Saline levels vary extensively from high in the mountains with high rainfall where epiphytic plants grow in the absence of salt to the oceans and desert areas where the salinity may be far greater than that of normal sea water.

Where the salt tolerance of a species is unknown we have taken into account other known plants that the specific plant is known to grow with and have used that as a guide. We have erred on the side of caution there fore some plants may in fact be more tolerant of salts than we have indicated. For example we know that Atriplex nummularia grows in extreme saline conditions and that Ptilotus exaltus grow side by side in many areas. We have erred on caution and placed Ptilotus exaltus under very saline soils, because of the wide soil variation of Atriplex nummularia and Ptilotus exaltus. The act is Ptilotus exaltus maybe more tolerant of salt than we have allowed for.

Citrus trees are salt sensitive and growth is severely inhibited with salinity levels over 400 Ecgw (mS/m) parts per million or 1.6dS/m.

Most Australian trees and shrubs are considered non saline to moderately saline sensitive. Be cautioned some plants categorized under a bracket may in fact be better placed below that catagory. Corymbia citriodora is rated at 2dS/m to 4.1dS/m which includes it within the non saline top end to moderately saline soils bottom end. As can be seen this is just inside the non saline category at the lower end of the scale while at the same time this is very low moderate at the upper end of the scale.

Other plants tolerances will vary on the type of soil they are growing in. Atriplex amnicola though its tolerances are rated at extreme the variation is from 25dS/m to 50dS/m on alkaline duplex soils, and up to 38dS/m on medium to heavy clays.

Other variations vary on the plant genes themselves with plants in one area being quite tolerant while plants naturally growing in another area have rather low tolerances.

Soil moisture content will also have an effect on the plants tolerances for optimum growth with saline levels increasing in driersoils and decreasing as the moisture level increases. Assuming that rain water is the only variable in the soil moisture variations.

 ECe
(dS/m)
ECe
(mS/m)
Ecgw
(mS/m)
EM-38 hor
(mS/m)
NaCl (sol.
mmol/litre)
EC1:5 (w/v)1 loam
(mS/m) approx.
EC1:5 (v/v)2 loam
(mS/m) approx.
Soil (a)Soil (b)Water (c)‘Soil’ (d)Water (e)Soil(f)
Non-saline<2<2000<500<50<20<20<40
Slightly2-4200-400500-100050-10020-4020-4040-80
Moderately4-8400-8001 000-2 000100-15040-8040-8080-160
Very8-16800-1 6002 000-3 000150-20080-16080-160160-320
Extremely>16>1 600>3 000>200>160>160 

The salt levels around the coast of Australia will change, based on how much water evaporates and how much river water enters the environment. Coastal land formations and ocean currents will have a lesser affect on the salinities but still play an important function in many areas. Salt water that contains sea life must contain an appropriate amount of salt whether it is Sodium chloride (Table salt) or other chlorides. Normal sea water around the Australian coast varies from less than 20,000 parts per million at the outer edge of the Clarence River delta and can rise to saline levels of 35,000 parts per million (3.5{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} pure salt by weight) during drought conditions off shore away from the deltas. Where there are enclosed harbours with high evaporation levels similar to what occurs in Sharks Bay Western Australia, the water can be over 40,000 parts per million salts and will still support most ecosystems. You can easily measure the salinity of sea/ocean water using an instrument called a refractometer, which measures the index of refraction of a particular substance. It is a device used in geology, medicine and agriculture.

Non saline sites are considered to be less than (<)499 parts of salt per million.

Slightly saline sites are considered to be from 500 to 999 parts of salt per million.

Moderately saline sites are considered to be from 1,000 to 1,999 parts of salt per million.

Very saline sites are considered to be from 2,000 to 2,999 parts of salt per million.

Extremely saline sites are considered to be greater than (>)3,000 parts of salt per million.

Plants in Colour under comments have been tested by us in the field in what we considered average conditions for that plant.Estimated salinities using similar environments & habitats, Plant associations with growing with other plants where the salinity tolerances of those plants were known, Epiphytes and lithophytes were taken as non saline away from the coast or slightly saline close to the coast where they may be affected by salt laden winds.

Colour Code:

Deep Blue– Shrubs

Purple– Trees

Pale Green – Vines & Creepers

Orange – Annuals, Perennials & Herbs

Pale Blue– Submerged & emergent Plants both fresh and saline.

Pink – Orchids

Brown – Grasses & Reeds

Deep Green – Ferns & Mosses

Deep Grey – Lilies & Palms

Red – Insectivorous Plants & Parasitic

Verdant Green – Succulents

Extreme Saline soils.

Proper NameComments
Acacia floribundaAll sandy loams to medium clays.
Acacia longifolia sub sp. sophoraeCoastal Wattle Accumulated sands behind the frontal dunes.
Acacia stenophylla Cooba River, River Myall River.
Acronychia laevisAccumulated sands near tidal estuaries.
Acrostichum speciosumAccumulated sands & alluviums near tidal estuaries and mangroves.
Aegiceras corniculatumAccumulated sands, alluvium deposits near tidal estuaries.
Agonis flexuosaAccumulated sands near tidal estuaries and back dunes.
Aponogeton elongatusRiver, creek and estuary deep silts.
Atriplex rhagodioidesSaltbush. Coastal frontal dunes.
Atriplex amnicolaRiver saltbush. Reports tolerance to 25-50 dS/m on alkaline duplex soils, and up to 38 dS/m on medium to heavy clays.
Atriplex cinereaGrey saltbush.
Atriplex nummulariaOld man saltbush. Hot dry clay pans.
Avicennia marinaGrey Mangrove. Grows on mudflats & river estuaries.
Barringtonia acutangulaAlong river estuaries on heavier alluviums.
Barringtonia asiaticaAlong river estuaries on heavier alluviums.
Barringtonia calyptrateAlong river estuaries on heavier alluviums.
Baumea junceaMost alluvial soils.
Billbardia heterophyllaSandy clays to medium clays derived from most bedrocks.
Blechnum indicumMost soils from sand to heavy clays especially swampy alluviums.
Brachyscome iberidifoliaMost soils from sand to heavy clays including salt pans.
Bruguiera gymnorhizaMost soils silt sediments to heavy water logged clays in estuarine intertidal zones.
Carex pumilaMedium clays to heavy clays.
Casuarina glaucaRiver estuaries on all sediment deposits.
Carpobrotus glaucesensAccumulated sands.
Carpobrotus virescensAccumulated sands.
Casuarina equistifolia sub sp. incanaAccumulated beach sands.
Cerbera floribundaAll soil types.
Cerbera manghasAll soil types.
Cocos nuciferaSandy accumulated sands basaltic sands and coral sands.
Crinum pedunculataGrows along river estuaries
Cupaniopsis anachariodesSand to peaty sands.
Cynanchum carnosumCoral sands to heavy gritty alluvial silts.
Cyperus laevigatusMost sandy soils derived from accumulated sands.
Dichelachne micranthaSandy loams to heavy clays.
Enchylaena tomentosaMost well drained sandy loams to light clays or silts
Excoecaria agallochaMangrove sediments.
Ficinia nodosaAccumulated sands or peaty sands.
Fimbristylis dichotomaAll types of soils in all types of terrain.
Fimbristylis ferrugineaSandy soils to sandy loams.
Fimbristylis polytrichoidesSoils from sandstone or accumulated sands
Fimbristylis tristachyaSoils from sandstone or accumulated sands
Fimbristylis velataSoils from sandstone or accumulated sands
Flindersia shottianaSoils from sandstone or accumulated sands
Halophila ovalisCoral sands & accumulated sands to fine silts.
Halosarcia spp.Samphire. Combined waterlogged and salt tolerance is particularly high.
Hibiscus tiliaceus Sandy loams to heavy silts.
Intsia bijugaSandy loams to heavy silts.
Ipomoea brasiliensisSandy loams to light silts.
Juncus kraussiiMost wet sandy loams or at times to heavy silts.
Juncus mollis Most wet sandy loams or at times to heavy silts.
Lepidospermum neesiAccumulated peaty sands to medium silts.
Leptospermum whiteiAccumulated peaty sands to medium silts.
Livistona drudei Most sandy loams to medium clays.
Lobelia ancepsMost sandy loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Maireana brevifoliaMost sandy loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Melaleuca alsophilaSalt water Paperbark. Mangroves and estuaries.
Melaleuca argenteaSilver Leaf Paperbark. Coastal estuaries & riparian.
Melaleuca decoraLemon Honey Myrtle.
Melaleuca ericifoliaSwamp Paperbark
Melaleuca laterifloraGrows with Melaleuca uncinata and others.
Melaeuca quinquinerviaGrows in fresh water to brackish estuaries.
Melaleuca thyoides 
Melaleuca uncinataBroom Bush. Highly variable Taxon.
Morinda citrifoliaVomit Berry. Tidal estuaries.
Mucuna giganteaSea Bean or Velvet Bean. Estuaries and back dunes.
Najas marinaFresh water to estuarine waterways.
Oxalis rubensPure sand, peaty beach sands or light to medium silts.
Pandanus lauterbachiiNorthern Screw Palm. Coastal beaches and headlands.
Pandanus monticolaSandy loams to light clays.
Pandanus solmslaubachiiSwamp Screw palm. Coastal beaches & headlands.
Pandanus tectoriusScrew Palm. Coastal beaches & headlands.
Peltophorum pterocarpumSandy loams to heavy silts.
Pennantia cunninghamiiSandy loams to medium clays & medium silts.
Phragmites australisPeaty sands to medium clays & heavy silts.
Pisonia grandis Peaty sands to medium clays & heavy silts.
Pisonia umbelliferaPeaty sands to medium clays & heavy silts.
Ptychospermum macarthuriiSandy loams to medium clays.
Rhagodia candolleana subsp. candolleanaSandy loams to heavy silts.
Rhizophora stylosaLight silts to heavy clays on coastal estuaries.
Rhodanthe chlorocephala sub sp. chlorocephala & sub sp. roseaLight silts to heavy clays
Ruppia maritimaLight silts to heavy silt, heavy mud.
Sarcocornia quinqueflora subsp. quinquefloraCombined salt and water logging tolerance is particularly high.
Scaevola calandulaceaWhite & grey sand on frontal dunes.
Schoenoplectus subulatusWhite & coloured sands to sandy clay pans.
Schoenoplectus validusWhite & coloured sands to sandy clay pans.
Schoenus nitensMud to medium silts.
Sesbania cannabinaLight clays to heavy clays.
Sesuvium portulacastrumAccumulated beach sands and esturian alluviums.
Spinifex sericeusAccumulated sands.
        Sporadanthus caudatusSandy loams to heavy silts.
Sporadanthus interruptusLight clays to light silts.
Sporobolus virginicusMud flats and sandy calcareous soils with peat & saline clay pans.
Suaeda australisSandy loams, light gravelly clays to heavier gravelly silts.
Swainsona villosaRed sands to red sandy loams with lateritic stone.
Terminalia arenicolaMarine sands and coral sands.
Terminalia catappaMarine sands, coral sands and basalts.
Tetragonia tetragonioidesSands to sandy loams or peaty sands behind the frontal dunes
Thespesia populneoidesSandy loams to heavy silts and mud.
Triglochin striataSands to heavy silts and mud.
Vitex rotundifoliaAccumulated sands and sandy loams and silts close to the coast along estuaries.
Vitex trifoliaAccumulated sands and sandy loams and silts close to the coast along estuaries.
Westringea cephalanthaSandy loams to Medium clays.
Zoysia macranthaSands to sandy loams light silts to heavy silts.
  
  

