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Ulex (commonly known as gorse, furze, or whin) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about 20 species of thorny evergreen

Ulex europaeus, commonly known as gorse, common gorse, furze or whin, is a species of flowering plant native to Western Europe. Growing to 4.5 metres (10 ft)

Ulex gallii, the western gorse or dwarf furze is an evergreen shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the Atlantic coasts of western Europe: southern

Ulex parviflorus is a species of gorse native to France, the Iberian Peninsula, and parts of the Maghreb. Ulex parviflorus was described by Pierre André

synonymous with Genista: Echinospartum, Retama, Spartium, Stauracanthus, and Ulex. They are mainly deciduous shrubs and trees, often with brush-like foliage

now covered with pasture and there are many species of wild-flower. Gorse (Ulex europaeus), a wild furze, is commonly found growing in the uplands and ferns

Ulex minor, the dwarf furze or dwarf gorse is an evergreen dwarf shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to eastern England, France, Spain and Portugal. It

Georg Ludwig Ulex (8 October 1811 – 25 March 1883) was a German chemist and politician. Ulex was born in Neuhaus an der Oste, in Lower Saxony, Germany

primarily of heather (Calluna vulgaris), heath (Erica species) and gorse (Ulex species). The bird fauna of heathlands are usually cosmopolitan species of

in parallel fibers. Ulexite was named for the German chemist Georg Ludwig Ulex (1811–1883), who first discovered it. The natural fibers of ulexite act as