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Photo: G. Bradley
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Latin name: Ulex europaeus
Size: Grows to approximately 2 metres.
Distribution: Found throughout the UK.
Flowering Months seen: All year round
Habitat: Heathland, roadsides, scrubland
Special features: An evergreen shrub covered with rigid spines. There
are three varieties of gorse found in the UK; the Common Gorse (shown above),
the Western Furze (Ulex gallii) and the Dwarf Furze (Ulex minor).
At any time of the year at least one species of gorse is in bloom.
If you stand beside a gorse bush in summer you can hear the seed pods popping
open. The heat of the sun dries them out, and as they crack open they twist and
flick the seeds up to three metres from the parent plant.
UK Safari Wild Flower Section
UK Safari Plant + Tree Section
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