Very Saline Soils

Proper nameComments
Abrus precatoriusAccumulated sands and peaty sands.
Acacia echinulaAccumulated peaty sands & decomposed sands
Acacia ligulataUmbrella bush.
Acacia longifolia subsp. longifoliaSydney Golden Wattle. Most types of sandy loams to medium clays.
Acacia mutabilis ssp. Stipulifera 
Acacia pycanthaSandy soils to medium clays.
Acacia salicinaCoobah, willow wattle. suckers and could be invasive.
Acacia salignaSandy soils to medium clays.
Acacia sauveolensSandy soils to medium clays.
Acacia ulicifoliaPrickly Moses. Coastal frontal dunes to the western slopes & sandy plateaus.
Acronychia imperforataSandy soils to medium clays.
Acronychia wilcoxianaBetter quality sandy soils to medium clays.
Acrotriche aggregateSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Aidia racemosaBetter quality peaty sand to medium clays.
 Aglaia argenteaLight to medium clay & light to heavy alluvial silts .
Ajuga australisLight to medium gritty clays.
Alangium villosumLight sandy clays to medium clays
Albizia lebbeckMost soil types and soil structures
Alectyon coriaceusSandy loams.
Aleurites moluccana Medium clays derived from Basalt.
Alloteropsis semialataMost soil types.
Alphitonia excelsaAccumulated sands to medium clays.
Alstonia spectabilisSands to medium clays and silt deposits.
Alyxia ruscifoliaAccumulated sands to medium clays.
Angophora costataSandy loams to medium clays.
Angophora floribundaSandy loams to medium clays.
Angophora roborSandy loams to medium clays.
Angophora subvelutinaSandy loams to medium clays.
Angophora woodsianaSandy soils to medium clays.
Aotus ericoidesSandy loams to medium clays.
Aotus lanigeraPeaty sands to sandy loams.
Aotus subglaucaPeaty sands to sandy loams.
Archontophoenix alexandraBetter quality accumulated sands to sandy loams.
Archontophoenix cuninghammianaBetter quality sandy loams to heavy clays.
Aristida vagansMost types of sandy loams to medium clays.
Arytera divaricataMost types of better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Asparagus racemosusMost types of better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Asteromyrtus brassiiMost types of lateritic sandy loams to medium clays.
Atalaya salicifoliaMost types of lateritic sandy loams to heavy clays.
Austromyrtus dulcisAccumulated & decomposed sandstones.
Austromyrtus tenuifoliaMost types decomposed sandstones.
Austrostipa scabraMost types decomposed sandstones.
Banksia aemulaAccumulated beachfront sands.
Banksia baxteriMost types sands from decomposed sandstones to accumulated sands.
Banksia blechnifoliaMost types decomposed sandstones.
Banksia formosaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Banksia integrifolia subsp. compare & subsp. integrifoliaAccumulated sands to medium clays.
Banksia serrataMost types decomposed sandstones and accumulated sands.
Banksia spinulosaSands to light fatty clays.
Billbardia scandensSands to heavy clays.
Blaumea mollisAll types of disturbed soils.
Blechnum camfieldiiPeaty sandy soils to light clays derived  from accumulated sands.
Bolboschoenus fluviatilisMost sandy loams to heavy silty clays deposited as alluviums..
Bossiaea ensataSandy soils derived from sandstone or accumulated sands.
Bossiaea heterophyllaSandy soils derived from sandstone or accumulated sands.
Brachychiton aceriifoliusSandy soils to medium clays.
Brachychiton bidwilliiSandy soils to medium clays.
Brachychiton discolor Better quality light clays.
Brachychiton populaneusMost light to medium clays with rock or gravel.
Brachychiton rupestrisMost sandy loams to light gravelly clays.
Brachyscome ciliarisSandy loams to light clays.
Breynia oblongifoliaBetter quality light clays to medium clays
Bulbostylis barbata  Sandy soils to sandy loams and accumulated sands.
Calandrinia pickeringiiSandy soils to sandy loams and accumulated sands
Callitris columellarisRed sandy loams to light red gritty clays.
Callitris glaucophyllaRed, orange and white sands to sandy loams.
Callitris rhomboideaWhite sand to shale.
Calotis lappulaceaAll soil types derived from all types of rock.
Calytrix tetragonaSandy soils derived from granite, sandstone and accumulated sands.
Canavalia roseaAccumulated sands on frontal dunes.
Carax appressaClay loams to heavy alluvial silts and heavy clays.
Casuarina cristata ssp. CristataBlack oak, Belah.
Casuarina cristata ssp. PauperBelah
Casuarina equisetifoliaHorsetail she oak. Coastal estuaries and frontal dunes.
Casuarina equisetifolia var. incanaCoastal She oak. Coastal estuaries and frontal dunes.
Celtis paniculataMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Chamaecrista nomameSandy loams over laterite or limestone.
Chamelaucium uncinatumSandy loams over laterite or limestone.
Cheilanthes sieberiLight clays to heavy clays.
Chrysocephalum apiculatumAll types of soil structures.
Chloanthes stoechadisCourse and fine sands derived from accumulated sands and granite or sandstone.
Chloanthes stoechadisCourse and fine sands derived from accumulated sands and granite or sandstone.
Chloris ventricosaCluggy podsolic and duplex soils.
Clerodendrum tomentosumLight to heavy silts and sandy loams to medium clays.
Clerodendrum tomentosumAll types of soil structures.
Cochlospermum fraseriSandy loams.
Cochlospermum gillivraeiSandy loams.
Corymbia curtisiiMedium to heavy soils.
Corymbia gummiferaMost types of sand soils.
Corymbia tessellarisLoamy soils to medium gritty clays.
Craspedia canensSand to sandy loams derived from sandstone or granite.
Craspedia variabilisSand to sandy loams derived from sandstone or granite.
Crassula sieberianaMost types of sand and sandy loams.
Crinum uniflorumMost alluviums.
Crotalaria mitchelliiAccumulated sand to sandy loams.
Cyclosorus dentataLight clays to heavy clay soils.
Cyclosorus interruptusLight clays to heavy clay soils.
Cyclophyllum longipetalumPeaty to fatty sands to medium gritty or gravely clays.
Cymbopogon refractusSandy alluviums to heavy clay alluviums.
Cyperus eglobosusSandy loams to light clays to heavy clay soils.
Cyperus exaltusSandy loams to light clays to heavy clay soils.
Cyperus sphaeroideusSandy loams to light clays to heavy clay soils.
Cyperus trinervisSandy loams, light clays to medium clay soils.
Cyperus lucidusSandy loams, light clays to medium clay soils.
Cyperus pilosusSandy loams to light clays.
Cyperus polystachyosSandy loams to light clays fresh or stagnant water.
Daviesia genistifoliaSandy loams to light clays.
Daviesia genistifoliaSandy loams to light clays.
Denhamia celastroidesSandy loams to medium clays and sodic loams.
Derris trifoliataGritty light clays to heavy silt clays.
De smodium heterocarponGritty sand to medium silt clays.
Dianella congestaAccumulated sands and coastal peaty sands.
Dianella crinoidesAccumulated sands and alluvial flats on estuaries.
Dianella longifoliaMost types of soils derived from most types of parent rocks.
Dichelachne crinitaMost sandy soils derived from sandstone.
Digitaria didactylaFatty sandy loams to course accumulated sands.
Digitaria didactylaFatty sandy loams to course accumulated sands.
Digitaria longifloraFatty sandy loams to light clays.
Digitaria ramularisFatty sandy loams to light clays.
Diplachne fuscaMost waterlogged sandy to heavy silty flats.
Doodia asperaMost sandy soils to medium clays.
Doodia australisMost sandy soils to medium clays.
Doryanthes excelsaMost sandy soils derived from sandstone.
Drypetes deplancheiMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Dubosia myoporoidesMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Echinopogon caespitosusMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Echinopogon intermediusMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Eclipta prostrataMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Einadia hastataMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Einadia nutansMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Einadia trigonosMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Eleocharis acutaMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Eleocharis cylindrostachysMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Elionurus citreusMost sandy loams to accumulated sands and silts.
Epaltes australisMost types of sandy loams to heavy clays.
Eragrostis interruptaMost sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays and medium silts. May even tolerate extremely saline conditions with references being made to marine habitat.
Eragrostis leptostachyaMost types of deep sandy loams to medium clays.
Eragrostis parvifloraMost types of sandy loams to medium clays.
Eremochloa bimaculataMost types of sandy loams to medium clays.
Eremophila debilisMost types of sandy loams to medium clays.
Eremophila duttoniiMost types of sandy loams to light clays.
Eremophila forresteriiReddish sandy loams to medium red clays.
Eremophila glabraMost types of reddish sandy loams to medium clays.
Eremophila maculataMost types of sandy loams to light clays.
Eriachne glabrataMost types of sandy loams and coral sands.
Eriachne pallascensMost types of sandy loams and coral sands.
Eriachne raraMost types of sandy loams and coral sands.
Eucalyptus campaspe 
Eucalyptus gonianthaDeep sand to light clays derived from granite, lateritites or sandstone.
Eucalyptus planchonianaMost types of sand to sandy loams.
Eucalyptus platyphyllaSandy loams to medium clays & heavy silts.
Eucalyptus robustaAccumulated peaty sands.
Eucalyptus seeanaSandy soils to podsolics clays on moist flat terrain.
Eucalyptus signataSandy soils to podsolics clays on moist flat terrain.
Eucalyptus tereticornisMedium clays to heavy clays and silts.
Eucalyptus umbraMost sands to poorer medium clays.
Exocarpos cupressiformisDeep loams to medium clays.
Exocarpos cupressiformisDeep loams to medium clays.
Ficus benjaminaBetter quality deep loams to medium clays.
Ficus macrophyllaBetter quality deep loams to medium clays.
Ficus microcarpa var hilliBetter quality deep loams to medium clays.
Ficus rubiginosaBetter quality deep loams to medium clays.
Gahnia melanocarpusMoist sandy loams to medium clays.
Glochidion benthamianumMost sands to medium clays.
Glochidion ferdinandiMost sands to medium clays.
Glochidion sumatranumMost sands to light clays.
Glossocardia bidensMost soils types.
Glycine clandestinaAll soil types.
Glycine cyrtolobaLight clays to heavy clays.
Goodenia ovataLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Grevillea crithmifoliaCalcareous sands or accumulated beach sands.
Grevillea evansiana Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea nematophylla Wide variety of medium clays to light loams.
Grevillea oleoides Calcareous accumulated sands.
Grewia latifoliaMost soils from light silts to heavy clays.
Hakea actites Accumulated & decomposed sands
Hakea victoriaSandy loams.
Hemarthria uncinataMost soil types inc. alluvial & accumulated.
Hibbertia acicularis Most sandy loams to medium Clays.
Hibbertia aspera Decomposed & accumulated sands.
Hibbertia scandens Most sandy loams or at times to medium clays.
Hibbertia vestita Skeletal to shallow sands.
Howea forsterianaMost light red clays to medium red clays.
Hoya macgillivrayiSands to sandy loams.
Hypoestes floribundaMost soils form coral sands to medium clays.
Ipomoea plebeiaSands to fatty sandy loams.
Isopogon anemonifoliusSands to fatty sandy loams.
Imperata cylindricaMost soils form coral sands to medium clays.
Ischaemum triticeumPeaty sands and coral sands.
Isopogon anemonifoliusSandstone and accumulated sands.
Isopogon cuneatus Lateritc sands and accumulated sands.
Jacksonia scopariaMost sandy loams or at times to medium clays.
Kennedia rubicunda Most soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Lachnagrostis billardiereiAccumulated beach sands.
Lachnagrostis filiformisMost medium clays to heavy clays and heavy silts.
Landoltia punctataSlow moving water.
Leersia hexandraMost soils from sandy loams to heavy silts & clays.
Leptospermum laevigatumAccumulated beach sands.
Leptospermum liversidgeiMost sandy loams or at times to medium clays.
Leptospermum madidumMost sandy loams, medium clays to heavy silts.
Leptospermum polygalifoliaMost sandy loams or at times to light fatty clays.
Leptospermum whiteiAccumulated peaty sands to medium silts.
Lepyrodia imitansWhite sands and white peaty accumulated sands.
Lepyrodia scariosaWhite sands and white peaty accumulated sands.
Licuala ramsayiMost sandy loams to heavy silts or light clays.
Livistona australisMost sandy loams to heavy silts or light clays.
Livistona benthamiiMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Livistona decoraMost sandy loams to heavy silts or light clays.
Lomandra confertifoliaMost sandy loams to heavy silts or light clays.
Lomandra longifoliaMost sandy loams to heavy silts or light clays.
Landoltia punctataMost types of fresh water.
Macaranga involucrateMost sandy loams to heavy silts or light clays.
Macaranga tanariusMost sandy loams to heavy silts or light clays.
Macarthuria neocambricaMost sandy loams to heavy silts or light clays.
Maniltoa lenticellata Most sandy loams to heavy silts or light clays.
Maireana brevifoliaSmall-leaved blue bush. Hot dry salt pans.
Mackinlaya macrosciadeaDwarf umbrella tree
Maclura cochinchinensisCocks Spur. Littoral to well developed rainforests.
Manilkara kaukiPalai. Littoral, dry & monsoonal rainforests .
Melaleuca decussata 
Melaleuca lateritaWet sandy loams to medium fatty clays.
Melaleuca leucadendraCajuput. River estuaries & brackish swamps.
Melaleuca nodosa.Prickly Paper bark. Littoral wallums and swamps.
Melaleuca rigidusLight silts to heavy slits and medium clays.
Melaleuca sp. hinchinbrookGranitc light fatty clays.
Melaleuca squarrosaScented paper bark. Sandy loams to medium clays.
Melaleuca viminalisSandy loams to medium clays or medium silts.
Melichrus adpressusSandy loams to medium fatty clays.
Melicope elleryanaSandy loams to heavy clays and heavy silts.
Melodinus acutifloriusSandy loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Melodinus australisLight gritty clays to medium clays to heavy silts.
Millettia pinnata Most types of poor quality soils.
Mirbelia rubiifoliaSandy soils to light clays.
Monococcus echinophorusSandy loams, medium clays light slits to medium silts
Myoporum acuminatumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Myoporum boninense var. australe 
Myoporum montanumWhite sands and skeletal sandy loams.
Myriophyllum crispatumSands, medium clays, light slits to medium silts.
Myriophyllum gracileSands, medium clays, light slits to medium silts.
Myriophyllum latifoliumSands, medium clays, light slits to medium silts.
Myriophyllum verrucosum Sands, medium clays, light slits to medium silts.
Nauclea orientalisSandy loams to medium clays.
Olax retusaAccumulated beach sands.
Olax strictaAccumulated beach sands & decomposed sandstone.
Oxalis radicosaSandy loams, light gritty clays & medium silts.
Panicum lachnophyllumSandy loams, light gritty clays & medium silts.
Parsonia starmineaSandy loams, light gritty clays & medium silts.
Parsonsia velutinaSandy loams, light gritty clays & medium silts.
Persicaria lapathifoliaSandy loams to medium clays & medium silts.
Persoonia kateraeSandy loams to light gritty clays.
Persoonia sericeaSandy loams to light gritty clays.
Persoonia stradbrokiensisSand, sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Persoonia virgataSand, sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Philotheca salsolifoliaSand, sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pisonia aculeataSandy loams to heavy silts.
Pleomele angustifoliaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Plumbago zeylanicaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Poa billardiereiSand, sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Polymeria calycinaSandy loams, light gritty clays to heavy silts.
Portulaca oleraceaPoor to better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Potamogeton crispusGritty light silts, heavy silts & alluvial mud.
Pseuderanthemum variabileSandy loams, light gritty clays to heavy silts.
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbumSandy loams, light gritty clays to heavy silts.
Psydrax attenuataSandy loams, medium clays to heavy silts.
Psydrax australiana & subsp.buxifoliaSandy loams, medium clays to heavy silts.
Pteridium esculentumSandy loams, medium clays to heavy silts.
Pterocaulon redolensSandy loams, medium clays to heavy silts.
Ptilothrix deustaSandy loams, medium clays to heavy silts.
Ptilotus exaltusSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Ptilotus mangelsiiSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Ptilotus obovatusSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Pultenaea maritimaSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Pultenaea rostrataSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Pultenea villosaSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Ricinocarpus pinifoliusSandy heaths with peat. Wedding Bush.
Ricinocarpus speciosusSandy heaths with peat. Wedding Bush.
Salacia chinensisAll types of sandy loams to light clays & alluvial.
Samolus repensMedium clays to gritty heavy clays.
Samolus valerandiMedium clays to gritty heavy clays.
Sannantha similisSandy loams to medium gritty clays.
Scaevola albidaWhite and Coloured peaty sands.
Scaevola calandulenceaPeaty sands to light fatty clays.
Scaevola callipteraWhite and Coloured sands.
Scaevola ramosissimaWhite and Coloured peaty sands.
Scaevola tomentosaWhite and Coloured sands calcareous sands and limestone.
Schoenus pachylepisMud to medium silts
Schoenus paludosus Mud to heavy silts
Schoenus scabripesMud to heavy silts
Senecio magnificusMost types of sandy loams to medium clays.
Senna artemisiodes subsp. AlicaSoils vary a little for each subsp. including sand to medium clays and rocky or gravelly, pindin, podsolics & vertisols.
Senna artemisiodes subsp. artemisioidesSoils vary a little for each subsp. including sand to medium clays and rocky or gravelly, pindin, podsolics & vertisols.
Senna artemisiodes subsp. circcinnataSoils vary a little for each subsp. including sand to medium clays and rocky or gravelly, pindin, podsolics & vertisols.
Senna artemisiodes subsp. filifoliaSoils vary a little for each subsp. including sand to medium clays and rocky or gravelly, pindin, podsolics & vertisols.
Senna artemisiodes subsp. helmsiiSoils vary a little for each subsp. including sand to medium clays and rocky or gravelly, pindin, podsolics & vertisols.
Senna artemisiodes subsp. oligophyllaSoils vary a little for each subsp. including sand to medium clays and rocky or gravelly, pindin, podsolics & vertisols.
Senna artemisiodes subsp. petiolarisSoils vary a little for each subsp. including sand to medium clays and rocky or gravelly, pindin, podsolics & vertisols.
Senna artemisiodes subsp. zygophyllaSoils vary a little for each subsp. including sand to medium clays and rocky or gravelly, pindin, podsolics & vertisols.
Senna charlesianaSandy loams to medium clays.
Senna sp. meekatharraRocky slopes, alluvial sands clay salt pans.
Setaria australiensisAccumutaed alkaline sands or acidic medium clays.
Sida cordifoliaBetter quality acidic to alkaline light clays to medium clays.
Solanum ellipticumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum petrophilumSands to light fatty clays.
Solanum symoniiAccumulated peaty sands.
Sorghum leiocladum 
Spirodela polyrhizaFloats in slow moving water.
Stuckenia pectinatusSlow moving water in mud and heavier muddy silts.
Swainsona formosaRed lateritic sandy loams to medium clays usually.
Swainsona procumbensHeavy alluvial grey clays towards the lower end of very saline.
Swainsona queenslandicaSandy loams to heavy clays.
Syzygium australeSands to sandy loams or light fatty clays.
 Syzygium hemilampraSands to sandy loams or light fatty clays.
Syzygium paniculatumSands to sandy loams or light fatty clays.
Terminalia arenicola Sands to sandy loams.
Terminalia arostrataSands to sandy loams.
Terminalia muelleriSands to sandy loams.
Terminala platyphyllaAccumulated beach sands.
Ternstroemia cherryiSands to sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Thryptomene baeckeaceaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Trichodesma zeylanicumMost types of sandy soils to light sandy clays.
Triglochin multifructa Sands to heavy silts and mud.
Triglochin procera Sands to heavy silts and mud.
Tylophora benthamiiCoarse sands to light fatty clays .
Uvaria concavaMost types of sandy soils to medium clays.
Vachellia farnesianaSandy loams to medium clays.
Vallisneria nanaSubmergent plant on light to heavy silts. 
Veronica plebeiaMost types of sandy soils to medium clays.
Verticordia nitens Coarse sands to light fatty clays.
Verticordia grandisMost types of sandy soils to light fatty clays.
Verticordia plumosaCoarse sands to light fatty clays.
Vigna luteolaAccumulated beach sands.
Vigna marinaCoarse sands, sandy soils to medium clays.
Vigna vexillata subsp. angustifoliaCoarse sands, sandy soils to medium clays.
Vigna vexillata subsp. marina Coarse sands, sandy soils to medium clays.
Vigna vexillata subsp. youngianaCoarse sands, sandy soils to medium clays.
Vitex melicopeaSandy soils to medium clays or calcareous sands.
Westringea fruiticosaCoarse sands, sandy soils to medium clays.
Westringia glabraSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Westringea longifoliaSand to sandy loams.
Westringia sericeaSandy loams to medium clays.
Wikstroemia indicaSandy loams to medium clays.
Wilkea austroqueenslandicaSandy loams to medium clays.
Wilkea huegelianaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Wilkea macrophyllaSandy loams to medium clays.
Xanthorrhoea glaucaSandy soils to medium clays including calcareous sands and limestone trachytes.
Xanthosia tomentosaLateritic sandy soils to light sandy clays.
Xanthostemon youngiiDeep sands to deep sandy loams derived from accumulated calcareous sands.
Xerochrsum bracteatumSandy loams to heavy clays with or without gravells.
Zieria minutifloraSandy loams to light rocky clays or among boulders.
  
  

Moderately saline soils.

