This guide was produced with enormous support from many people and I would like to thank the following for their assistance:

Melissa Dixon for all her hard work in helping put this publication together. Stephanie  Challen and Jock McKenzie (all DPI&F) for helping with field trips; John Beumer, Melissa Dixon, Stephanie Challen, Kurt Derbyshire, Dawn Couchman, Karen Danaher, Dan
Mayer, Mat Johnston, Athol Johns (all DPI&F) for reviewing the draft; Surrey Jacobs (NSW Herbarium), Paul Adam (University of NSW), Ailsa Holland and Donovan Sharp (Queensland Herbarium), Ralph Dowling (EPA), Rod Connolly (Griffith University) and Norm Duke (University of Queensland) for their technical assistance; the production team of Lyn Bennett and Keith Whittam at DPI&F, Brisbane.

The superb images in this publication were provided by Glenn Leiper, Glenn Wightman, Paul Gullan (Viridans Images), Queensland Herbarium and DPI&F.

Main front cover image: saltcouch (Sporobolus virginicus) provided by DPI&F. Inset images provided by DPI&F shown at left and right: (left) bead weed (Sarcocornia quinqueflora) and (right, and top right of this page) grey samphire (Tecticornia australasica). Inset image provided by Glenn Leiper shown at middle: rusty sedge (Fimbristylis ferruginea).

Chapter section photos: Section i image of bead weed (Sarcocornia quinqueflora) provided by DPI&F. Section 2 image of rusty sedge (Fimbristylis ferruginea) and Section 3 image of native sea lavender (Limonium solanderi) were provided by Glenn Leiper.

Geoff Dixon provided most of the illustrations. Karen Danaher (DPI&F) provided Figure 1 on page 1. Paul Lennon produced the artwork on pages 3 and 4.