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Western Gorse

Ulex gallii

Western Gorse
Photo: Richard New Forest, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Ulex gallii, the western gorse or dwarf furze is an evergreen shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the Atlantic coasts of western Europe: southern Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, the Isle of Man, western France and the northern coast of Spain.

It favours acidic heathy soils and is frequently found in exposed maritime and montane environments. It is more common in the west of its distribution; in eastern England it is replaced in similar habitats by the closely related Dwarf Furze (Ulex minor), with very little overlap in the distribution of the two species.

Other Ulex plants

Ulex argenteus · Ulex densus · Common Gorse · Dwarf Gorse · Small Flowered Gorse · Gorse

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ulex gallii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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