- 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...
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Scientific Interest. The site has
woodland and
lowland heath with
heather and
gorse.
Birds include nightjars and
Dartford warblers and
there are
other fauna such...
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dense gorse and bracken. The
three dominant species on the
heath are
heather (Calluna vulgaris), bell
heather (Erica cinerea) and
western gorse (Ulex...
- sac with a small,
round entrance at the top,
suspended either low in a
gorse or
bramble bush or high up in the
forks of tree branches. The structural...
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trees and
shrubs have been
planted since 1980 and
invasive plants such as
gorse (Ulex europaeus),
woolly nightshade (Solanum mauritianum), moth
plant (Araujia...
- and
gorse (Ulex species). The
bird fauna of
heathlands are
usually cosmopolitan species of the region. In the
depauperate heathlands of Europe,
bird species...
- and
common heather. Of the latter, two
species are found:
common gorse and
western gorse.
Other plants which grow in the area are:
common cottongr****, roseroot...
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removal of
trees and
unwanted western gorse. The
areas of
gorse and
scrub remaining are cut in
rotation to keep the
gorse short and dense,
providing a scrub...
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conditions in England's Exmoor. In Europe, the ****ociated
fauna consists of
bird species such as red grouse, hen harrier, merlin,
golden plover, curlew, skylark...
- Fjeldså 2006) This is a
bird of dry open country,
often on hill slopes, with
bushes for nesting. The nest is
built in low
shrub or
gorse, and 3–5 eggs are laid...
