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Soils are often heavy cracking clays that may need to be ripped and mounded in order to establish plants. Some areas close to the Avon River or some of its tributaries can be extremely sandy if subject to deposition from other parts of the waterway.
Casuarina obesa (salt water sheoak) A medium tree to 10m with a spread to 4m, grey green feathery foliage, very salt tolerant and fast growing.
Eucalyptus loxophleba (York gum) Medium tree (6-18m tall spread 5-12m) Flowering Sept-Dec. Grows in drier areas on and close to drainage in near neutral sandy loams with a neutral to slightly alkaline clay loam to clay subsoil. Hardy to most frosts and drought but only limited periods of waterlogging. Suckers readily after fire.
Eucalyptus rudis (flooded gum) Medium tree (10-20m tall spread 8-13m) flowering Aug-Nov. Grows along streams in seasonally inundated areas on most soils but does not tolerate dry areas. Hardy to moderate frosts and limited periods of waterlogging. Useful for erosion and waterlogging control.
Labicheria lanceolata A small to medium shrub to 3m x 3m with yellow open flowers with a small red spot in the centre has spines coming out of the leaf axils. Tends to grow within the riparian zone but doesn't need to have its feet in the water. Produces a large seed pod containing one or two seeds.
Melaleuca cuticularis (the salt water paperbark) Is a small knarled tree up to 7m high with very white papery bark. With greyish green leaves and cream flowers. Very tolerant of salt and waterlogging.
Melaleuca laterita (the robin red breast) A small melaleuca growing to 2m in seasonally wet areas. Fast growing producing brilliant red flowers in summer. Not salt tolerant.
Melaleuca rhaphiophylla (swamp paperbark) Tree, grows in narrow strips along streams as fringing vegetation. Useful for stream bank stabilization. Is not tolerant of extremely salty soils.
Melaleuca priessiana(stout paper bark). Grows in seasonally inundated depressions. Moderately salt tolerant only if seed is sourced from local provenance areas.
Melaleuca viminea ( Mohan) An attractive neat rounded shrub up to 8m tall with a spread of 3m. The white to pale yellow flowers are perfumed and arranged in elongated spikes at the end of the stem.
Viminaria juncea (the swishbush) A tall erect shrub up to 5m high yellow flowers Oct - Nov. Occurs in a variety of habitats but often found in winter wet depressions on or near water courses.
