Taxon: Ulex europaeus L.

• the 10 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

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
  
• ärttörne   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support   (fide Global Invasive Species)
  
• Environmental: erosion control   (cautiously recommended as sand binder fide Leg ErWild)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Environmental: revegetator   (for land reclamation, fide Global Invasive Species)
  
• Weed: 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

Distributional range:

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

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores; Spain - Canary Islands
  Southern Africa: South Africa
  Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius; Reunion
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  China: China
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
  Malesia: Indonesia
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Europe [n. & e., beyond native range]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: West Indies
  Mesoamerica: Central America
  South America

• also cultivated

References:

• Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• 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: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
• Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412.
• 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.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission; National Biological Information Infrastructure, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and the University of Auckland. Global invasive species database (on-line resource).
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• National Herbarium of New South Wales. 1961–1984. Flora of New South Wales. [natzd.].
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• 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.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ulex europaeus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ulex europaeus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ulex europaeus.

Check other web resources for Ulex europaeus L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• 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.

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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