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Australia's salt marshes and wetlands are covered by a large variety of salt and drought tolerant species from the Amaranthaceae which include the saltbushes and bluebushes (Maireana and Chenopodium). Many of these plants have succulent leaves; other native succulents are from the genera Carpobrotus, Calandrinia and Portulaca.
Lomandra longifolia, commonly known as spiny-head mat-rush, [2] spiky-headed mat-rush [3] or basket grass, is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern Australia. The leaves are 40 cm to 80 cm long, and generally have a leaf of about 8 mm to 12 mm wide. [4] It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost, heat and drought tolerant ...
Dodonaea viscosa easily occupies open areas and secondary forest, and is resistant to salinity, drought and pollution. [16] It can be used for dune stabilization, remediation of polluted lands and for reforestation. The plant is tolerant to strong winds, and therefore is commonly used as hedge, windbreak, and decorative shrub.
The tree is drought-tolerant and the extended trunk is a water storage device for survival in a warm, dry climate. The bell-shaped flowers vary in colour from pale cream to pink, while the leaves vary considerably in shape. The leaves are either simple and pointed, or may be 3–9 lobed.
In botany, drought tolerance is the ability by which a plant maintains its biomass production during arid or drought conditions. [1] [2] [3] Some plants are naturally adapted to dry conditions, surviving with protection mechanisms such as desiccation tolerance, detoxification, or repair of xylem embolism. [3]
R. aureum is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant, in traditional, native plant, drought tolerant, and wildlife gardens, and natural landscaping projects. [17] Named cultivars have been also introduced. Although the flowers are hermaphroditic, the yield is greatly benefited by cross-pollination.
Hardy palms are any of the species of palm that are able to withstand brief periods of colder temperatures and even occasional snowfall.A few palms are native to higher elevations of South Asia where true winter conditions occur, while a few others are native to the warmer parts of the temperate zone in southern Europe, and others are native throughout temperate and subtropical locales in the ...
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