | small-leaf bluebush | moderate | low | shrub | native, moderate forage value, toxic |
Medicago polymorpha | burr medic | low to moderate | low to moderate | legume | alien, high forage value |
Medicago truncatula | barrel medic | low to moderate | low | legume | alien, high forage value |
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum | ice plant | moderate | low | herb | alien, low forage value |
Parapholis incurva | curly ryegrass | high | high | grass | alien, naturalised, moderate forage value |
Paspalum vaginatum | saltwater couch | moderate to high | high | grass | native in part of range, naturalised elsewhere, forage information limited |
Cenchrus clandestinus (syn. Pennisetum clandestinum | kikuyu | low | moderate | grass | alien, high forage value |
Plantago coronopus | buckshorn plantain | moderate | moderate | herb | alien, naturalised, moderate forage value |
Polypogon monspeliensis | beard grass | moderate to high | moderate to high | grass | alien, naturalised, moderate forage value |
Portulaca oleracea | pigweed | moderate | low | herb | native in part of range, naturalised elsewhere, low forage value, may be toxic |
Puccinellia ciliata | puccinellia | high | high | grass | alien, naturalised, moderate forage value |
Rhagodia spp. | rhagodia | moderate | low | shrub | native, low forage value |
Samolus repens | creeping brookweed | high | high | herb | native, low forage value |
Salicornia quinqueflora (syn. Sarcocornia quinqueflora) | glasswort | high | high | herb | native, low forage value |
Sclerolaena deserticola (syn, Sclerolaena muricata) | black roly poly | moderate | low | shrub | native, low forage value |
Spergularia marina | salt sand spurrey | high | low to moderate | herb | native, low forage value |
Sporobolus virginicus | marine couch | moderate to high | high | grass | native, moderate forage value |
Thinopyrum ponticum | tall wheat grass | low to moderate | low to moderate | grass | alien, naturalised, moderate to high forage value |
Trifolium fragiferum | strawberry clover | moderate | moderate | legume | alien, high forage value |
Trifolium glanduliferum | gland clover | moderate | moderate | legume | alien, high forage value |
Trifolium michelianum | balansa clover | low to moderate | moderate | legume | alien, high forage value |
Trifolium resupinatum | Persian clover | low to moderate | high | legume | alien, high forage value |
Trifolium tomentosum | woolly clover | low to moderate | low to moderate | legume | alien, moderate to high forage value |
Triglochin striata | streaked arrowgrass | high | high | herb | native, low to moderate forage value |