It may be a hedgerow or a shelterbelt (windbreak) or a refugee for native plants. It can be used as a screen, windbreak, informal hedge or specimen shrub. The tree is cultivated as an ornamental and a windbreak, and to prevent erosion. A distinct riparian vegetation also plays a role as a windbreak. It has been grown for firewood, or as a fast-growing windbreak or shelter tree. It is used as an ornamental, and as a coastal windbreak. They planted the eucalyptus windbreak that still shelters the area now. The trees should also serve as a windbreak from dust storms. Moonah makes an excellent windbreak or shelterbelt or shade for stock. It acts as a windbreak and helps in stabilizing shifting sand dunes. It also acts as a windbreak and helps in stabilizing shifting sand dunes. It is dense enough to use as a hedge or windbreak. The poles are then hammered into the ground and a windbreak is formed. "Melaleuca armillaris" is cultivated as a fast-growing windbreak or screening plant. These two mountains serve as a windbreak during typhoons.