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  • Soil stabilization: Plants that can be grown in places such as sand dunes in order to prevent erosion by wind, water or other agents. (219)
Latin NameCommon NameUseEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acacia aneuraMulga AcaciaSoil stabilization30
Acacia coriaceaWiry WattleSoil stabilization30
Acacia dealbataMimosaSoil stabilization20
Acacia decurrensGreen WattleSoil stabilization21
Acacia longifoliaSidney Golden WattleSoil stabilization30
Acacia melanoxylonBlackwoodSoil stabilization21
Acacia podalyriifoliaQueensland Silver WattleSoil stabilization10
Acacia pycnanthaGolden WattleSoil stabilization20
Acacia retinodesSwamp WattleSoil stabilization20
Acacia salignaBlue-Leaved WattleSoil stabilization10
Acacia sophoraeCoastal WattleSoil stabilization20
Acer spicatumMountain MapleSoil stabilization22
Adenostoma fasciculatumGreasewoodSoil stabilization01
Ailanthus altissimaTree Of HeavenSoil stabilization13
Alnus nepalensisNepalese AlderSoil stabilization01
Alnus rubraRed AlderSoil stabilization22
Alnus rugosaSpeckled AlderSoil stabilization02
Alnus serrulataSmooth AlderSoil stabilization02
Alnus sinuataSitka AlderSoil stabilization11
Alnus tenuifoliaMountain AlderSoil stabilization12
Amelanchier alnifoliaSaskatoonSoil stabilization52
Amelanchier arboreaDowny ServiceberrySoil stabilization31
Ammophila arenariaMarram GrassSoil stabilization10
Ammophila breviligulataBeach GrassSoil stabilization00
Amorpha canescensLead PlantSoil stabilization22
Amorpha fruticosaFalse IndigoSoil stabilization10
Amorpha nanaDwarf IndigobushSoil stabilization01
Anabasis aphyllaSoil stabilization01
Arctostaphylos uva-ursiBearberrySoil stabilization34
Arundo donaxGiant ReedSoil stabilization32
Baccharis halimifoliaBush GroundselSoil stabilization01
Baccharis pilularisDwarf Chaparral BroomSoil stabilization01
Baccharis vimineaMule's FatSoil stabilization11
Betula nigraRiver BirchSoil stabilization32
Bromus inermisSmooth BromeSoil stabilization00
Buddleia paniculataSoil stabilization01
Caragana arborescensSiberian Pea TreeSoil stabilization51
Caragana boisiiSoil stabilization40
Caragana brevispinaSoil stabilization41
Caragana fruticosaSoil stabilization30
Carex arenariaSand SedgeSoil stabilization22
Carpobrotus acinaciformisHottentot FigSoil stabilization20
Carpobrotus aequilaterusSea FigSoil stabilization20
Carpobrotus deliciosusSweet Hottentot FigSoil stabilization20
Carpobrotus edulisHottentot FigSoil stabilization20
Casuarina cunninghamianaRiver She-OakSoil stabilization00
Celtis pallidaDesert HackberrySoil stabilization20
Centrosema virginianumButterfly PeaSoil stabilization00
Ceratostigma plumbaginoidesSoil stabilization00
Chamaecrista fasciculataGolden CassiaSoil stabilization00
Colutea arborescensBladder SennaSoil stabilization02
Colutea x mediaSoil stabilization00
Cornus asperifolia drummondiiRoughleaf DogwoodSoil stabilization00
Coronilla variaCrown VetchSoil stabilization01
Cotoneaster microphyllusSoil stabilization21
Crataegus aestivalisEastern MayhawSoil stabilization32
Cupressus arizonicaArizona CypressSoil stabilization00
Cynodon dactylonBermuda GrassSoil stabilization03
Cyperus ustulatusSoil stabilization00
Cytisus scopariusBroomSoil stabilization13
Dactylis glomerataCock's FootSoil stabilization01
Darmera peltataUmbrella PlantSoil stabilization20
Dianella congestaBeach Flax LilySoil stabilization20
Dicksonia antarcticaTree FernSoil stabilization11
Diervilla loniceraBush HoneysuckleSoil stabilization02
Diospyros virginianaAmerican PersimmonSoil stabilization51
Drepanostachyum falcatumRingalSoil stabilization20
Elymus canadensisCanadian Wild RyeSoil stabilization20
Elymus glaucaBlue Wild RyeSoil stabilization20
Elytrigia junceaSand CouchSoil stabilization00
Elytrigia repensCouch GrassSoil stabilization23
Eragrostis curvulaWeeping Love GrassSoil stabilization10
Eriodictyon trichocalyxHairy Yerba SantaSoil stabilization11
Eryngium maritimumSea HollySoil stabilization33
Eucalyptus camaldulensisRed River GumSoil stabilization13
Eucalyptus viminalisManna GumSoil stabilization32
Fallugia paradoxaApache PlumeSoil stabilization00
Gleditsia aquaticaWater LocustSoil stabilization00
Glyptostrobus pensilisChinese Swamp CypressSoil stabilization02
Goodenia variaSoil stabilization01
Haloxylon persicumSalt TreeSoil stabilization00
Hierochloe odorataHoly GrassSoil stabilization22
Himalayacalamus hookerianusPadangSoil stabilization20
Hippophae rhamnoidesSea BuckthornSoil stabilization55
Hippophae rhamnoides turkestanicaSea BuckthornSoil stabilization55
Hippophae salicifoliaWillow-Leaved Sea BuckthornSoil stabilization53
Imperata cylindricaCogongrassSoil stabilization33
Jasminum nudiflorumWinter-Flowering JasminSoil stabilization01
Kummerowia stipulaceaKorean LespedezaSoil stabilization01
Lathyrus sativusChickling PeaSoil stabilization21
Leptospermum laevigatumCoast Tea TreeSoil stabilization10
Lespedeza bicolorLespedezaSoil stabilization30
Leymus arenariusLyme GrassSoil stabilization20
Leymus racemosusVolga Wild RyeSoil stabilization30
Lycium afrumSoil stabilization12
Lycium andersoniiWolfberrySoil stabilization12
Lycium arabicumSoil stabilization12
Lycium australeSoil stabilization12
Lycium barbarumBox ThornSoil stabilization43
Lycium berlandieriSoil stabilization12
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