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Table 1. Trees and shrubs for saline land in SW Victoria
Species
Tolerance of
Potential wood
use*Source & other notes
Salinity
*
Waterlogging*
Trees of SW Victoria
Acacia mearnsii (Black Wattle) !" # ocal$ easily
direct!seeded
Acacia melano%ylon (Blackwood) " " S ocal$ easily
direct!seeded
Allocasuarina erticillata ('rooping
Sheoak)" #$ P$ S ocal$ easily direct!seeded
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (ier edum)
#$ P$ S ocal$ natural regeneration
+ucalyptus leuco%ylon (,ellow um) " " #$ P$ S -ear!local$
ha.itat
+ucalyptus melliodora (,ellow Bo%) " #$ P$ S -ear!local$
ha.itat
+ucalyptus microcarpa (rey Bo%) " " #$ P$ S -ear!local$
ha.itat
+ucalyptus oata (Swamp um) " "! # ocal$ ha.itat
+ucalyptus iminalis ("anna um) " !" #$ P$ S ocal$ ha.itat
Shrubs of SW Victoria
Acacia retinodes (Wirilda) " ocal$ prefers sandy soils
Allocasuarina paludosa (Scru.
Sheoak) ocal$ from wet heaths
Bursaria spinosa (Sweet Bursaria) " ocal$ ha.itat
/allistemon rugulosus (Scarlet
Bottle.rush) "! -ear!local$ ha.itat
eptospermum lanigerum (Woolly
Tea!tree)" " ocal$ dislikes dry summers
Melaleuca decussata (Totem Poles) + ocal$ spreads naturally
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"elaleuca halmaturorum (Salt
Paper.ark) Wimmera and Portland area
"elaleuca lanceolata ("oonah) " " Wimmera &
coastallimestone
Other trees
/asuarina cunninghamiana (ier
Sheoak)"! " #$ P$ S -SW$ aria.le growth
/as0 glauca(Swamp Sheoak) + #$ P$ S 1ld$ suckers$ potential
weed
Cas. obesa (WA Swamp 2ak or
Bulloak)
+ #$ P$ S WA$ hardy
Corymbia maculata (Spotted um) !" #$ P$ S-SW$ good for farm
forestry
+0 cladocaly% (Sugar um) " " #$ P$ S SA$ good for farm
forestry
+0 glo.ulus (Tasmanian Blue um) !" " #$ P$ S 3ic!Tas$ tall fast
growing
+ucalypt hy.rids (e.g. E. camal. x+0
grandis)4 "!4 #$ P$ S
-ot tested here$ seedlings
costly
+0 kitsoniana (ippsland "allee) " " 3ic$ good for shelter
+0 largiflorens (Black Bo%) "! " Wimmera$ slow!growing
E. occidentalis (#lat!topped or Swamp
,ate)!+ #$ P$ S WA$ ery hardy
+ucalyptus polyanthemos (ed Bo%) " " #$ P$ S /entral 3ic
+0 tricarpa (ed 5ron.ark) " !" #$ P$ S /entral 3ic$ drought
tolerant
E. halophylla(Salt ake "allee) WA$ small tree
Other shrubs
Acacia saligna (2range Wattle) " WA$ potential weed ia
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seeds
Melaleuca cuticularis WA$ dense$ possi.ly
inasie
"elaleuca ericifolia(SwampPaper.ark) + 3ic$ potential weed
iasuckering
* A..reiations6 7 low$ " 7 moderate$ 7 high$ + 7 e%treme$ # 7
firewood$ P 7 posts8poles$ S 7 sawlogs
Table 2. Categories of tolerance to root-zone soil salinity
Trees Pastures and crops (for 9:; minimum yield loss)
Tolerance Salinity (dS8m) Salinity (dS8m) Tolerance
3ery low :!< =90> Sensitie$ eg.white cloer
ow !@0> "oderately sensitie$ eg.lucerne$ su.0 cloer
"oderate ?!> @0>!0 "oderately tolerant$ eg.ryegrass$
wheat
igh >!9 0!>0 Tolerant$ eg.puccinellia$ tall wheatgrass
+%treme C9 C>0 ighly tolerant$ eg.salt.ush
After "arcar and /rawford (
