Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
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Photo courtesy of BC Ministry of Forests |
- Provincial Noxious Weed
- spiny, perennial, evergreen shrub in the Pea Family growing to over 2 metres; small leaves terminate in rigid spines; bright yellow flowers surrounded by a velvety calyx develop into black seedpods with dark hairs
- currently limited in distribution in British Columbia to coastal areas, primarily southern Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands
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Maturing flowers develop into black, hairy pods |
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Heavily armed, thorny leaves
Photo courtesy of BC Ministry of Forests |
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