Proper nameComments
Abildgaardia  ovataLight clays to heavy clays.
Abildgaardia  vaginataSandy soils to sandy loams.
Abrophyllum ornansRiparian zones & Gallery rainforests.
Abutilon oxycarpumMost arid areas on Skeletal rocky sites.
Acacia acuminataSandy loams to light sandy clays.
Acacia aduncaCourse granitic sands, skeletal sands over granite.
Acacia amblygonaSandy soils to stony light sandy loams.
Acacia aulacocarpaLight to medium clays to heavy clays.
Acacia baeuerleniiLight fatty sands to medium clays.
Acacia bakeriBetter quality light clays to medium clays.
Acacia beadleanaCourse granitic sands, skeletal sands over granite.
Acacia binervataMedium to gritty basaltic or metamorphic clays.
Acacia brunioidesGranitic sands to granitic light sandy clays.
Acacia cangaiensisCourse granitic sands, skeletal sands over granite.
Acacia chrysotrichaLight to medium clays to heavy clays.
Acacia collectoidesSpine wattle.
Acacia complanataSands to light fatty clays with stone and gravel.
Acacia concurrensAll medium to heavy clays.
Acacia cultriformisSandy loams to medium clays.
Acacia decoraMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Acacia dunniiAll sandy loams to medium clays.
Acacia elongataAll sandy loams to medium clays.
Acacia falcataAll sandy loams to medium clays.
Acacia fimbriataAll sandy loams to medium clays.
Acacia graniticaAll sandy loams to gritty light clays.
Acacia hispidulaAll sandy loams to stony or fatty light clays.
Acacia implexaAll sandy loams to gritty medium clays.
Acacia longifoliaSydney golden wattle.
Acacia longisissimaLong leaf wattle. Most types of heavier soils.
Acacia macradeniaZig Zag wattle. Most types of gravelly clays.
Acacia maideniiMaiden’s wattle. Most types of medium clays.
Acacia melonoxylinBlack wattle. Sandy clays to medium clays.
Acacia mitchelliiMitchell’s wattle. Sandy & gritty granites.
Acacia myrtifoliaAll types of sandy soils.
Acacia merralliiMerrall’s wattle.
Acacia oritesSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalt.
Acacia podaliriifoliaMount Morgan Wattle. All types of sandy loams to medium clays
Acacia rubidaGritty loams to medium clays and skeletal soils.
Acacia ruppiGritty loams to medium clays and skeletal soils.
Acacia semilunataGritty loams to medium clays and skeletal sands.
Acacia siculiformisGritty loams to medium clays and skeletal soils.
Acacia spectabilisGritty loams to medium clays.
Acacia terminalisSandy loams to medium clays.
Acacia venulosaVeiny wattle. Sandy loams to medium clays.
Acacia viscidulaSticky wattle. Sandy loams derived from Granite.
Acacia wardelliiWardell’s wattle. Sandy loams derived from sandstone.
Aceratium ferrugineumBetter quality basaltic soils and rocks.
Acronychia acidulaMost types of light to medium clays derived from granite.
Acronychia laevis Most types of light to medium clays.
Acronychia octandraMost types of light to medium volcanic clays.
Acronychia pubescensMost types of light to medium volcanic clays.
Acronychia suberosumMost types of light to medium volcanic medium clays.
Adansonia gregoriiAll types of sandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Adenanthera pavoninaAll types of sandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Agathis robustaAll types of sandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Agiortia pedicellataAccumulated sands to light gritty clays.
Agiortia pleiospermaAccumulated sands to light gritty clays.
Ailanthus triphysaAccumulated sands to light gritty clays.
Akania bidwilliiRed soils derived from Basalts.
Alchornea illicifoliaLight to medium clays.
Alectryon subcericeusLight to medium clays basaltic clays.
Alectryon tomentosusLight to medium basaltic & shale clays.
Allocasuarina leuhmanniiBuloke.
Allocasuarina littoralisSandy loams to medium clays
Allocasuarina torulosa.Sandy loams to medium clays
Allocasuarina verticillataDrooping sheoak.
Alloxylon flammeumRed soils derived from black basalt.
Alloxylon pinnatumSoils derived from black or brown basalt.
Alocasia brisbaniensisSoils derived from black or brown basalt & alluviums.
Alstonia actinophyllaMost better quality soils.
Alstonia scholarisMost better quality soils.
Aneilema acuminatumAll types of light to heavy clay soils.
Angophora paludosaAll types of soils derived from sandstone.
Anigozanthos flavidaAll types of soils derived from sandstone.
Anigozanthos manglesiiAll types of soils derived from sandstone.
Anopterus macleayanusSoils derived from decomposed basalts.
Antidesma bunius Soils derived from decomposed basalts.
Antidesma parvifoliumSoils derived from decomposed basalts.
Aphananthe philippinensisMost loams to medium clays.
Araucaria bidwilliiBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Araucaria cuninghammianaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Archidendron grandiflorumBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Archidendron hendersoniiBetter quality loamsto medium clays.
 Archidendron ramiflorum  Better quality loams to medium clays.
Archirhodomyrtus beckleriBetter quality accumulated sands to medium clays.
Archontophoenix maximaBetter quality light to medium basalt clays.
Archontophoenix purpureaBetter quality light to medium granitic clays.
Argophyllum nullumenseBetter quality light to medium sandy loams.
Argyrodendron actinophyllumBetter quality light to medium sandy loams.
Argyrodendron peralatumBetter quality light to medium sandy loams.
Argyrodendron trifoliolatumBetter quality light to medium sandy loams.
Aristida acutaSkeletal to deep sandy or rocky soils.
Aristida benthamiiSkeletal to deep sandy or rocky soils.
Aristida calycinaPoorer quality light to medium sandy loams.
Aristida lignosaSkeletal rocky and stony skeletal soils.
Aristida queenslandicaShallow sands and sandy loams or coral sands.
Aristida warburgiiBetter quality light to medium volcanic clays.
Aristotelia australasicaBetter quality light to medium volcanic clays.
Arthraxon hispidusSandy loams to light clays.
Asterolasia correifoliaSandstone sands.
Astroloma pinifoliumSands derived from decomposed sandstone.
Atriplex semibaccataCreeping saltbush. Close to clay pans.
Astrotricha cordataCreeping saltbush. Close to clay pans.
Astrotricha latifoliaCreeping saltbush. Close to clay pans.
Astrotricha longifoliaCreeping saltbush. Close to clay pans.
Australina pusillaBetter quality light to medium clays.
Austrobuxus swainiiBetter quality light clays derived from basalts.
Austrocynoglossum latifoliumBetter quality light clays derived from basalts.
Austrostipa pubescensAll types of sandy loams from decomposed sandstone.
Austrostipa ramosissimaAll types of wet sandy loams to medium clays.
Austrostipa rudis sub sp. nervosaAll types of sandy loams from decomposed sandstone.
Austrostipa scabra sub sp.falcata, sub sp.scabraAll types of sandy loams from decomposed sandstone.
Backhousia angustifoliaSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalts or shale.
Backhousia citriodoraSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalts or shale.
Backhousia myrtifoliaSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalts or shale.
Backhousia sciadophoraSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalts or shale.
Baeckea diosmifoliaSand to peaty sands and sandy loams.
Baeckea frutescensSand to peaty sands and sandy loams.
Baeckea imbricateSand to peaty sands and sandy loams.
Baeckea linifoliaSand to peaty sands and sandy loams.
Baeckea utilisSand & light clays derived from granite & brown basalt.
Baloghia inophyllaLight to medium clays derived from brown & black basalt.
Baloghia marmorataLight to medium clays derived from black basalt.
Baloskion pallensSand to sandy loams derived from accumulated sand.
Baloskion stenocoleumCourse acid sands mainly derived from granite.
Baloskion tenuiculmeSand to sandy loams derived from accumulated sand.
Baloskion tetraphyllumSand to sandy loams derived from accumulated sand.
Bambusa arnhemicaSand to sandy loams derived from decomposed sandstones’ or alluvial materials.
Banksia cunninghamiiSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalts.
Banksia ericifoliaSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalts, sandstones and accumulated sands.
Banksia illicifoliaSandy loams to medium clays derived from accumulated sands.
Banksia undataSandy loams derived from accumulated sands.
Banksia integrifolia subsp monticolaSandy loams to medium clays.
Banksia marginataSandy loams to medium clays.
Banksia mediaSandy loams to medium clays.
Banksia oblongifoliaSandy loams to medium clays.
Banksia paludosaSandy loams to medium clays.
Banksia petiolarisSandy loams derived from sandstone and accumulated sands.
Banksia plagiocarpa Sandy loams derived from sandstone and accumulated sands.
Banksia praemorsa Sandy loams derived from sandstone and accumulated sands.
Banksia repens Sandy loams derived from sandstone and accumulated sands.
Banksia robor Sandy loams to heavy clays derived from sandstone or shale and accumulated sands.
Bauhinia hookeriSandy loams to heavy clays derived from sandstone.
Bauhinia malabaricaSandy loams to heavy clays derived from sandstone.
Bauhinia syringifoliaSandy loams to heavy clays derived from Sandstone, shale or metamorphic rocks.
Baumea acutaMost alluvial soils which are water logged.
Baumea arthrophyllaMost alluvial soils which are water logged.
Baumea articulataMost alluvial soils which are water logged.
Baumea gunniiMost alluvial soils which are water logged.
Baumea muelleriMost sandy to light alluvial clay soils which are water logged.
Baumea nudaMost sandy to light alluvial clay soils which are seasonally water logged.
Baumea rubiginosaMost sandy to light alluvial clay soils which are seasonally water logged.
Baumea teretifoliaMost sandy to light alluvial clay soils which are water logged.
Beaufortia incanaSandy loams to light sandy clays derived from sandstone, shale or metamorphic rocks.
Beilschmiedia ellipticaSandy loams to light sandy clays derived from sandstone, shale or metamorphic rocks.
Beilschmiedia obtusifoliaSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalt or metamorphic rocks.
Benthamina alyxifoliaSandy loams to light sandy clays derived from sandstone, shale or metamorphic rocks.
Berberidopsis beckleriSandy loams to light sandy clays derived from basalts.
Bertya browniiSandy loams to light sandy clays derived from sandstone.
Bertya sp. ChambigneSandy loams to light sandy clays derived from sandstone, shale or metamorphic rocks.
Blechnum cartilagineumSandy clays to medium clays derived from most bedrocks.
Blechnum minusSandy loams to light clays.
Blechnum nudumSandy clays to medium clays derived from most bedrocks.
Bolboschoenus fluviatilisMost sandy loams to heavy silty clays deposited as alluviums.
Boronia chartaceaSandy clays to medium clays derived from most bedrocks.
Boronia clavataSandy alluvial loams.
Boronia falicifoliaSandy alluvial sandy loams and accumulated coastal sands.
Boronia hapalophyllaSandy soils derived from decomposed sandstone.
Boronia heterophyllaSandy soils derived from decomposed sandstone.
Boronia ledifoliaSandy soils derived from decomposed sandstone.
Boronia parvifoliaSandy soils derived from accumulated sands.
Boronia pinnataSandy soils derived from accumulated sand.
Boronia polygalifoliaSandy soils derived from accumulated sand.
Boronia rosmarinifoliaAll types of sandy soils.
Boronia safroliferaSandy soils derived from decomposed sandstone.
Boronia umbellataSandy soils to medium clays.
Bosistoa floydiiAlluvial silts to medium clays.
Bosistoa pentacoccaSandy soils to medium clays.
Bothriochloa decipiensMost dry soil types.
Botrychium australeBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Brachyloma daphnoidesSandy soils to medium clays.
Brachyloma scortechiniiAccumulated sands behind the frontal dunes.
Brachyscome microcarpaAll types of light clays to medium clays.
Breynia longifoliaSandy soils to medium clays.
Bridelia exaltataLight to medium clays derived from basalts.
Buckinghammia celsissimaLight to medium clays derived from basalts.
Caelospermum paniculatumAccumulated sands to medium clays.
Caesalpinia subtropicaLight to medium clays derived from black basalt.
Caesia parvifloraSandy soils derived from sandstone.
Caldcluvia paniculosaBetter quality light to medium clays.
Callerya australisBetter quality light to clays to medium clays.
Callerya megaspermaBetter quality light clays to medium clays.
Callicarpa brevistylaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Callicoma pedunculataBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Callitriche muelleriPoorly drained loams to light clays.
Callitris baileyiPoorer quality skeletal sandy loams to medium clays soils with rocky substratas.
Callitris endlicheriPoorer quality deep sandy loams to medium clays.
Callitris macleayanaMost better quality loams to medium clays.
Calochilus campestrisMost moist light sandy clays to light loams.
Calochilus gracillimusMost moist light sandy clays to light loams.
Calochilus grandiflorusMost moist light sandy clays to light loams.
Cyathea cooperi Moist light clay loams to medium clays.
Cyathea cunninghamii Moist light clay loams to medium clays.
Cyathea leichardtianaMoist light clay loams to medium clays.
Cyathea rebeccaeMoist light clay loams to medium clays.
Cyathea robertsoniana Moist light clay loams to medium clays.
Cyathea woollsianaMoist light clay loams to medium clays.
Cycas mediaLight fatty clay to medium clays.
Cycas cairnsianaLight fatty clay to medium clays.
Cyperus brevifoliusSandy loams to medium clays.
Cyperus cyperoidesSandy loams to medium clays.
Cyperus difformisMost loams to heavy clays and silts.
Cyperus disjunctusBetter quality Volcanic light clays to medium clays.
Cyperus eglobosusMost loams to heavy clays and silts.
Cyperus enervisMost loams to heavy clays and silts.
Cyperus flaccidusMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Cyperus flavidusMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Cyperus fulvusMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Cyperus gracilisMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Cyperus haspanMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Cyperus imbecillisMost sandy loams to medium clays and silts.
Cyperus laevisAll types of sand and sandy loams.
Cyperus leiocaulonAll types of sand and sandy loams.
Cyperus mirusAll types of sand and sandy loams.
Cyperus procerusAll types of sand and sandy loams.
Cyperus sanguinolentus 
Cyperus sphaeroideusMost types of light sandy clays to medium clays.
Cyperus stradbrokensisMost types of light sandy loams and peaty sands.
Cyperus subulatusMost types of light sandy loams and peaty sands.
Cyperus tetraphyllusMost types of light sandy loams and peaty sands.
Damasonium minusSandy loams to heavy clay alluvia’s.
Dampiera diversifoliaSandy loams to light clays.
Dampiera purpureaSandy loams from acuminated sands.
Dampiera strictaSandy loams to light clays.
Dampiera sylvestrisSandy loams from acuminated sands.
Daphnandra apatelaSkeletal light clays to medium clays.
Daphnandra micranthaSkeletal light clays to medium clays.
Daphnandra tenuipesLight clays to medium clays.
Darlingia darlingianaSandy loams to medium clay alluvia’s.
Darwinia citriodoraSandy loams to light clays.
Darwinia collinaSandy loams to light clays.
Darwinia oldfieldii Sandy loams to light clays.
Daucus glochidiatusMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Davallia solida subsp. pyxidataEpiphyte or Liyophyte
Davallia solida subsp. solidaEpiphyte or Liyophyte
Davidsonia jerseyanaMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Davidsonia pruriensMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Daviesia arboreaSandy loams to light clays.
Daviesia latifoliaSandy loams to light clays.
Daviesia nova-anglicaSandy loams to light clays.
Daviesia ulcifoliaSandy loams to light clays.
Daviesia umbellate.Sandy loams to light clays.
Daviesia villiferaSandy loams to light clays.
Daviesia wyattianSandy loams to light clays.
Decaspermum humileMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Deeringia amaranthoidesMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Deeringia arborescensMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Dendrocnide excelaMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Dendrocnide moroidesMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Dendrocnide photinophyllaMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Denhamia pittosporoidesMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
Deparia peterseniiMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
Derris involutaMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
De smodium brachypodumMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
De smodium gunniiMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
De smodium heterocarponMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
De smodium nemorosumMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
De smodium rhytidophyllumMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
De smodium variansMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
Deyeuxia parvisetaMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
Deyeuxia reflexaMost types sandy loams to medium clays.
Dianella atraxisMost types light gritty clays to medium clays.
Dianella pavopennaceaMost types light gritty clays to medium clays.
Dianella revolutaMost types light gritty clays to medium clays.
Dianella tasmanicaMost types light gritty clays to medium clays.
Dichanthium tenueMost types sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Dichondra repensMost types of moist sandy loams to heavy clays.
Dicksonia antarcticaBetter quality rainforest soils.
Dicksonia youngiaeBetter quality rainforest soils.
Dictymia brownii Lithophyte on basalt or granitic rocks.
Dillenia alata Sandy loams to medium clays
Dillwynia glaberrima Sandy loams to medium clays
Dillwynia phylicoidesSandy loams to medium clays
Dimorphocalyx australiensisBetter quality light gravelly clays to rocky medium clays.
Dinosperma erythrococcumMost types light gravelly clays to medium clays.
Diospyros australisMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Diospyros calycanthMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Diospyros fasciculosa Most better quality light clays to medium clays.
Diospyros pentameraMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Diplocyclos palmatusMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Diploglottis australisMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Diploglottis bernieanaMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Diploglottis cunninghamiiMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Diploglottis obovataMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Diplolaena grandiflora Most sandy loams.
Dipodium atropurpureumBetter quality soils with copious mulch.
Dipodium punctatumBetter quality soils with copious mulch.
Dipodium variegatumBetter quality soils with copious mulch.
Diuris chrysantha Decomposed sandstone and granites.
Diuris punctata Decomposed sandstone and granites.
Diuris sulphurea Decomposed sandstone and granites.
Dodonaea boroniifoliaSandy soils derived from decomposed sandstone.
Dodonaea hirsutaGranitic and sandstone derived sands.
Dodonaea multijugaSandy soils derived from decomposed sandstone.
Dodonaea rhombifoliumSandy soils derived from decomposed sandstone.
Dodonaea triquetraSandy soils derived from decomposed sandstone.
Dodonaea viscosaSandy soils derived from decomposed sandstone.
Doodia caudataMost soils derived from black basalt or metamorphic rocks.
Doodia heterophyllaMost soils derived from black basalt.
Doodia linearisLight clay to medium clay derived from basalt or metamorphic rocks.
Doryanthes palmeriMost sandy soils derived from sandstone.
Dracophyllum secundum Most sandy soils derived from sandstone.
Doryphora sassafrasLight clay to medium clay derived from basalt.
Drymophila mooreiMost light clays to medium clays.
Durringtonia paludosaSand and peaty sands from accumulated sand.
Dysoxylum fraserianumMost light clays to medium clays.
Dysoxylum mollissimumMost light clays to medium clays.
Dysoxylum rufumMost light clays to medium clays.
Echinochloa colonaHeavy clay flats and depressions.
Echinochloa telmatophilaMedium clays to heavy clay flats and depressions.
Echinostephia aculeataMost light clays to medium clays.
Eclipta platyglossaMost light clays to medium clays.
Ehretia acuminataMost sandy soils to light clays.
Elaeocarpus angustifoliusMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Elaeocarpus eumundiMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Elaeocarpus holopetalus Most better quality light clays to medium clays.
Elaeocarpus kirtoniiMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Elaeocarpus obovatusMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Elaeocarpus reticulatusMost better quality peaty sand to medium clays.
Eleaodendron australeMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Elatostema reticulatumMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Elatostema stipitatumMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Elattostachys nervosaMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Elattostachys xylocarpaMost better quality light clays to medium clays.
Eleocharis dietrichianaLight clays to heavy clay flats and depressions.
Eleocharis dulcisSandy loams to light clay flats and depressions.
Eleocharis equisetinaLight clays to heavy clay flats and depressions.
Eleocharis pusillaLight clays to heavy clay flats and depressions.
Eleocharis sphacelataLight clays to heavy clay flats and depressions.
Eleocharis tetraquetraLight clays to heavy clay flats and depressions.
Emmenosperma alphitonioidesLight sandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Empodisma minusMost types of wet acid soils.
Empusa habenarinaLight sandy loams to light gravelly clays.
Endiandra compressaLight sandy clays to medium gravelly clays.
Endrandra crassifloraLight sandy clays to medium gravelly clays.
Endiandra discolorLight sandy clays to medium gravelly clays.
Endiandra floydiimedium clays to medium gravelly clays.
Endrandra muelleriLight sandy clays to medium gravelly clays.
Endriandra pubensDeep light sandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Endriandra seiberiLight sandy clays to medium gravelly clays.
Endiandra virensLight sandy clays to medium gravelly clays.
Enteropogon unispiceusLight sandy clays to heavy clays.
Entolasia marginataLight sandy loams to light sandy clays
Entolasia strictaLight sandy loams to light sandy clays
Entolasia whiteanaLight sandy loams to light sandy clays
Enydra fluctuansMost bogs and swamps on most soils.
Epacris breviflora Most sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Epacris impressa Most sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Epacris longiflora Most sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Epacris microphyllaMost sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Epacris obtusifoliaMost sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Epacris pulchellaMost sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eragrostis brownie/brownieMost sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eragrostis elongataMost sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eragrostis sororiaMost sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eragrostis spartinoidesMost sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eragrostis tracycarpaMost sandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eremophila brevifoliaSandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eremophila longifoliaSandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eriocaulon australeSandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eriocaulon scariosumSandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eriochilus cucullatusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Eriochloa proceraSandy loams to light gritty or gravelly clays.
Eriostemon australasiusSandy loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus acaciiformisBetter quality sandy loams to light sandy clays.
Eucalyptus acmenoidesBetter quality sandy loams to light sandy clays.
Eucalyptus agglomerataBetter quality sandy loams to light sandy clays.
Eucalyptus amplifloliaBetter quality sandy loams to light sandy clays.
Eucalyptus baileyanaPoorer quality sandy loams.
Eucalyptus bancroftiiPoorer quality sandy loams.
Eucalyptus biturbinataBetter quality sandy loams to light sandy clays.
Eucalyptus brassianaPoorer quality sandy loams.
Eucalyptus bridgesianaBetter quality sandy loams to light sandy clays.
Eucalyptus brunneaPoorer quality sandy loams to light sandy clays.
Eucalyptus caliginosaBetter quality sandy loams to light sandy clays.
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRiver red gum. From moderate to very saline depending on the gene pool. Soils vary considerably from sandy loams to deep heavy silts.
Eucalyptus cameroniiPoorer quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus campanulataBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus carneaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus cerasiformisBetter quality loams.
Eucalyptus crebaMost sandy loams to light clays.
Eucalyptus dorrigoensisBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus dunniiBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus eugenioidesBetter quality deep medium to heavy clays
Eucalyptus fusiformisLight clays to heavy silts.
