Plants Profile for Ulex europaeus (common gorse)

General Information
Symbol:	ULEU
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub
Native Status:	CAN I L48 I HI I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family
Genus	Ulex L. – gorse
Species	Ulex europaeus L. – common gorse

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
California gorse B list (noxious weeds)
Hawaii gorse Noxious weed
Oregon gorse "B" designated weed gorse Quarantine
Washington gorse Class B noxious weed gorse, furze Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine

U.S. Weed Information
Ulex europaeus furze gorse whin This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC	California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
HEAR	USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Arid West	UPL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	UPL
Hawaii	UPL
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU