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Gorses Ulex

Every rated Ulex record is keep-away — 3 of 4 records, including the genus rated as a group; none is rated fire-resistant. These counts describe the cited records — 4 records carrying 203 evidence rows from 23 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: Ulex Ulex Keep away Limited evidence 1 source rate the genus as a whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never override a species record. ›
Keep away

2 species

Awaiting evidence

1 species

About gorses

Corpus context. Ulex is the directory's #242 largest of 550 genus groups: 4 records carrying 203 evidence rows from 23 cited sources, recorded as shrub . Recorded trait flags: 1 carry invasive risk flags — each cited on its page. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

More about Ulex: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.

Where rated gorses grow

Tagged as growing in 9 states.

Equal-weight public-domain botanical specimens compare Scotch broom with common gorse. Mature gorse has a dense armature of stiff spines, while Scotch broom has slender green stems and small one- or three-foliolate leaves.
FA Exhibit ID-007. Scotch broom or gorse: yellow flowers, different armature. Morphology from USFS FEIS CYTSPP and ULEEUR. Plates: Thomé 1885, exact-species public-domain scans. Identification only — no flammability claim. Confirm uncertain material with a regional key or a botanist. CC BY 4.0.

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