Eucalyptus glaucinaBetter quality deep sandy loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus globoidea Better quality deep sandy loams to light clays.
Eucalyptus globulus ssp.bicosataBlue gum. Light sandy loams to heavy clays.
Eucalyptus globulus ssp. GlobulusBlue gum. Light sandy loams to heavy clays.
Eucalyptus gonianthaLight gritty clays to medium clays or heavy silts.
Eucalyptus grandisLight gritty clays to medium clays or heavy silts.
Eucalyptus kruseanaSandy loams to light gritty clays
Eucalyptus laevopineaSandy loams to light gritty clays
Eucalyptus lansdowneanaSandy loams to light gritty clays
Eucalyptus ligustrinaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus maginificataCoarse sands to sandy loams or light fatty clays.
Eucalyptus marginataBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus melanophloiaYellow box. Hot dry sandy flats.
Eucalyptus melliodoraYellow box. Hot dry sandy or clay flats at the lower end of moderately saline soils. Gene pools make a difference on the tolerance of individual plants.
Eucalyptus microcorysTallowwood grows on a wide variety of soil types.
Eucalyptus moluccanaBetter quality deep sandy loams to light clays.
Eucalyptus nobilisBetter quality deep sandy loams to light clays.
Eucalyptus notabilisBetter quality deep sandy loams to light clays.
Eucalyptus obliquaBetter quality deep sandy loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus ophiticaOrange to red medium Clays.
Eucalyptus oreadesPoor deep sands or skeletal light and medium clays.
Eucalyptus pachycalyxRed or orange skeletal sands.
Eucalyptus pachyphyllaMost types of sand to sandy loams.
Eucalyptus phoeniceaMost types of sand to sandy loams.
Eucalyptus paucifloraCoarse sand to light fatty clays.
Eucalyptus pilularisMost better quality sandy loams to medium Clays.
Eucalyptus pleurocarpaRed and orange sandy soils to fatty sands.
Eucalyptus pravaSandy loams to medium clay.
Eucalyptus psammiticaRed, orange or grey sand over sandstone.
Eucalyptus pyriformisRed, orange, white, brown or grey Aeolian sands.
Eucalyptus pyrocarpaRed, orange or grey loams to light clays.
Eucalyptus quadrangulataBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus racemosaCoarse sands, sandy loams or light fatty clays.
Eucalyptus resiniferaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus robustaSwamp mahogany. Coastal frontal dunes and marginal flats close to mangroves and estuaries.
Eucalyptus salignaLight clays to medium podsolic clays.
Eucalyptus sepulcralisSandy loams to light gritty clays.
Eucalyptus siderophloiaCoastal locations close to estuaries.
Eucalyptus sideroxylonRed ironbark light clays to medium clays.
Eucalyptus stellulatacoarse sands to light fatty clays.
Eucalyptus tereticornisForest red gum. Coastal locations close to estuaries.
Eucalyptus tetrapleuraLoams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus tindaliaeLoams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus torquatraSandy loams to medium clays.
Eucalyptus umbraLoams to medium clays.
Eupomatia bennettiiBetter quality loams to heavy clays.
Eupomatia laurinaBetter quality loams to heavy clays.
Eustrephus latifoliusBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Everistia vacciniifoliaBetter quality volcanic soils.
Exocarpos cupressiformisPoorer quality loams to heavy clays.
Exocarpos latifoliusMost soils most habitats.
Exocarpos strictusMost soils most habitats.
Exocarya sclerioidesMost sandy loams
Fagraea cambageiMost sandy loams
Faradaya splendidaBetter quality basaltic soils.
Ficus congestaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays derived from basalt, granites or sandstone.
Ficus copiosusSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalt, granites or sandstone.
Ficus coronataSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalt or sandstone.
Ficus crassipesSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalt or sandstone.
Ficus fraseriSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalt or sandstone.
Ficus hispidaSandy loams to medium clays derived from basalt or sandstone.
Ficus obliquaMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Ficus oppositaMost sandy loams to medium clays & light to heavy silts.
Ficus racemosaMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Ficus Varigaeta 
Ficus virens 
Ficus virgata 
Ficus watkinsianaMost light clays to heavy clays & heavy alluvial silts.
Fimbristylis cinnamometorumAll sandy type soils.
Fimbristylis nutansAll sandy type soils.
Flagellaria indicaSandy loams to light clays.
Flindersia australisSandy loams to light clays.
Flindersia bennettianaSandy loams to light clays.
Flindersia collinaSandy loams to light clays.
Flindersia schottianaPeaty sands to light clays.
Floydia praealtaBetter quality light clays to medium clays.
Freycinettia excelsaBetter quality sandy loams to light clays with forest litter.
Fuirena ciliarisSandy loams to medium clays.
Gahnia asperaAcid loams to medium clays.
Gahnia clarkeiAcid loams to medium clays.
Gahnia sieberianaSandy loams to medium clays and podsolic soils.
Gahnia subaequiglumisSandy loams to medium clays and podsolic soils.
Geitonoplesium cymosumSandy loams to medium clays.
Gleichenia mendelliiSandy loams to medium clays.
Gleichenia microphylaSandy loams to medium clays.
Glochidion ferdinandiSandy loams to light gritty clays.
Gmelina dalrympleanaLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Gmelina leichhardtiiLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Garcinia warreniiBetter quality loams, light clays to medium clays.
Gaultheria appressaBetter quality light clays to medium clays.
Geijera salicifoliaMost types of gravelly clays or screes.
Geissois benthamianaBetter quality medium clays or gravelly clays.
Geranium homeanumBetter quality light clays or medium gravelly clays.
Geranium neglectumBetter quality light clays or medium gravelly clays.
Glycine microphyllaMedium clays from shale and metamorphic rocks.
Glycine tabacinaSandy loams to medium clays and podsolic soils.
Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpaHeavy Clays and heavy Silts.
Gmelina fasciculifloraMedium clays to heavy clays & heavy silts.
Gmelina leichhardtiiLight clays to medium clays & heavy silts.
Gompholobium latifoliumSandy loams to medium clays.
Gompholobium pinnatumSandy loams to fatty peaty sands.
Gompholobium virgatumLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Gonocarpus chinensisSharp sandy loams to gritty light clays.
Gonocarpus micranthusSandy loams to medium clays.
Gonocarpus oreophilusSandy loams to medium clays.
Goodenia bellidifolia sub sp. argentea, sub sp. bellidifoliaLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Goodenia glabraSandy loams to light gritty clays.
Goodenia grandifloraLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Goodenia hederaceaLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Goodenia heterophyllaLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Goodenia paniculataLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Goodenia latifoliaLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Goodenia rotundrifoliaLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Goodenia stelligeraLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Goodenia sp.1Sharp sandy loams to gritty light clays.
Goodia lotifoliaSharp sandy loams to gritty light clays.
Gossia acmenoidesBetter quality light clays or medium gravelly clays.
Gossypium sturtianumSharp sandy loams to gritty light clays.
Graptophyllum excelsumBetter quality light clays or medium gravelly clays.
Graptophyllum ilicifoliumBetter quality light clays or medium gravelly clays.
Gratiola pedunculataMost soil types.
Grevillea angulataMost skeletal sandy loams.
Grevillea banyabba Deep or skeletal sands.
Grevillea acanthifolia Deep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea acuaria Deep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea agrifolia Deep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea albiflora Deep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea alpina Deep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevi Grevillea angulataDeep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea arenaria Deep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea armigera Deep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea asparagoides Deep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea asplenifoliaDeep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea asteriscosa Deep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea aurea Deep or skeletal sandstone derived sands.
Grevillea banyabbaDeep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea baileyana Deep or skeletal sands to light clays.
Grevillea banksiiDeep or skeletal sandstone derived sands.
Grevillea bauriiDeep or skeletal sands to rock soils or stony clays.
Grevillea beadleeana Skeletal rocky partially decomposed granite.
Grevillea bedggoodiana Deep or skeletal sands to rock soils or stony clays.
Grevillea bipinnatifidaDeep or skeletal sands to rock soils or stony clays.
Grevillea biternata Deep or skeletal sands to rock soils or stony clays.
Grevillea bronwenae Deep or skeletal sands to rock soils or stony clays.
Grevillea buxifolia Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea caleyi Deep or skeletal sands to rock soils or stony clays.
Grevillea calliantha Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea candelabroides Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea capitellata Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea centristigma Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea chrysophaea Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea diffusa Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea dimorpha Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea disjunctaSandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea dissecta Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea drummondii Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea dryophylla Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea eriobotrya Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea eryngioides Sandstone or granitic sandy loams.
Grevillea evansiana Red or yellow sandstone loams to fatty loams.
Grevillea exposita Red or yellow sandstone loams to fatty loams.
Grevillea fasciculata Red or yellow sandstone loams to fatty loams.
Grevillea flexuosa Red or yellow sandstone loams to fatty loams.
Grevillea floribunda Sandy loams over sandstone or granite.
Grevillea formosa Skeletal sands on partially decomposed or sandstone decomposed sandstone.
Grevillea fulgens Skeletal sands on partially decomposed or sandstone decomposed sandstone.
Grevillea georgeanaRed sand, lateritic loams to gravely clays.
Grevillea glaucaAccumulated sands. Granite sands and lateritic clays.
Grevillea goodiiGranite sands,lateritic fatty clays or silts.
Grevillea granulifera Skeletal sands on partially decomposed or sandstone decomposed sandstone.
Grevillea heliosperma Red sand, lateritic loams to gravely clays.
Grevillea helmsiae Sandy soils to light gravelly clays.
Grevillea hillianaBetter quality volcanic soils.
Grevillea hirtella Sandy soils to light gravelly clays.
Grevillea hookerianaSandy soils to light gravelly clays.
Grevillea humifusa Sandy soils to light gravelly clays.
Grevillea humilis Sandy soils to light gravelly clays.
Grevillea iaspicula Sandy soils to light gravelly clays.
Grevillea ilicifolia Sandy soils to light gravelly clays.
Grevillea incrassata Sandy soils over rocks to light rocky clays.
Grevillea infundibularis Quartz sands.
Grevillea insignaVarious types of sands to sandy loams.
Grevillea involucrataGravelly to rocky sands over laterites.
Grevillea irrasa Better quality medium clays from basalt.
Grevillea jephcottii Light to medium granitic clays.
Grevillea juncifolia  
Grevillea juniperina Soils vary as much as the sub sp. From sand to medium clays derived from most types of rocks but are often subsp. specific.
Grevillea lanigera Light to medium clays derived from most plutonic and sedimentary rocks including limestone.
Grevillea laurifolia Light to medium clays from sedimentary rocks.
Grevillea lavandulacea Light to medium clays from sedimentary rocks.
Grevillea leptobotrys Lateritic sands to calcareous sands.
Grevillea linearifolia Sandy loams to light clays.
Grevillea linsmithiiGranitic sand and loams
Grevillea longifoliaMost sandy loams to light clays.
Grevillea longistylaMost sandy loams to light clays.
Grevillea macleayeanaMost red stones to sandy loams.
Grevillea masoniiGravelly loams to gravelly podsolics.
Grevillea miniata Red  orange & yellow sandy loams and screes.
Grevillea mollisGranitic sand and sandy loams.
Grevillea molyneuxii Sandy loams to fatty sands from sandstone.
Grevillea mucronulata Sandy loams to fatty sands from sandstone.
Grevillea nanaFatty sands to podsolic soils.
Grevillea neurophylla Medium clays to light sandy loams from granite.
Grevillea nudiflora Medium clays to light sandy loams from granite.
Grevillea oleoides Sandy loams to fatty sands from sandstone.
Grevillea parallelaSandy loams to fatty sands from sandstone.
Grevillea patulifolia Medium clays to light loams from granite or sandstone.
Grevillea petrophiloidesLight granitic sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Grevillea pluricaulisLight sandy loams to light gritty fatty clays.
Grevillea polybracteaLight granitic sandy loams to gravelly loams.
Grevillea prasinaMost sands derived from quartz and sandstone.
Grevillea preisiiSandy loams to light gravelly and stony clays.
Grevillea pteridifoliaMost well drained light soils to medium clays.
Grevillea quadricaudaMedium clays to light sandy loams from granite.
Grevillea quercifolia Light lateritic gravelly loams to light clays.
Grevillea ramosissima Sandy loams to light gravelly and stony clays.
Grevillea renwickiana Light granitic sandy loams to gravelly loams.
Grevillea repensGranitic sandy loams to medium clays.
Grevillea rhizomatosaSandy loams to light clays from granite.
Grevillea rhyolitica Sandy loams to light medium clays.
Grevillea rigida Sandy soils to light gritty clays.
Grevillea robustaBetter quality volcanic light to medium clays.
Grevillea rosmarinifoliaSandy loams to light podsolic clays.
Grevillea scortechiniiSandy loams.
Grevillea secunda Sandy soils to light gritty clays.
Grevillea sericeaSandy soils to light gritty clays.
Grevillea sessilis Sandy soils to medium stony clays.
Grevillea shiressii Sandy soils to light gritty clays.
Grevillea speciosaDecomposed sandstone.
Grevillea stenomera Sandy loams from laterites and calcarious deposits.
Grevillea striata Decomposed sandstone and granite with laterite or limestone.
Grevillea tenuifloraDecomposed sandstone and granite with laterite or limestone.
Grevillea thelemannianaSandy loams & fatty loams from lateritic sandstone.
Grevillea thyrsoides Sandy loams & fatty loams from lateritic sandstone.
Grevillea treueriana Skeletal quartzite sands.
Grevillea trifida Silicate sands from sandstone and granite.
Grevillea trilobaSilicate sands, limestone and calcareous sands.
Grevillea tripartite subsp. macrostylisGranitic soils.
Grevillea venusta Sandy soils to medium clays & podsolics.
Grevillea victoriae Sandy soils to medium clays & podsolics.
Grevillea whiteana Sandy soils to medium clays & podsolics.
Grevillea wickhamii Sandy loams from decomposed sandstone.
Grevillea wilkinsonii Silicate & granitic sands.
Grevillea wilsonii Light to medium lateritic gravels & limestone loams.
Guioa semiglaucaBetter quality loams & medium clays.
Guilfoylia monostylisBetter quality loams & medium clays.
Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus Better quality loams & medium clays.
Gymnostachys ancepsBetter quality loams & medium clays.
Gymnostoma australianumBetter quality loams & medium clays.
Haemodorum austroqueenslandicumSandy loams to light clays derived from sandstone.
Haemodorum planifoliumSand to sandy loams.
Hakea bakeriana Decomposed and partially decomposed sandstone.
Hakea bucculentaDecomposed and partially decomposed sandstone.
Hakea clavataDecomposed and partially decomposed sandstone.
Hakea erianthaDecomposed and partially decomposed sandstone.
Hakea florulentaSand to sandy loams from sandstone & granite.
Hakea laurinaSand to sandy loams from sandstone.
Hakea ochropteraSand to sandy loams from brown and black basalt.
Hakea orthorrhynchaSand to sandy loams from granite.
Hakea pedunculataSkeletal sands to sandy loams from sandstone.
Hakea purpureaSkeletal sands to sandy loams from sandstone.
Hakea salicifoliaMost granitic, sandstone and basaltic sandy loams.
Hakea sericeaSandstone based loams.
Hakea subsulcataLateritic light gravelly clays to medium clays.
Hakea teretifoliaMost granitc and sandstone sands & sandy loams.
Hakea verrucosaSandy gravelly lateritic clays.
Halfordia kendackSandy loams to medium clays.
Harnieria hygrophiloidesBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Harpullia arboreaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Harpullia hilliiSandy loams to medium clays.
Harpullia pendulaMost better quality loams to medium clays.
Hedycarya angustifoliaMost better quality loams to medium clays.
Helichrysum rutidolepisSand to medium clays.
Helicia ferrugineaBetter quality medium clays.
Helicia glabrifloraBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Helmholtzia glaberrimaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Hibbertia acuminataSands to light clays from decomposed sandstone.
Hibbertia banksii Sandy loams to medium clays.
Hibbertia dentataMost accumulated and decomposed sandy soils.
Hibbertia diffusaMost sandy loams or at times to light & medium clays.
Hibbertia fasciculataMost sandy loams or at times to light & medium clays.
Hibbertia linearisMost sandy loams or at times to light & medium clays.
Hibbertia obtusifolia Most sandy loams or at times to light & medium clays.
Hibbertia pedunculata Most sandy loams or at times to light & medium clays.
Hibbertia ripariaMost sandy loams or at times to light & medium clays.
Hibbertia rufa Sandy loams to light clays from granitic origins.
Hibbertia salicifoliaMost sandy loams from accumulated sands.
Hibbertia serpyllifoliaSandy soils from granite or accumulated sands.
Hibbertia vestita Skeletal to shallow sands.
Hibbertia villosaSkeletal to shallow sands to fatty Granitic sands.
Hibiscus diversifolia Most wet sandy loams or at times to medium clays
Hibiscus geranioidesMost sandy loams or at times to light clays
Hibiscus heterophyllusMost sandy loams or at times to light & medium clays
Hibiscus insularis             Light to medium clays derived from basalt.
Hibiscus macilwraithensisBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Hibiscus sp. barambah creekBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Hibiscus splendensBetter quality loams to medium clays or podsolics.
Hibiscus sturtiiSandy loams to medium clays
Hibiscus trionumSands to sandy loams.
Hibiscus tozerensisSandy loams to light clays.
Hicksbeachia pinnatifoliaBetter quality light to medium clays.
Hippocratea barbataMost sandy loams to medium clays and heavy silts.
Histiopteris incisaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Hodgkinsonia ovatifloraBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Homalanthus novoguineensisBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Homalanthus populifoliusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Hovea acutifolia Sandy loams to medium clays.
Hovea graniticolaSands to light fatty clays derived from granite.
Hovea heterophyllaMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Hovea ramulosaMost sandy loams to fatty loams.
Howittia trilocularisMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Hoya australisSandy loams to light clays.
Hybanthus monopetalusSandy loams to light clays.
Hybanthus stellarioidesSandy loams to light clays.
Hybanthus vernoniiMost types of sandy soils.
Hydrilla verticillataFresh water plant.
Hydrocharis dubialight silts to heavy silts in fresh water plant.
Hydrocotyle acutilobaMost sandy loams to heavy clays.
Hydrocotyle geraniifolia Most sandy loams to medium clays.
Hydrocotyle pedicellosaMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Hydrocotyle peduncularisMost wet sands to moist heavy clays.
Hydrocotyle tripartita Most wet sands to moist medium clays & heavy silts.
Hydrocotyle verticillataWet sands & heavy silts in shallow water.
Hymenosporum flavumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Hyparrhenia filipendulaLight clays to medium clays and podsolic soils.
Hypericum gramineumMost soils from sandy loams to medium clays.
Hypoestes floribundaMost soils from sandy loams to medium clays.
Hypolaena fastigiataSands to sandy loams.
Hypolepis glanduliferaMost loams to medium clays.
Hypolepis muelleriMost loams to medium clays.
Hypoxis pratensisMost loams to medium clays.
Indigofera australisSandy loams to medium clays.
Indigofera hirsutaSandy loams to medium clays.
Indigofera linifoliaMost soils from sandy loams to medium clays.
Indigofera pratensisMost soils from sandy loams to medium clays.
Isopogon dubius Sandy loams to light clays.
Isopogon mnoraifoliusSandy loams to fatty sandy loams.
Isopogon petiolarisSharp sands, sandy loams to fatty sandy loams.
Ixora bleckeriBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Indigofera pratensisMost soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Iphigenia indicaMost soils from sandy loams to medium clays.
Isachne globosaMost soils from sandy loams to medium clays.
Isolepis cernuaMost soils from sandy loams to medium clays.
Isolepis habraMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Isolepis inundataMost soils from sandy loams to medium clays.
Isolepis subtilissimumGranites and metamorphic rocky soils.
Isopogon dubius Lateritic sandstone or granite sands.
Isopogon mnoraifoliusSandstone or accumulated sands.
Isopogon petiolarisSandstone or granite sands.
Ixora bleckeriBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Isotoma armstrongiiSand and coarse alluvial silts.
Isotoma axillarisSandstone & granitic sands.
Isotoma fluviatilis Fine sands to muds with copious organic matter.
Jacksonia chappilliaeLight to medium clays from brown basalts.
Jacksonia stackhouseiSandstione and accumulated sands.
Jasminum didymumBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Jasminum singuliflorumBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Jasminum suavissimumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Jasminum volubileBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Juncus bufonius Most soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Juncus continuus Most soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Juncus planifolius Most soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Juncus polyanthemus Most soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Juncus prismatocarpusMost soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Juncus saraphorusMost soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Juncus subsecundusMost soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Juncus usitatus Most soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Juncus vaginatusMost soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Kardomia prominensSandy loams from sandstone and Granite.
Kardomia silvestrisSandy loams from rhyolitica Granites.
Kennedia nigricans Most soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Kennedia sp. Medium clays from metashales.
Keraudrenia corollata sub sp. corollata, sub sp. denticulataSand to sandy loams.
Keraudrenia hillii sub sp. hilliiBetter quality light clays to medium clays.
Kopsia arboreaSandy loams to medium clays.
Korthalsella rubra sub sp. geijericola, subsp. rubraParasitic plant.
Kunzea affinis Sands to fatty loams.
Kunzea ambiguaSands to light gritty clays.
Kunzea bracteolataGranite sands.
Kunzea capitataMost soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Kunzea oppositaMost soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Kunzea parvifoliaSads and sandy loams from Granite.
Kunzea pauciflora Most soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Laccospadix australasicusBetter quality granitic loams.
Lagunaria patersoniiBetter quality medium clays from basalt.
Lambertia echinataGravelly clays and gravelly sandy clays.
Lambertia formosaMost accumulated sands and Sandstone.
Landoltia punctataFloating water born plant.
Lasiopetalum ferrugineumMost soils from sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Lastreopsis acuminateMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Lastreopsis decompositaMost better quality loams to medium clays.
Lastreopsis marginansMost better quality loams to medium clays.
Lastreopsis microsoraMost better quality loams to heavy clays.
Lastreopsis munitaMost soils from sandy loams to medium clays.
Laxmannia gracilisMost soils from fatty sands to light clays.
Lechenaultia bilobaSands to fatty loams from sandstone & granites.
Lechenaultia formosumSands to fatty loams from granites.
Leea indicaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Legnephora mooreiBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Leiocarpa serpensBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Lemna trisulcaFloating water born plant.
Lepiderema pulchellaBetter quality light clays to medium clays.
Lepidosperma concavum Most soils from sandy loams to light clays.
Lepidosperma elatiusMost soils from sandy loams to light clays.
