Ulex europaeus
Gorse
Species Details
Gorse is a spiny native shrub of rough grasslands, heaths, waste ground and waysides. It is frequent almost everywhere except for the White and Dark Peak areas. In the former it only grows on the deeper non-calcareous soils of the limestone plateau. In the Dark Peak it grows on the lower western and eastern moors, but avoids the higher northern moors. It frequently appears in local place names such as Gorse Covert or Gorsey Leys, and has the local name of Ling (Grigson 1975).
On Mam Tor, overlooking Castleton. (Photographed 01/9/2004)