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Western Gorse

Ulex gallii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 656, February 485, March 759, April 1,195, May 1,722, June 1,878, July 2,010, August 1,728, September 1,269, October 947, November 518, December 405.
United States13,572
Alaska13,572
Spain158
United Kingdom136
England103
France89
Principado de Asturias83
Bretagne82
Ireland74
Comunidad Foral de Navarra48

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusGorses · Ulex

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