Lepidosperma filiforme Most soils from sandy loams to light clays.
Lepidosperma gunnii Most soils from sandy loams to light clays.
Lepidosperma latens Most soils from sandy loams to fatty sands.
Lepidosperma lateraleMost soils from sandy loams to light clays.
Lepidosperma limicola Most sands to sandy loams.
Lepidosperma longitudinale Most sands to sandy loams.
Lepidosperma quadrangulatum Most sands to sandy loams.
Lepidosperma tortuosum Most sands to sandy loams.
Lepidosperma urophorumMost sands to sandy loams.
Lepidosperma urophorumMost soils to medium clays and heavy silts.
Lepironia articulataMost soils to medium clays and heavy silts.
Leptospermum arachnoidesSkeletal rocky terrain.
Leptospermum benwelliiSkeletal rocky terrain with medium clay soils.
Leptospermum brachyandraSandy loams to light clays.
Leptospermum brevipesBetter quality sandy loams to light clays.
Leptospermum gregariumBetter quality sandy loams to light clays.
Leptospermum juniperinumSkeletal rocky terrain with sand to medium clay soils.
Leptospermum leuhmanniiBetter quality sandy loams to light clays.
Leptospermum microcarpumSkeletal rocky terrain with sand to medium clay soils.
Leptospermum minutifoliumSands to sandy loams derived from Granite.
Leptospermum novae-angliaeSandy loams to medium clays.
Leptospermum petersoniiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Leptospermum rotundifoliumBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Leptospermum scoparium Better quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Leptospermum semibaccatumSandy loams to light clays.
Leptospermum speciosumWet sands to wet sandy loams.
Leptospermum squarrosumSandy loams to light clays.
Leptospermum trinerviumPeaty sands to sandy loams.
Leptospermum variabileSandy loams to medium clays.
Leucochrysum albicansSandy loams to light clays.
Leucopogon biflorusWhite to grey accumulated sands.
Leucopogon deformisWhite to grey accumulated sands.
Leucopogon ericoidesWhite to grey accumulated sands & red sandstone.
Leucopogon esquamatusSandy loams to light clays derived from sandstone.
Leucopogon juniperinusSandy loams to light clays derived from sandstone.
Leucopogon lanceolatusFatty sandy loams to medium clays.
Leucopogon leptospermoidesAccumulated sand and peaty beach sands.
Leucopogon margarodesAccumulated sand and peaty beach sands.
Leucopogon melaleucoidesDecomposed granite sands to fatty sandy clays.
Leucopogon neoanglicusDecomposed granite sands to fatty sandy clays.
Leucopogon parviflorusAccumulated or deposited sands and silts.
Leucopogon recurvisepalusLight fatty sands to light sandy clays.
Leucopogon rodwayiSkeletal gravelly to rocky sandstones.
Leucopogon trichostylusGranitic and basalt light sandy clays to medium clays.
Leucopogon virgatusGranitic and basalt light sandy clays to light clays.
Libertia paniculataMost waterlogged soils.
Ligustrum australianumMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Litsaea incisaSandy loams to medium clays.
Linospadix minorMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Linospadix monostachyaMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Liparophyllum exaltatumMost waterlogged ands to sandy loams.
Lipocarpha microcephalaMost moist sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Litsea australisBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Litsea reticulataBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Livistona concinnaMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Livistona humilisMost sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Livistona inermisMost sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Livinstona lanuginosaMost sandy loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Livistona mariae Most sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Livistona muelleri Most sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Livistona rigidaMost sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Livistona victoriaeMost sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Lobelia andrewsiiMost sandy loams, light fatty clays to medium silts.
Lobelia membranaceaMost sandy loams, medium clays to heavy silts.
Lobelia trigonocaulisMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Logania pusillaMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Lomandra banksiiMost sandy loams to medium clays.
Lomandra elongataMost sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Lomandra filiformisFertile sandy loams to heavy fertile clays.
Lomandra hystrix Most sandy loams, light fatty clays to heavy silts.
Lomandra laxaMost sandy loams, light fatty clays.
Lomandra leucocephala Most sandy loams, light fatty clays to heavy silts.
Lomandra obliqua Most sandy loams, light fatty clays to heavy silts.
Lomandra spicata Most sandy loams, light fatty clays to heavy silts.
Lomatia arborescensMost sandy loams medium clays.
Lomatia fraseriMost sandy loams medium clays.
Lomatia silaifoliaMost sandy loams medium clays.
Lophostemon confertus Most sandy loams medium clays.
Lophostemon suaveolens Most sandy loams medium clays.
Lotus australisMost sandy loams medium clays.
Ludwigia octovalvisMost sandy loams medium clays.
Ludwigia peploides subsp. montividensisMost sandy loams medium clays.
Luffa aegyptiaca var. leiocarpa Better quality sandy loams to light fertile clays.
Lanasia amara Better quality sandy loams to medium clays, light silts to heavy silts or accumulated peaty beach sands.
Lycopodiella cernuaLight clays loams to medium clays.
Lycopodiella lateralisLight clays loams to medium clays.
Lycopodiella serpentinaLight clays loams to medium clays.
Lycopodium deuterodensumBetter quality sandy loams to light fertile clays.
Lycopus australis Better quality sandy loams to medium fertile silts.
Lygodium japonicum Better quality sandy loams to medium fertile silts.
Lygodium microphyllumBetter quality sandy loams to medium fertile silts.
Lysimachia japonica Better quality sandy loams to medium fertile silts.
Lythrum hyssopifoliaBetter quality sandy loams to medium fertile silts.
Lythrum salicariaBetter quality sandy loams to medium fertile silts.
Macadamia integrifoliaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Macadamia tetraphyllaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Mackinlaya macrosciadeaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Maclura cochinchinensisBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Macrothelypteris torresianaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Macrozamia communisDry to well developed rainforests.
Macrozamia fawcettiiPoor quality sands to light fatty clays.
Macrozamia johnsoniiGiant Burrawong. Dry rainforests to Eucalyptus forests.
Macrozamia lucidaSmall Burrawong. Dry rainforests to Eucalyptus forests.
Macrozamia macdonnelliiSans to light fatty clays in arid zones.
Macrozamia miqueliiSmall Burrawong. Dry rainforests to Eucalyptus forests.
Macrozamia mooreiBurrawong. Dry rainforests to Eucalyptus forests.
Macrozamia pauli-guilielmiBurrawong. Dry rainforests to Eucalyptus forests.
Maniltoa lenticellataCascading Bean. Littoral, dry or monsoonal rainforests.
Mallotus claoxyloides var. ficifolius Better quality loams to medium clays.
Mallotus discolorBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Mallotus philippensis Better quality loams to medium clays.
Mallotus polyadenos Better quality loams to medium clays.
Malvastrum coromandelianumBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Marsdenia flavescensBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Marsdenia fraseriBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Marsdenia hemiptera Sandy loams to medium clays.
Marsdenia liisaeBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Marsdenia lloydiiBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Marsdenia longilobaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Marsdenia rostrataBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Maundia triglochinoidesBetter quality, water logged heavy clays.
Maytenus bilocularisAverage sandy loams to medium clays.
Maytenus silvestrisAverage sandy loams to medium clays.
Mazus pumilioMoist granitic sands and accumulated sands.
Megahertzia amplexicaulisSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Meiogyne stenopetalaSandy loams to medium clays.
Melaleuca accuminataFeather honey Myrtle. Gravelly sand plains
Melaleuca alternifoliaTea Tree. Flat coastal plains & wallums.
Melaleuca armillarisFine Leaf Tea Tree. Sand plains and hills.
Melaleuca bracteataBlack or Golden Tea Tree. Riparian zones.
Melaleuca brevifoliaMallee honey myrtle.
Melaleuca citrineLemon scented Bottlebrush.
Melaleuca comboyensisLemon scented Bottlebrush.
Melaleuca densaLemon Honey Myrtle.
Melaleuca formosusSandy loams, medium clays to heavy silts.
Melaleuca hypericifoliaHill Hock Bottle brush. Sandstone hills.
Melaleuca irbyanaWeeping Honey Myrtle.
Melaleuca linarifoliaNarrow-leaved paperbark. Alluvials close to parent sandstone outcrops derived from ancient sea beds.
Melaleuca microphylla 
Melaleuca nesophilaPink Bottlebrush.
Melaleuca pachpyllusWallum Bottlebrush.Littoral wallums and rainforests.
Melaleuca paludosusRiver bottlebrush.
Melaleuca pearsoniiSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Melaleuca phoeniceusLesser bottlebrush.
Melaleuca polandiLight clays to medium clays.
Melaleuca salicinaWillow leaf Bottlebrush. Alluvial and riparian zones.
Melaleuca sieberiLight silts to medium silts and medium clays.
Melaleuca spathulataWet alluvial depressions.
Melaleuca squameaLight silts to light fatty clays.
Melaleuca styphelioidesAlluvial close to parent sandstone outcrops & podsolic soils.
Melaleuca tamariscinaMedium silts to heavy clays.
Melaleuca thymifoliaThyme Honey Myrtle. Coastal and inland swamps and Wallums.
Melaleuca viridiflora.Light silts to heavy podsolic soils.
Melanthera bifloraFine to coarse sandy soils.
Melastoma affineLight silts to heavy clay.
Melia azedarachSandy loams to medium clays.
Melichrus hirsutusSandy loams to medium clays.
Melichrus procumbensSandy loams to medium clays.
Melichrus sp. GibberageeRed sandy loams to red medium podsolic soils.
Melichrus urceolatusSandy loams to red medium podsolic soils.
Melicope hayesiiSandy loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Melicope micrococcaSandy loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Melicytus dentatusSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Mentha diemenicaSandy loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Mentha satureioidesSandy loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Micrantheum ericoidesSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Micrantheum hexandrumSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Microcitrus australasicaLight gritty clays to medium clays.
Microlaena stipoides Coarse sands to medium clays
Micromelum minutum Grows in all types of dry forest on stony screes.
Microsorum pustulatumSandy loams to medium clays.
Microsorum pustulatumSandy loams to medium clays.
Microsorum scandensDeep sandy loams to medium clays.
Mischocarpus anodontusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Mischocarpus australisBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Mischocarpus pyriformisBetter quality sandy loams to light-medium clays.
Mitrasacme alsinoidesSandy loams, medium clays light slits to heavy silts.
Mitrasacme polymorphaBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Momordica balsaminaBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Momordica charantiaBetter quality sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Monotoca scoparia Better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Morinda canthoidesBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Morinda citrifoliaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Morinda jasminoidesBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Mucuna gigantean sub sp. giganteaBetter quality sandy loams, medium clays light to medium silts.
Muehlenbeckia auxillarisSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Muehlenbeckia gracillimaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Murdannia gramineaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Musa banksiiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Myoporum betcheanumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Myriophyllum variifoliumSandy loams, medium clays, light to medium silts.
Myristica insipida Fertile loams to medium clays and stony screes.
Myristica globasa subsp. muelleri Fertile loams to medium clays.
Myrsine benthamiana Better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Myrsine howittianaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Myrsine variabilis.Better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nauclea orientalisBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Neisosperma poweriBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nelumbo nuciferaBetter quality sandy loams to heavy clays.
Nematolepis squameaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Neofabricia myrtifoliaYellow Tea Tree. Better quality sandy loams to light clays.
Neolitsea australiensisBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Neolitsea dealbataBolly Gum. Better quality loams to medium clays.
Nephrolepis aridaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nephrolepis biserrata Better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nephrolepis cordifoliaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nephrolepis hirsutula Better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nicotiana forsteriBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Niemeyera whiteiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Normanbya normanbyiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Notalea johnsoniiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Notelaea johnsoniiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Notelaea longifoliaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Notelaea ovataBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Notelaea venosaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nothofagus mooreiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nymphaea giganteaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nymphaea violaceaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nymphoides geminataBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Nymphoides indicaBetter quality light silts to heavy silts.
Nyssanthes diffusaLight clays, heavy clays & light silts to heavy silts.
Ochrosperma citriodorumCoastal sands and peaty heaths.
Ochrosperma lineareCoastal back dunes on white sands.
Olax angulataAccumulated sand or decomposed sandstone.
Olea paniculataLight clays to medium clays.
Olearia argophyllaSand, sandy loams, light clays or light silts.
Olearia canescensLoams to medium clays & medium silts.
Olearia cydoniifoliaPoorer quality sands to light gritty clays.
Olearia ellipticaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Olearia erubescensBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Olearia flocktoniaeBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Olearie nernstii Better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Olearia stilwelliaeBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Opercularia hispidaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Oplismenus aemulusSandy loams, medium clays to medium silts.
Oplismenus imbecillisSandy loams, medium clays to medium silts.
Oplismenus undulatifoliusSandy loams, medium clays to medium silts.
Orites excelsusSandy loams, medium clays to medium silts.
Orthoceras strictumSandy loams, medium clays to medium silts.
Orthosiphon aristatusSandy loams, medium clays to medium silts.
Ormosia ormondiiRed Bean. Riparian zones in tropical rainforests.
Osbeckia australianaSandy loams, light gritty clays to medium silts.
Ottelia ovalifoliaWet sandy loams, light clays to heavy sludge.
O ttochloa gracillimaSandy loams, light gritty clays to medium silts.
Oxalis chnoodesSandy loams to heavy clays.
Oxalis exilisSandy loams to heavy clays.
Oxalis perennansSandy loams to heavy clays.
Oxylobium arborescensFine sands to gritty medium clays.
Oxylobium robustumFine sands to gritty light clays.
Ozothamnus bidwilliiFine sands to medium clays.
Ozothamnus diosmifoliusSandy loams to medium clays & medium silts.
Ozothamnus obcordatusCourse sands to medium clays.
Ozothamnus obovatusCourse sands to medium gritty clays.
Ozothamnus rufescensBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Ozothamnus thyrsoideusCourse sands to light fatty clays.
Ozothamnus whiteiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Palmeria scandensBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Pandanus conicusFine sands to light fatty clays.
Pandorea jasminoidesSandy loams to medium clays.
Pandorea nervosa Sandy loams to medium clays.
Pandorea pandoranaSandy loams to medium clays.
Panicum bisulcatumSandy loams to medium clays & medium silts.
Panicum decompositumSandy loams to medium clays & medium silts.
Panicum effusumSandy loams to medium clays & medium silts.
Panicum obseptumSandy loams to medium clays & medium silts.
Panicum paludosumSandy loams to medium clays & medium silts.
Panicum pygmaeumSandy loams to medium clays & medium silts.
Panicum queenslandicumSandy loams to heavy clays & heavy silts.
Panicum simileSandy loams to medium clays & heavy silts.
Pararchidendron pruinosumSandy loams to medium clays.
Paristolochia praenevosaSandy loams to medium clays.
Parsonsia dorrigoensisSandy loams to medium clays.
Parsonsia fulva Sandy loams to medium clays.
Parsonsia induplicataSandy loams to medium clays.
Parsonsia lanceolataSandy loams to medium clays.
Parsonsia longipetiolataSandy loams to medium clays.
Paspalidium aversumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Paspalidium aversumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Paspalidium criniformeSandy loams to medium clays.
Paspalidium distansBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Paspalidium gausumSandy loams to medium clays.
Paspalidium grandispiculatumSandy loams to medium clays.
Paspalum distichumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Paspalum orbiculareBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Paspalum vaginatumSandy loams to medium clays.
Passiflora aurantiaSandy loams to medium clays.
Passiflora cinnabarinaSandy loams to medium clays.
Passiflora herbertianaSandy loams to medium clays.
Patersonia glabrataSand loams to sandy loams.
Patersonia longifoliaSand, sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Patersonia sericeaSand, sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pavetta australiensisSandy loams to medium clays.
Pelargonium australeSand, sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pelargonium helmsiiSkeletal sand, sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pelargonium inodorumSand, sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pelargonium rodneyanumSand, sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pellaea falcataBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Pellaea nanaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Pellaea paradoxaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Pennisetum alopecuroidesSandy loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Pentaceras australeBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Persicaria attenuataSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Persicaria decipiensSandy loams to medium clays to medium silts.
Persicaria dichotomaSandy loams to medium clays to medium silts.
Persicaria elatiorSandy loams to medium clays to medium silts.
Persicaria hydropiperSandy loams to medium clays & heavy silts.
Persicaria stigosaSandy loams to heavy clays.
Persicaria subsessilisSandy loams to medium clays & medium silts.
Persoonia mediaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Persoonia oleoidesSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Petalostigma pubescens Sandy loams to medium clays.
Petalostigma triloculare Sandy loams to medium clays.
Petermannia cirrosaSandy loams to medium clays.
Petrophile canescensSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Petrophile pulchellaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Phaius australisRich peaty acidic sands.
Phebalium nottii Sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Phebalium squamulosumSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Philotheca conduplicataPeaty sands to light fatty clays.
Philotheca diformisPeaty sands to light fatty clays.
Philotheca myoporoides Peaty sands to light fatty clays.
Philotheca verrucosusPeaty sands to light fatty clays.
Philydrum lanuginosumPeaty sands to medium clays & heavy silts.
Phyllanthus gunniiRocky, gravelly & stony skeletal soils.
Phyllanthus cuscutiflorusRocky, gravelly & stony skeletal soils.
Phyllanthus hirtellusSandy loams to light clays.
Phyllanthus microcladusSandy loams to light clays.
Phyllanthus similisSandy loams to light gritty clays.
Phyllanthus subcrenulatusSandy loams to light gritty clays.
Phyllota phylicoidesSandy loams to light gritty or fatty clays.
Pilidiostigma glabrumSandy loams to medium clays.
Pimelea glaucaSandy loams to medium clays.
Pimelea latifolia subsp. altior (red), subsp. elliptifolia(blue), subsp. hirsute (purple) & subsp. latifoliaSandy loams to medium clays.
Pimelea ligustrina subsp. ciliate, subsp. hypericina & subsp. ligustrinaSandy loams to medium clays with gravel.
Pimelea linifolia subsp. caesia, subsp. linifolia & subsp. linoidesSandy loams to medium clays with gravel.
Pimelea neo-anglicaSandy loams to medium clays with gravel.
Piper hederaceum subsp. hederaceum & subsp. longiorispicumSandy loams to medium clays.
Pipturus argenteusSandy loams to medium clays.
Pittosporum lancifoliumSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Pittosporum multiflorumSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Pittosporum phylliraeoidesSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Pittosporum revolutumSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Pittosporum undulatumSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Pittosporum venulosumSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Planchonella australisSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Planchonella chartaceaSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Planchonella pohlmanianaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Plantago debilisMost sandy loams to sandy loams soils
Platylobium formosum Sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Platysace ericoidesSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Platysace heterophyllaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Platysace lanceolataSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Platysace stephensoniiSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Plectranthus alloplectusSkeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Plectranthus apreptusSkeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Plectranthus cremnusSkeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Plectranthus graniticolaSkeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Plectranthus gratus Skeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Plectranthus graveolensSkeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Plectranthus nitidusSkeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Plectranthus parviflorus Skeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Plectranthus sauveolensSkeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Pneumatopteris sogerensisBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Poa billardiereiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Poa labillardierei subsp. acris, subsp. labillardierPeaty sands to medium clays & heavy silts.
Poa queenslandicaPeaty sands to light fatty clays.
Poa sieberiana subsp. hirtella & subsp. sieberianaPeaty sands to medium clays & heavy silts.
Podocarpus elatusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Podocarpus lawrenceiSkeletal granitic sandy loams to medium clays.
Podolepis neglecta Better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Podolobium aciculiferumSkeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Podolobium aestivum Sandy loams to medium clays.
Podolobium ilicifolium Sandy loams to medium clays.
Podolobium scandensSandy loams to medium clays.
Pollia crispataSkeletal sandy loams to medium clays.
Polyalthia nitidissimaSandy loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Polycarpaea corymbosa Skeletal sandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Polygala japonica Skeletal sandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Polygala linariifoliaSkeletal sandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Polyosma cunninghamiiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Polyscias elegansBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Polyscias murrayiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Polyscias sambucifolia subsp. decomposita & subsp. sambuafoliaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays & podsolics.
Polyscias sp.1 Better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Polystichum australienseBetter quality light clays to heavy.
