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Ulex europaeus
Gorse, furze, furse or whin (Ulex) is a genus of about 20 plant species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae Gorse is closely related to the brooms, and like them, has green stems and very small leaves and is adapted to dry growing conditions. However it differs in its extreme thorniness, with the shoots being modified into branched thorns 1–4 centimetres (0.39–1.6 in) long, which almost wholly replace the leaves as the plant's functioning photosynthetic organs. The leaves of young plants are trifoliate, but are later reduced to scales or small spines.[1] All the species have yellow flowers, some with a very long flowering season.
native to western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberia.
this plant his endemic and it grow even in eucaliptus forests it's a surviver:-)
Spotted on Nov 27, 2011
Submitted on Nov 27, 2011
8 Comments
wise words
And also be mindful of what we plant in our own backyards & the impact that non-native plants can have on the local ecosystem!
it's the same thing allover the world,invasive plants and animals changing of continent in hours,lets keep the up date of every plant we see,so when necessairy someone can acess the data we colect
thanks for the coment Argy
These are a pest in our part of the world. Thanks for showing its beauty.
sergio my first portuguese language noah friend,i turn your words back to you and to hundreds of impossible photographers that i found here,i never thougth possible to have such an amazing number of people that have the "eye",thanks my friend
grande abraço
thanks Karen for your rewarding words,the observation of every body spots in noah was my bigest photo scool,the rest like Sweets say to me in my begining(not even 2 months) is pacience and be at rigth place at rigth time
That is the Holy Grail of the photographers, Karen, to find a new angle in something everibody saw and saw again. Congratulations, Antonio, you really have "The eye".
Antonio, you have a real talent for making the most ordinary of plants look divine! Well done!