Taxon: Ulex europaeus L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*, HI*°, OR*, WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• European gorse   (Source: Leg ErWild ) – English
  
• furze   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• gorse   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• whin   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• gaspeldoring   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• ajonc   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• ajonc d'Europe   (Source: L Noms French ed6 ) – French
  
• bois jonc   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• jonc marin   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• vigneau   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• gewöhnlicher Stechginster   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• Stechginster   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• tojo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• retama espinosa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• toxo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; ornamental   (cautiously recommended as sand binder fide Leg ErWild; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

      Native:

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Ireland; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Germany; Netherlands; Switzerland
  Southeastern Europe: Italy
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores; Spain - Canary Islands
  Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius; Reunion
  Africa [n. & s.]
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Europe [n. & e.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Central America
  South America
• ALSO
  Asia [temperate & tropical]

      Cultivated:

• also cultivated

References:

• Clements, D. R. et al. 2001. The biology of Canadian weeds. 112. Ulex europaeus L. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 81:325–337.
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
• Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. (L Noms French ed6)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16)
• Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. (Leg ErWild)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• National Herbarium of New South Wales. 1961–1984. Flora of New South Wales. (F NSW) [natzd.].
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ulex europaeus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ulex europaeus. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Ulex europaeus L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?40812 (09 February 2010)

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