Polystichum formosumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Polystichum proliferumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Pomaderris argyrophyllaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pomaderris eriocephalaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pomaderris ferrugineaSandy loams to light fatty clays including shale.
Pomaderris intermediaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pomaderris lanigeraSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pomaderris ledifoliaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Pomaderris ligustrinaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Pomaderris nitidulaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pomaderris prunifolia subsp. prunifoliaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pomaderris subcapitataLight fatty clays to medium clays.
Pomax umbellataSandy loams, medium clays to heavy silts.
Poranthera corymbosaWell drained poor quality sands to light fatty clays.
Poranthera ericifoliaWell drained sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Poranthera microphyllaWell drained sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Poranthera obovataWell drained sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Potamogeton octandrusBetter quality light alluvial silts to heavy silts.
Potamogeton perfoliatusBetter quality light alluvial silts to heavy silts.
Potamogeton tricarinatus Better quality light alluvial silts to heavy silts.
Potamophila parvifloraBetter quality medium alluvial silts to heavy silts.
Pouteria eerwahSandy loams to medium clays.
Pouteria papyracea Sandy loams to medium clays.
Pouteria queenslandicaSandy loams to medium clays.
Pratia pedunculataSandy loams to medium clays.
Pratia purpurascencsSandy loams to medium clays.
Premna lignum-vitaeBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Priophys amboidensisSandy loams to medium clays.
Priophys cunninghammiiSandy loams to medium clays.
Prostanthera caeruleaRocky & gravelly skeletal medium clays.
Prostanthera incisaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Prostanthera lanceolata Better quality loams to medium clays.
Prostanthera lasianthosBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Prostanthera nivea subsp. nivea, subsp. indutaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Prostanthera ovalifoliaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Prostanthera palustrisBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Prostanthera prunelloidesBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Prostanthera rhombeaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Prostanthera rotundifoliaBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Prostanthera scutellarioidesBetter quality loams to heavy clays.
Prostanthera sejunctaSkeletal sands & accumulated sands.
Prumnopitys ladeiBetter quality deep sandy loams to medium clays.
Pseudanthus orientalisBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pseudanthus pauciflorusSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pseudoraphis paradoxaSandy loams to heavy clays & heavy silts.
Pseudoweinmannia lachnocarpaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pseuduvaria froggattii Better quality loams to medium clays.
Pseuduvaria villoseBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Psychotria daphnoidesBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Psychotria loniceroidesBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Psychotria simmondsianaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Psydrax lamprophylla var. lamprophyllaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pteris comonsBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pteris ensiformisBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pteris tremulaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pteris umbrosaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pteris vittataCliff faces to better quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis baptistiiBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis curta Better quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis daintreanaSkeletal sandstones.
Pterostylis erectaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis fischiiBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pterostylis furcataBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis grandifloraBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pterostylis hildaeBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis hispidulaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis longifoliaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis muticaBetter quality loams, medium clays to heavy silts.
Pterostylis nutansBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis obtusaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis ophioglossaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis parvifloraBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis pedunculataBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pterostylis russelliiBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Ptilotus macrocephalisSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Ptychospermum elegansBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Pultenaea aleaPoor to medium quality loams to medium clays.
Pultenaea daphnoidesAverage quality gravelly loams to medium clays.
Pultenaea dentataSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pultenaea euchilaPoor to medium quality loams to medium clays.
Pultenaea flexilisSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pultenaea myrtoidesSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pultenaea petiolaris Poor to medium quality loams to medium clays.
Pultenaea pycnocephalaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Pultenaea retusaAverage quality gravelly loams to medium clays.
Pultenaea robustaAverage quality gravelly loams to medium clays.
Pultenaea spinosa.Sandy loams to sandy medium clays.
Quassia sp. mooney creekLight clays to sandy medium clays.
Quassia sp. mount nardiLight clays to sandy medium clays.
Quintinia sieberiAverage quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Quintinia verdoniiAverage quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Ranunculus inundatusSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Ranunculus lappaceusSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Ranunculus plebeiusSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Regelia megacephalaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Regelia velatinaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Rhodamnia rubescensSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Rhodanthe anthemoidesSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Rhodomyrtus psidioidesSandy loams to medium clays.
Rhodosphaera rhodanthemaSandy loams to medium clays.
Rhyn Rhychospora brownieSandy loams to medium clays.
Rhysotoechia bifoliolataSandy loams to medium clays.
Rhytidosporum procumbensSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Ripogonum albumSandy loams to light fatty clays.
        Ripogonum brevifoliumSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Ripogonum discolorSandy loams to medium clays.
Ripogonum elseyanumSandy loams to medium clays.
        Ripogonum fawcettianumSandy loams to medium clays.
Rorippa dictyospermaMedium clays to heavy clays.
Rorippa giganteaSandy loams to heavy clays.
Rorippa laciniataMedium clays to heavy clays.
Rubus moluccanusBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Rubus nebulosusBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Rubus parvifoliusBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Rubus probusBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Rubus queenslandicusBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Rubus rosifoliusBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Rulingia dasyphyllaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Rulingia salviifoliaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Rumex browniiSandy loams to medium clays.
Rutidosis heterogamaSandy loams to medium clays.
Rytidosperma longifoliumSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Rytidosperma  tenuiusSandy loams to medium clays.
Sacciolepis indicaSandy loams to gritty or gravelly medium clays.
Salvia plebeiaWet mud, ephemeral pools and permanent water.
Sambucus australisicaSandy loams to medium gritty clays.
Sannantha angustaSandy loams to medium gritty clays.
Sannantha collinaSandy loams to medium gritty clays.
Santalum obtusifoliumSandy loams to medium clays.
Sarcomelicope simplicifolia subsp. simlicifoliaSandy loams to medium clays.
Sarcopetalum harveyanumSandy loams to medium clays.
Sarcopteryx stipataSandy loams to medium clays.
Sarcotoechia lanceolata Sandy loams to medium clays.
Sarcotoechia serrataLight red clays to medium red clays.
Sauropus albiflorusLight red clays to medium red clays.
Sauropus hirtellusSandy loams to medium clays.
Scaevola callipteraSands to lateritic light gravelly clays.
Scaevola hookeriSands to peaty sands.
Scaevola oxyclonaRed or orange rocky outcrops and ranges.
Schelhammera undulataSands to light fatty clays.
Scheflerra actinophylaSandy loams to heavy clays.
Schizomeria ovata Moist sandy loams to medium clays.
Schizachyrium fragileMoist sandy loams to medium clays.
Schoenoplectus mucronatusMoist sandy loams to medium clays.
Schoenus apogonMoist sandy loams to medium clays.
Schoenus brevifoliusMoist sandy loams to medium silts.
Schoenus ericetorumMoist sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Schoenus maschalinusMoist sandy loams to medium clays.
Schoenus melanostachysMoist sandy loams to medium clays.
Schoenus turbinatusMoist sandy loams to medium clays.
Schoenus vaginatusMoist sandy loams to medium clays.
Scleria rugosa Moist sandy loams to medium clays.
Scleria tricuspidataMoist sandy loams to medium clays.
Scolopia brauniiMoist sandy loams to medium clays.
Secamone ellipticaMoist sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Senecio amygdalifoliusSandy loams to medium clays.
Senecio bipinnatisectusSandy loams to medium clays.
Senecio diaschidesSandy loams to medium clays.
Senecio linearifoliusSandy loams to fatty clays.
Senecio minimus Sandy loams to medium clays.
Senecio pinnatifolius subsp. pinnatifolius & subsp. serratusSandy loams to medium clays.
Senecio prenanthoidesRocky loams to rocky medium clays.
Senecio tenuiflorusSandy loams to medium clays.
Senecio vagus subsp. eglandulosus & subsp. vagus Sandy loams to medium clays.
Senegalia albizioidesRocky loams to rocky medium clays.
Senna acclinisSandy loams to light clay loams.
Senna cardiospermaSandy loams to medium clays.
Senna clavigeraSandy loams to medium clays.
Senna ferrariaSkeletal rocky sands to skeletal rocky clays.
Senna notabalisLight clays to medium clays.
Senna odorataSkeletal light clays to skeletal medium clays.
Senna strictaLight acidic to alkaline Light clays to medium clays.
Senna symoniiLight clays to medium clays.
Senna venustaAcidic lateritic sands to acidic lateritic light clay.
Seringia arborescensSandy loams to medium clays.
Sicyos australisSandy loams to medium clays.
Sigesbeckia orientalis subsp. orientalisBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Siphonodon australisBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Sloanea australisBetter quality gravelly light to medium clays.
Sloanea woollsiiBetter quality gravelly light to medium clays.
Smilax australisBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Smilax glyciphyllaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum americanumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum aviculareBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum campanulatumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum centraleSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Solanum corifoliumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum densevestitumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum ditrichumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum erianthumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum gabrielaeBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum hapalumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum inaequilaterumSands to light fatty clays.
Solanum laciniatumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum nobileBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum nummulariumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum opacumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum parvifoliumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum plicatileBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum prinophylumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum semiarmatumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum stelligerumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum vescumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solanum vicinumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Solenogyne bellioidesBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Sophora fraseriBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Sophora tomentosa subsp. australis & subsp. tomentosa.Accumulated sands.
Sowerbaea junceaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Spartothamnella junceaLight clays to heavy clays.
Spermacoce brachystemaSandy loams to medium clays.
Sphaerolobium vimineumSandy loams to medium clays.
Sprengelia sprengelioidesWhite peaty accumulated sands.
Sporobolus laxusSands to light fatty clays or gritty clays.
Spyridium scortechiniiSandy loams to medium clays.
Stackhousia spathulataSandy loams to light-medium clays.
Stackhousia vimineaSandy loams to light-medium clays.
Stellaria angustifolia subsp. angustifolia, subsp. rotundisepala & subsp. tenellaSandy loams to light-medium clays.
Stenocarpus salignusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Stenocarpus sinuatisBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Stenphania japonicaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Sterculia quadrifidaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Sticherus flabellatusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Sticherus lobatusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Sticherus urceolatusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Streblus pendulinusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Streptothamnus mooreiBetter quality light clays to medium clays.
Strychnos arboreaBetter quality light clays to medium clays.
Styphelia trifloraSands to sandy loams.
Styphelia viridis subsp. breviflora & subsp. viridisSands to sandy loams.
Swainsona brachycarpaGravels amongst rocks and boulders.
Swainsona canescensSands to sandy loams.
Swainsona galegifoliaSandy loams to heavy clays.
Swainsona greyanaSandy loams to heavy clays.
Swainsona maccullochianaStony and gravely medium clays.
Swainsona procumbensHeavy grey alluvial silts and clays.
Symplocos stawelliiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Symplocos thwaitesiiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syncarpia glomulifera subsp. glabra & subsp. glomuliferaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Synonum glandulosumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium alliiligneumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium buettnerianumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium corianthumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium cormiflorumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium crebrinerveBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium cryptophlebiumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium erythrocalyxBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium erythrodoxumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium fibrosumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium forte subsp. potamophilumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium francisiiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium hodgkinsoniaeBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
 Syzygium ingensBetter quality basalts & meatamorphic rocks.
Syzygium leuhmanniiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium malaccenseBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium mooreiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium oleosumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
 Syzygium smithii Sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium tierneyanunBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Syzygium wilsoniiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tabernaemontana pandacaquiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tapeinochilos ananassaeBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tasmannia insipidaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tasmannia stipitaBetter quality sands to light fatty clays.
Tecomanthe hilliiPeaty beach sands to light fatty clays.
Telopea speciossimaSandy soils to light fatty clays.
Tephrosia brachyodonSandy soils loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Tephrosia gordum-solaceSandy soils loams to light clays to screes.
Tephrosia filipesSandy soils loams to medium clays to heavy silts.
Terminalia arostrataMedium silts to heavy silts.
Ternstroemia nordtianaBetter quality light to medium clays.
Tetrarrhena junceaSandy loams to medium clays.
Tetrastigma nitensMost better quality soils including limestone.
Tetratheca junceaMost types of sand to medium clays.
Tetratheca thymifoliaMost types of sandy loams to medium clays.
Teucrium argutumSandy loams to heavy clays.
Teucrium corymbosumSandy loams to heavy clays.
Thaleropia queenslandicaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Thelymitra angustifoliaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Thelymitra fragransBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Thelymitra ixioides subsp. ixioides Better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Thelymitra malvinaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Thelymitra paucifloraBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Thelymitra purpurataBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Themeda triandraMost acid sandy soils to medium clays.
Thryptomene costataSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Thryptomene denticulataSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Thryptomene lancelinAccumulated sands and coral sands.
Thryptomene saxicolaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Thryptomene urceolarisSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Thysanotus juncifoliusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Thysanotus tuberosus subsp. tuberosusBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tinospora smilacinaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Todea barbaraPoorer quality sands, light fatty clays or silts.
Toechima dasyrrhacheBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Toechima tenaxBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Toona ciliateBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Trachymene compositeBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Trachymene inciseSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Trachymene procumbensSandy loams to light gritty clays.
Tragia novae-hollandiaeBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Trema tomentosa sub sp. aspera & sub sp. tomentosa.Better quality loams to medium gravelly clays.
Trichodesma zeylanicumBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Trichosanthus cucumerinaBetter quality rocky loams to rocky medium clays.
Trichosanthus subvelutinaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tricoryne elatiorBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tricostularia paucifloraBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Trimenia mooreiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tripladenia cunninghamiiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Triplarina imbricataBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tristaniopsis collinaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tristaniopsis laurinaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Triunia youngianaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Trochocarpa laurinaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Trochocarpa montanaSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Trophis scandens subsp. scandensSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Turraea pubescensBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tylophora barbataBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tylophora benthamiiSands to light sandy clays
Tylophora grandifloraBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Tylophora woollsiiBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Typha orientalisBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Typhonium browniiLight clays, medium silts to heavy silts.
Uraria lagopodioidesBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Uromyrtus australisBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Uromyrtus lamingtonensisBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Urtica incisaBetter quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Utricularia aureaLight clays, medium silts to heavy silts.
Utricularia australisLight clays, medium silts to heavy silts.
Utricularia bilobaLight clays, medium silts to heavy silts.
Utricularia caeruleaMedium silts to heavy silts.
Utricularia dichotomaMedium silts to heavy silts.
Utricularia gibbaMedium silts to heavy silts.
Utricularia gibbaMedium silts to heavy silts.
Utricularia laterifloraPeaty beach sands.
Utricularia laterifloraPeaty beach sands.
Utricularia uliginosaPeaty beach sands.
Utricularia unifloraLight clays, medium silts to heavy silts.
Uvaria leichhardtiBetter quality light clays to medium clays.
Vallisneria australisSubmergent plant on light silts to heavy silts.
Velleia paradoxaSandy loams to medium clays.
Velleia spathulataLight silts to heavy silts.
Verbena gaudichaudiiLight silts to heavy clays.
Vernonia cinereaSandy loams to medium clays.
Veronica grosseserrataSandy loams to medium clays.
Veronica plebeianLight silts to heavy silts.
Verticordia auriculataLight silts to heavy silts.
Verticordia browniiLight silts to heavy silts.
Verticordia grandisCoarse sands to light fatty clays. High end salt.
Verticordia mitchellianaCoarse sands to light fatty clays.
Vesselowskya rubifoliaSandy loams to medium clays.
Vesselowskya venustaSandy loams to medium clays.
Viminaria juncea 
Viola banksiiSandy loams to medium clays.
Viola betonicifoliaSandy loams to medium clays.
Viola caleyanaSandy loams to medium clays.
Viola hederaceaSandy loams to medium clays.
Viola silicestrisSandy loams to light gravelly clays.
Vittadinia hispidula subsp. hispidulaSandy loams to medium clays.
Vittadinia hispidula subsp. setosaSandy loams to medium clays.
Wahlenbergia communisLight to heavy silts.
Wahlenbergia gracilisLight to heavy silts.
Wahlenbergia strictaLight to heavy silts.
Waterhousea floribundaSandy loams to medium clays.
Waterhousea unipunctataSandy loams to medium clays.
Wedelia spilanthoidesSandy loams to heavy clays.
Westringia amabilisSandy loams to medium clays.
Willdampia formosaSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Wodyetia bifurcateSandy loams to gravelly clays.
Wolffia angustaWater tolerances.
Woollsia pungensSands to light fatty clays.
Wrightia laevisSandy loams to medium clays.
Wrightia pubescensSandy loams to medium clays.
Wrightia salignaSkeletal sands to rocky or gravelly medium clays.
Wurmbea biglandulosaSkeletal sands to rocky or gravelly medium clays.
Xanthophyllum fragransSandy loams to medium clays.
Xanthophyllum octandrumSandy loams to medium clays.
Xanthorrhoea fulva Accumulated beach sands.
Xanthorrhoea glauca subsp. glaucaSandy loams to medium clays.
Xanthorrhoea johnsoniiSandy loams to medium clays.
Xanthorrhoea latifolia subsp. latifoliaSandy loams to medium clays.
Xanthorrhoea latifolia subsp. maximaSandy loams to medium clays.
Xanthorrhoea macronemaSandy loams to rocky light clays.
Xanthorrhoea malacophyllaSandy loams to medium clays.
Xanthosia pilosaSandy loams to rocky light clays.
Xanthostemon chrysanthusLight clays to heavy clays.
Xanthostemon paradoxusSkeletal rocky loams among boulders.
Xanthostemon whiteiSandy loams to medium clays.
Xerochrysum viscosumSands to light fatty clays.
Xylosma terrae-regineaSandy loams to medium clays.
Xyris bracteataSandy loams to medium clays.
Xyris complanataSands to light fatty clays.
Xyris gracilisSands to light fatty clays.
Xyris junceaSands to light fatty clays.
Xyris operculataSands to light fatty clays.
Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum 
Zeuxine oblongaSandy loams to medium clays.
Zieria arborescens subsp. arborescensSandy loams to medium clays.
Zieria arborescens subsp. deccurensSandy loams to medium clays.
Zieria compactaSands to light gravelly fatty clays and screes.
Zieria furfuraceaSandy loams to medium clays.
Zieria laevigataSands to light fatty clays.
Zieria laxifloraWet sands derived from granite or beach sands.
Zieria prostrataSands to light fatty clays.
Zieria smithii Sandy loams to medium clays.
Zieria southwelliiSandy loams to medium clays.
Ziziphus oenopoliaSandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Zornia dyctiocarpaSandy loams to medium clays.
Zornia floribundaSandy loams to medium clays.
Zornia muriculataSandy loams to medium clays podsolics &screes.
  
