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Ulex europaeus L. (Gorse, Furze, Whin.)

Similar species Ulex gallii and Ulex europaeus are morphologically very similar. The simplest way to distinguish them is by the flowering times: U. gallii: flowers late summer and autumn (7-9) whereas U. europaeus flowers winter and spring (3-6) and may even be out by Christmas.

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon Summary # images # photos # macrophotos # microphotos Date Vice-county Country
Ulex europaeus Plant 14 10 4 31 Jan 1999 Berks England
Ulex europaeus Plant 12 3 9 26 Jun 2002 Dorset England
Ulex europaeus Plant 4 4 8 Apr 2000 Berks England
Ulex europaeus Seedling 3 3 20 May 2001 Berks England
Ulex europaeus Plant 3 3 24 Apr 2000 Berks England
Ulex europaeus 2 2 10 Apr 2005 Dorset England
Ulex europaeus Plant 2 2 26 Apr 2003 Dorset England
Ulex europaeus Plant 2 2 25 Dec 1970 East Sussex England
Ulex europaeus Plant 2 2 24 May 1969 West Suffolk England
Ulex europaeus Seedling 1 1 9 Apr 1971 East Norfolk England

Suggested Literature

Ulex europaeus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
Ulex
(gorses)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 101 feeding and other relationships of Ulex europaeus (Gorse, Furze, Whin.)

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