  

                                                    Slightly saline soils.

Proper nameComments.
Ozothamnus obcordatus 
Acacia elataDecomposed sandstones, basalt and dolerites.
Acacia mearnsiiLate black wattle. (2) Possible weed spp.
Acacia melanoxylon Tasmanian blackwood.
Acradenia euodiiformisBasalt soils or humus rich accumulated sands.
Adiantum aethiopicum Most medium clays derived from basalts & shale.
Adiantum atrovirideMost medium clays derived from basalts.
Adiantum formosumMost medium clays derived from basalts & metamorphic rocks.
Adiantum hispidulumMost medium clays derived from basalts.
Agiortia cicatricataCourse skeletal sands derived from granite.
Aglaia brassiiLight to medium clays derived from basalts.
Allocassuarina rigidaCourse fatty sands to medium clays derived from basalts or granite.
Aphanopetalum resinosum Most better quality soils derived from all types of parent rocks.
Arachniodes aristataMost better quality soils derived from basalts.
Arthrochilus prolixusSandy loams with deep leaf litter. 
Atractocarpus benthamianusMost better quality soils derived from basalts.
Atractocarpus fitzlaniiMost better quality soils derived from basalts.
Austromuellera trinerviaBetter quality soils derived from black basalts.
Baloskion stenocoleumBetter quality soils derived from black basalts.
Bauera capitataBetter quality soils derived from black basalts.
Bauera rubiodesBetter quality soils derived from black basalts.
Bertya sp. clouds creekSteep slopes on soils derived from granites.
Billbardia rubensLight to medium clay soils derived from basalt.
Blandfordia grandifloraPeaty sands derived from sandstone or accumulated sands.
Blandfordia nobilisPeaty sands derived from sandstone or accumulated sands.
Blechnum pattersoniiLight to medium clays derived from basalts.
Boehmeria macrophyllaBetter quality loams derived from basalts.
Brachyloma saxicolaFatty sands to course sands derived from Granite.
Brachyscome stuartiiFatty sands to course sands derived from Granite.
Brasenia schreberiMost silty alluvials in billabongs and backwaters.
Bulbine bulbosaMost wet soils.
Burchardia umbellataMost wet soils sandy soils.
Burmannia distichaMost wet soils sandy soils.
Callitris monticolaCourse white sands derived from granite.
Callistemon salignusWillow bottlebrush on medium clays.
Carex brunneaMedium clays derived from basalt or sandstone.
Caladenia alata 
Caladenia carneaLight sandy loams and light clays from sandstone.
Caladenia catenataGood quality catena soils.
Caleana majorBetter quality sandy loams from sandstone and granite.
Calitris oblongaSandy loams derived from granite.
Casuarina cunninghamiiMost sandy to medium clays in rivers and streams.
Casuarina littoralisBlack she oak. Back dunes and behind mangroves.
Casuarina stricta 
Casuarina torulosaForest she oak. Back dunes to mountain on basalt.
Centrolepis fasicularis Granite sands or accumulated peaty sands.
Cephalotus follicularisGranite sands or accumulated peaty sands.
Cephalomanes caudatumAn epiphyte of cool rainforests.
Ceratophyllum demersumFree floating plant in fresh water.
Chiloglottis diphyllaGood quality sandy loams to light gritty clays
Chiloglottis sylvestrisGood quality sandy loams to light gritty clays
Chiloglottis trilabraGood quality sandy loams to light gritty clays
Commelina cyaneaSandy loams to heavy clay soils & light to heavy silts
Commelina ensifoliaSandy loams to heavy clay soils & light to heavy silts
Corybas aconitiflorusBetter quality sandy loams.
Corybas barbaraeBetter quality sandy loams.
Corybas fordhamiiBetter quality sandy loams.
Corybas hispidusBetter quality sandy loams.
Corybas undulatusBetter quality sandy loams.
Corybas erectusBetter quality sandy loams.
Corybas hunterianaBetter quality sandy loams.
Corybas subulataBetter quality sandy loams.
Cynodon dactylonBlue couch.
Cyperus platystylisFloating mats on swamps.
Damasonium minusAll types of soil strata in fresh water.
Dawsonia superba subsp.pulchraLithiophyte, light clays to heavy clay.
Daucus glochidiatusMost better quality sandy loams to medium clays.
Denhamia mooreiBetter quality loams to medium clays derived from black basalt.
Dicksonia antarcticaBetter quality fatty sandy loams to medium clays.
Dicksonia youngiaeBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Diplazium assimileBetter quality moist loams to medium clays.
Diplazium australe Better quality moist loams to medium clays.
Diplazium dilatatumBetter quality moist loams to medium clays.
Drosera adelaePoor basalt rocks.
DrDr Drosera binataPoor porous wet wallum sands.
Era   Drosera burmanniPoor porous wet wallum sands.
Drosera peltataPoor porous wet wallum sands.
Drosera pygmaeaPoor porous wet wallum sands.
era b Drosera spatulataPoor porous wet wallum sands.
Drynaria quercifoliaEpiphyte or lithophytes.
Drynaria rigidulaEpiphyte or lithophytes.
Drynaria sparsisoraEpiphyte or lithophytes.
Epacris rhombifolia Soils derived from sandstone and granite.
Eucalyptus globulus ssp. GlobulusBlue gum. Light sandy loams to heavy clays.
Eucalyptus grandisRose gum. Rainforests close to parent rocks.
Exocarrya sclerioidesBetter quality volcanic soils.
Ficus coronataBetter quality soils.
Flagellaria indicaBetter quality medium clays.
Freycinettia marginataBetter quality light to medium clays & alluvial silts.
Gaultheria viridicarpaBetter quality basaltic clays mixed with screes.
Genoplesium fimbriatumBetter quality sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Genoplesium rufumBetter quality sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Geodorum densiflorumBetter quality sandy loams to alluvial silts.
Gmelina dalrympleanaMost types of alluvial deposits.
Glinus oppositifoliusMost types of alluvial deposits.
Glossodia majorMost semi fertile to fertile sandy loams to medium clays.
Glossodia minorMost semi fertile to fertile sandy loams to medium clays.
Grammitis billardiereiMost semi fertile to fertile sandy loams to medium clays.
Grammitis stenophyllaMost semi fertile to fertile sandy loams to medium clays.
Hibbertia hermanniifolia Sandy to light fatty clays on granite & sandstone.
Hymenophyllum australe Epiphyte or lithophyte on volcanic rocks.
Hymenophyllum bivalve Epiphyte or lithophyte on volcanic rocks.
Hymenophyllum cupressiforme H,T,L,Epiphyte or lithophyte on volcanic rocks.
Hymenophyllum flabellatumEpiphyte or lithophyte on volcanic rocks.
Lindsaea dimorphaSandy loams to medium clays.
Lindsaea linearisSandy loams to medium clays.
Lindsaea microphyllaSandy loams to medium clays.
Lyperanthus suaveolens Sandy loams to light gritty clays.
Macadamia integrifoliaMacca nut. Rainforest hills and slopes.
Macadamia tetraphyllaMacca nut. Rainforest hills and slopes.
Mallotus claoxyloidesGreen Kamala. Rainforest hills and slopes.
Mallotus philipensisRed Kamala. Rainforest hills and slopes.
Mallotus polyadenosKamala. Rainforest hills and slopes.
Maytenus bilocularisOrange Bark. Dry, riparian and well developed rainforests.
Maytenus sylvestrisNarrow Leaf Orange Bark. Dry, riparian and well developed rainforests.
Melaleuca williamsoniiGranite rocky ridges
Melicope elleryanaPink Cork Wood. Rainforests and riparian zones.
Mischocarpus pyriformisWoody pear grows in dry rainforests and riparian forests.
Microtis parvifloraSandy loams to medium gravelly clays
Morinda canthoidesRiparian and dry rainforests.
Morinda jasminoidesNative Jasmine.
Muehlenbeckia gracillimaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Murdannia gramineaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Myrsine benthamianaBetter quality loams to medium clays.
Neisosperma poweriMilk Bush. Rainforest understories.
Nepenthes rowanaeWet sandy loams to medium gravelly clays.
Nephrolepis cordifoliaFishbone Fern.
Nephrolepis hirsutulaSandstone gorges and moist forests.
Ophioglossum reticulatumBetter quality sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Olearia nernstiiCoastal Daisy.
Peperomia blanda var. floribunda Epiphytes or lithophytes.
Peperomia tetraplylla Epiphytes or lithophytes.
Peristeranthus hilliiEpiphytes or lithophytes.
Phebalium woombyeSandy loams to light fatty sands & skeletal loams.
Philotheca papillataSandy loams to light fatty sands.
Phyllachne colensoiLithophytes or at times terrestrial.
Pipturus argenteusNative Mulberry. Coastal warm Tropical Rainforests.
Pittosporum angustifoliumSandy loams to light fatty sands.
Platycerium bifurcatumEpiphytes or lithophytes.
Platycerium superbumUsually an epiphytes or rarely as a lithophytes.
Platycerium veitchiiEpiphytes or lithophytes.
Plectranthus argentatusSilver Plectranthus. Sandstones near waterfalls.
Plectranthus graveolensCommon Plectranthus. Skeletal soils on cliff faces.
Plectranthus sauveolensSweet Scented Plectranthus. In and Adjacent to Cool Rainforests.
Prasophyllum australeLithophytes or sandy loams.
Prasophyllum brevilabreLithophytes or sandy loams.
Prasophyllum elatumLithophytes or sandy loams.
Prasophyllum flavumLithophytes or sandy loams.
Prasophyllum patensLithophytes or sandy loams.
Pseudovanilla foliataDecaying wood saprophyte.
Psilotum complanatumEpiphytes or lithophytes.
Psilotum nudumEpiphytes or lithophytes.
Re   Remusatia viviparaLoams to light fatty clays, lithophyte or Epiphyte.
Rhaphiodophora australasicaLithophytes or Epiphytic.
Rhaphiodophora sp.1Lithophytes or Epiphytic.
Rhinerrhiza divitifloraLithophytes or Epiphytic.
Rhododendron viriosumEpiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial on sandy loams to medium clays.
Rumohra adiantiformisEpiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial on sandy loams to medium clays.
Schistotylus purpuratusEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Schizaea bifidaEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Schizaea dichotomaEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Schizaea rupestrisEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Scirpus polystachyusSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Scleranthus biflorusSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Scleria mackaviensisSandy loams to light fatty clays.
Selaginella uliginosaMoist to wet sandy loams to light fatty clays.
Senna odorataAll types of soils mainly derived from basalts.
Siphonodon australisDecomposed brown or black basalts and metamorphics.
Sloanea australisBetter quality decomposed brown or black basalts.
Sloanea woollsiiBetter quality decomposed brown or black basalts.
Sparganium subglobosumSands to sandy loams.
Sphagnum cristatumCourse sands to fine sands.
Stylidium debileFatty sands to sandy loams.
Stylidium graminifoliumFatty sands to sandy loams.
Stylidium laricifoliumFatty sands to sandy loams.
Stylidium paniculatumFatty sands to sandy loams.
Taeniophyllum muelleriEpiphytic or lithophytes orchid.
Telopea asperaCourse sands to light fatty clays.
Viola betonicifoliaMost types of moist, light clays to heavy clays.
Viola HederaceaMost types of light clays to heavy clays.
Wahlenbergia gloriosaSkeletal, rocky soils.
Youngia japonicaHigh end. Poor to fertile sands to medium clays.
  
  

                                                  None saline soils.

Proper nameComments.
Angiopteris evectaMost mountain creeks and streams.
Arthropteris beckleriEpiphytic or lithophytes fern.
Arthropteris tenellaEpiphytic or lithophytes fern.
Asplenium attenuatumEpiphytic or lithophytes fern.
Asplenium australisicumEpiphytic or lithophytes fern.
Asplenium bulbiferumEpiphytic or lithophytes fern.
Asplenium difformeEpiphytic or lithophytes fern.
Asplenium flabellifoliumEpiphytic or lithophytes fern.
Asplenium flaccidumEpiphytic or lithophytes fern.
Asplenium polyodonEpiphytic or lithophytes fern.
Asplenium nidusEpiphytic or lithophytes fern.
Azolla filiculoidesFloats on fresh water.
Azolla pinnataFloats on fresh water.
Bulbophyllum argyropusEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Bulbophyllum bracteatumEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Bulbophyllum elisaeEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Bulbophyllum exiguumEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Bulbophyllum minutissimumEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Bulbophyllum schillerianumEpiphyte or very rarely as a lithophyte.
Bulbophyllum shepherdiiEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Bulbophyllum weinthaliiEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Byblis giganteaSeasonal sandy wallums.
Byblis filifoliaSeasonal sandy wallums.
Ceratophyllum demersumStill water or slow flowing water.
Cestichis reflexaEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Cestichis swenssoniiEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Citrus TreesLemons, Oranges, Mandarins grow best in 200 to 400ppm soils.
Davallia solidaEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Dendrobium cucumerinumEpiphyte.
Dendrobium gracilicaule Epiphyte.
Dendrobium phalaenopsis Epiphyte.
Dendrobium pugoiniforme Epiphyte.
Dendrobium tetragonumEpiphyte.
Elatine gratioloidesFresh slow running water.
Erythrorchis cassythoidesEpiphyte.
Fieldia australisEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Huperzia phlegmariaEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Huperzia phlegmarioidesEpiphyte or lithophyte.
Leptomeria drupaceaParasitic plant of Jacksonia scoparia.
Marsilea drumondiiFresh water floating fern.
Melaleuca pallidaMountain Bottlebrush. Fresh water streams and creeks in mountains.
Melaleuca subulatus Highlands Bottlebrush. Fresh water streams and creeks in mountains.
Melodorum leichardtiiQueensland Pitcher plant. Fresh water swamps.
Microsorum pustulatumA climbing fern of well developed cool Rainforests.
Microsorum scandensA climbing fern of well developed warm Rainforests.
Muellerina celastroidesParasitic Plant mainly on Banksias & Casuarina.
Muellerina eucalyptoidesParasitic Plant mainly on Eucalyptus but also on many exotics.
Myrmecodia beccariiAnt Plant. Grows as an epiphyte in mangrove and Melaleuca swamps close to the coast.
Nepenthes mirabilisQueensland Pitcher plant. Fresh water swamps.
Nepenthes rowanaeQueensland Pitcher plant. Fresh water swamps.
Nephrolepis arida 
Nephrolepis biserrataGiant Fishbone Fern.
Ophioglossum pendulumEpiphyte that grows on rainforest trees.
Papillilabium beckleriEpiphyte that grows on rainforest trees.
Paracaleana minorEpiphyte that grows on rainforest trees.
Phaius australisSwamp orchid.
Plectorrhiza tridentataGrows as an epiphyte
Plectranthus argentatusLithophyte, skeletal fatty loams to light fatty clays.
Plectranthus bellusLithophyte, skeletal fatty loams to light fatty clays.
Pothos longipesEpiphyte that grows on rainforest trees.
Pyrossia confluensA rainforest Lithophyte or Epiphyte.
Pyrossia lanceolata A rainforest Lithophyte or Epiphyte.
Pyrossia longifoliaA rainforest Lithophyte or Epiphyte.
Pyrossia rupestrisA rainforest Lithophyte or Epiphyte.
Rhaphidophora australisicaNative Pothos. A hemi epiphyte of tropical rainforests.
Sarcochilus aequalisA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Sarcochilus australisA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Sarcochilus ceciliaeA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Sarcochilus falcatusA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Sarcochilus fitzgeraldiiA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Sarcochilus hilliiA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Sarcochilus parviflorusA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Sarcochilus spathulatusA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Spiranthes australisLight clays to medium clays verging on moderately saline soils.
Tmesipteris obliquaA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Tmesipteris ovataA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Tmesipteris parvaA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Tmesipteris truncataA rainforest or moist sclerophyll forest Epiphyte.
Vittaria elongataEpiphytic or an lithophytic orchid on sandstones.
  
  

How to Deal with Saline water: How to Deal with Saline water: First I will deal with some of the problems of how to deal with watering and bore water that is saline.

Let’s look at good watering practices versus bare soils with low carbon.

* A garden that receives too much water will lose over 3 times the amount of water than an adequately watered garden on a very hot summer’s day. That can add up to over 1,500 liters for a 100 square meter garden every day the weather turns hot.

* Frequent light watering is wasted water. More water evaporates from the surface than at depths and is used by the plants.

* Light watering coupled with high evaporation leads to higher salt levels

* The plants in an over watered garden produce soft foliage which tends to lose water more quickly and wilt sooner from stress.

* The plants produce shallow roots instead of deep feeder roots and are less drought tolerant.

* Dry sand requires approximately 25mm of rain to soak down 30mm,

* Dry loam requires approximately 45mm of rain to soak down

30mm,

* Dry clay requires approximately 65mm of rain to soak down 30mm,

* The garden tap delivers around 500 liters an hour. A 10 liter bucket will take 72 seconds to fill or about 7.2 seconds for every liter. The average sprinkler delivers about 300 liters an hour,

* Mulches protect the soil from the affects of evaporation. Mulches over a period of time make lighter and heavier soils more friable and its ability to retain water increases dramatically. The increase depend on the soil type but is between 10{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} and 1000{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} greater than bare earth,

* Mulches reduce weeds that can use up to 25{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} of the soils water,

* Mulched soils with 30mm to 40mm of mulch retain up to 35{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} more water than bare soils.

How to deal with Saline soils: This is usually a far more difficult problem to deal with as much damage has been done by the time it has been discovered.

Bottle Water versus Town water versus Rain Water on plants?

The use of rainwater for container plants is far more beneficial than most town water supplies and bottle water.

* Town water contains added dangerous chemicals like chlorine that is toxic to some plants and reacts with the soils natural chemicals increasing the level of metallic salts in the soil. This may also lead to toxicities or deficiencies of some minerals when used for over extended periods.

* Some town water supplies contain the controversial and deadly poison fluoride which again react reacts with the soils natural chemicals increasing the level of metallic salts in the soil. This may also lead to toxicities or deficiencies of some minerals when used for over extended periods.

* Water stored in plastic bottles is presently very controversial and until some in depth long term research evaluates any risks that maybe associated with them. It is probably advisable to refrain from their use.

* Water stored in plastic bottles will vary depending on the original source and the plastic involved.

* First Rain Water contains absorbed Nitrogen, and Oxygen at optimum levels.

* Rain water contains far fewer toxic chemicals and does not contain heavy metals

* Town water often contains nutrients that are leached from local soils and in a ration that the local gene pools of plants have adapted to.

I am not saying that the plastic or the water was directly involved as it may still be the salts in the water I used. What I am saying is I will stick to tank water and steer away from both bottle and Town water wherever possible.

Do not use bottle water as I have tested bottle water on sensitive indoor plants and ferns in China while writing this book. The long term consequences for the plants were disastrous. The results were so bad I have sworn off bottled water and will never drink it again. A bird dropping or two every year in Tank water is far more acceptable. Ask my plants.

Town water is high in chlorides. The addition of chlorine as a fungicide and bactericide has the affect of making soluble salts; that would normally pass through the pot more likely to adhere to containers and soil particles, thus building up to toxic levels more quickly than would be experienced under natural situations. The accumulation of dangerous salts is toxic to many plants. Often it precipitates as a white film around the bottom of the pots (Calcium chloride). In severe cases you will notice the formation of salt crystals, glistening in the sunlight.

It is not known whether it is the toxic levels of chlorine or fluoride or other chemicals or the combination affect have a synergistic outcome on my plants but to me it is taboo.

I am not saying that the plastic or the water was directly involved as it may still be the salts in the water I used. What I am saying is I will stick to tank water and steer away from both bottle and Town water wherever possible. Again a bird dropping or too every year in Tank water is far more acceptable to me than the risks of either fluoridation or chlorine. The combination with organic products to produce BPA – Bisphenol A or BPA is an  estrogen-mimicking chemical  that  has been linked to a host of serious health problems  including:

Learning and behavioral problems,

Altered immune system function,

Early puberty in girls and fertility problems,

Decreased sperm count,

Prostate and breast cancer,

Diabetes and obesity.

After all just 50 years ago smoking was claimed to be relaxing and good after a stressful day at work. Who would believe that now?

Ask my plants.

In conclusion if this is harming my plants over a period of several years what is it doing to your body over half a life time?

Town water facts:

Liver cancer is 21{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} greater amongst drinkers of chlorinated water compared to those drinking Tank water.

Rectal Cancer is 38{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} to 80{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} greater amongst drinkers of chlorinated water compared to those drinking Tank water.

Robert D. Morris of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, who directed the new study.

This adverse risks associated with chlorinated water must be considered against the risk of supplying large populations with potable water that is free of diseases like cholera.

Removing Salts from the Soil: This is a very expensive often long term problem. Let’s first look at the problem of excess salt in the soil. Most problems arise because of man’s interference. Irrigation water is the principle cause of salinity followed by rising water tables. Some areas on sandstone which were once submerged beneath the ocean accumulated salts like sodium chloride, boron or even iron or copper chlorides.

Let’s not underestimate the accumulation affects of salt. Irrigation water with a low salt concentration of 0.2 kg/m³ and this is on the low side for almost all Australian river and bore water. If the crops grown required an annual supply of irrigation water of 10,000 m³/ha or about 2mm/day the salts deposited on that hectare would be 2,000kg salt/ha each year. In the absence of sufficient natural drainage; as in waterlogged soils and without an expensive and adequate leaching and drainage program to remove salts, this would lead to high soil salinity and reduced blooms, growth, vitality and crop yields in the long run.

Most of Australia’s rivers and bores tested for irrigation has salt readings of 2 or 3 times higher, coupled with higher usage. Sugar cane, for example, needs about 20000 m3/ha of water per year. As a result, with salinity levels in the range of 0.6kg/m³ these irrigated areas would receive more than 12,000 kg/ha of salt per year.

The other problem exists where the water does not drain away, is used by the plants or high evaporation rates exist.

Irrigation and tree removal changes the natural water balance of the soil. Irrigated water that is not consumed by plants must go somewhere. It is impossible to achieve 100{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} irrigation efficiency where all the irrigation water is consumed by the plants or drains away carrying the excess salts with it. The maximum attainable irrigation efficiency recorded on farms is about 70{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} under ideal conditions but is usually less than 60{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f}. This means that minimum 30{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f}, but usually more than 40{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} of the irrigation water is not consumed by the plants. So where does it go?

Most of the water lost this way is stored underground slowly penetrating into deeper layers which changes the original hydrology of local aquifers considerably. Many aquifers cannot absorb and transport this extra water, thus the water table rises leading to water logged soils.

Waterlogged soils causes three major problems:

*The high water table severely reduces the amount of oxygen available in the root zone of trees followed by shrubs and finally annuals which lead to reduced yields in most crops.

*The accumulation of salts deposited with the irrigation water is now accumulating as their removal through the aquifer is unable to be discharged.

* The rise in water tables results in salts already accumulated ate the lower levels  now being transported to the surface which really can exasperate the situation.Drainage is the primary method of controlling soil salinity.

Drainage is the primary method of controlling soil salinity. The system should permit a small fraction of the irrigation water. 10 to 20 percent, of the drainage or leaching fraction as it is known should be drained and discharged out of the irrigation project. J.W. van Hoorn and J.G. van Alphen (2006), Salinity Control.

In irrigated areas where salinity is stable, the salt concentration of the drainage water is normally 5 to 10 times higher than that of the irrigation water. That is the volume of salt deposited matches the volume of salt removed creating a balance.

When reclaiming already salinity problem soils, the salt concentration of the drainage water can be as high as 50 times that of the deposited salts. After one or two years, the soil salinity is decreased so much, that the salinity of the drainage water has come down to a normal value and a new, favorable, equilibrium is reached.

In regions with defined dry and wet seasons , the drainage system may be operated in the wet season only, and closed during the dry season.

The disadvantage of the discharge drainage water system is it will create environmental problems to downstream uses, areas and water tables which may receive up to 50 times the amount of salt deposited than was previously deposited. The short and long term environmental hazards must be considered very carefully and, if necessary mitigating measures must be taken. These additional measures coupled with the original drainage works are expensive and personally other methods are far more favourable.

* Micro jets at night will go a long way in diluting salts in the soil. The very fine mist that is sprayed usually 6 to 12 litres an hour is most beneficial in areas where orographic precipitation occurs or where fogs are experienced. This method was applied on our orchard to great affect in the early days. As the mist is jettisoned it collects droplets of water in the fog which contributes to the amount of water delivered to the plants. Added to this as the droplets fall to the ground a lower atmospheric pressure is developed in the spray area which causes more moist air to flow into the area and this in return is collected by the spray droplets and added to the soil. It was estimated that on a good night we collected over 50{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} more water than what was pumped to the orchard 10 litters an hour for 6 hours meant we gained an extra 30 litters of pure salt free water a tree for nothing. That is a 50{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} saving in fuel, wear and tear and environmental friendly. Our water was tested at 200m parts per million salt but with the additional moisture the equivalent was reduced to less than 133 parts per million. There is also less evaporation at night meaning more of the water is delivered to the soil.

The disadvantage with micro jets is they require a good filtration system and ants just love the nozzles for collecting water and nesting. This meant that we often had to spend hours cleaning the jets out after a wet period when the sprinklers were not in use. Before using the micro jets it is a good idea to open the ends of the pipes and let the first flow run out of the pipes ants and all. This will save about half the work in cleaning nozzles out.

* Phytoremediation is another very useful tool for removing salt from your soil and giving it to someone else. How it works is that you grow a salt tolerant crop and sell the product. In the early days on our orchard we had severe boron salt problems in one section that required immediate attention. The choices we had was remove the plants and allow the land to lay bare or plant a crop that relished the salt. Beetroot was the answer. We planted beetroot, Beta vulgaris was planted around the trees and inter rows for the next 2 years. The results were amazing the stunted trees that were previously discarding yellow leaves with brown spots ceased and grew normally production rose and we were paid handsomely for the organic beetroot that went to market. Phytoremediation is a powerful tool that should not be underestimated on the farm or garden. Beetroot also looks very attractive in a flower bed.

The disadvantage of Phytoremediation it can be a very slow process taking as long as 10 or more years to remove the problematic salt.

* Salt Tolerant Specie are another method to help overcome salt toxicities. This method relies on selecting the plants that have the salt tolerances to grow on a particular area or particular aspect. Atriplex specie generally grow well on drier soils with higher salt concentrates.

* Reduce watering by growing plants that grow within the rainfall parameters and soil parameters. Only grow Melaleuca quinquinervia on wet or water logged sites, Eucalyptus curtisii on sandy shales that are well drained with rainfalls of 900mm to 1400mm annually.

* Grow plants that rely on the lower end of natural rainfall experienced in your district, soil type, aspect and topography.

* Mulch is a very affective way of reducing watering by as much as 80{98c9b985d4dc543f86c0cb8c6df3d397ea5754df614d759fdd5c1720a0a9cf2f} and has been dealt with under Organic Growing made Easy.

* Strip Cropping has been suggested as another method to reduce salt levels in an area. I believe this only defers the underlying problem as the salt deposits are retained in the soil and in fact maybe spread over a larger area on the farm or property. Strip farming can be useful if other methods are being applied where the results may take several years to take affect. It has use for the removal of salt through phytoremediation if the overall farm management practices are not changed to reduce salt levels.

With the use of mulch, reduced watering, the growing of the correct specie there should be no need to worry about costly alternative salinity reduction.

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