Ulex minor Roth
(Dwarf Gorse)

Interactions where Ulex minor is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
(live)		live may have adult			Odontothrips ignobilis	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips ignobilis/	Odontothrips ignobilis	a thrips				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/	Ulex minor	dwarf gorse		live					(5-9)	adult may be found on live
anther (deformed)		deformed anther may be infected and damaged by conidial anamorph			Thecaphora deformans	a seed smut fungus	Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae	Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/	Thecaphora deformans	a seed smut fungus				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/	Ulex minor	dwarf gorse		deformed	anther					conidial anamorph infects and damages deformed anther
branchlet (dead)		dead branchlet is decayed by thyriothecium			Microthyrium cytisi var ulicis-gallii	a fly speck fungus	Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii/	Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/	Ulex minor	dwarf gorse		dead	branchlet				(1-3)	thyriothecium is saprobic on dead branchlet
flower (live)		live flower may have larva			Odontothrips ignobilis	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips ignobilis/	Odontothrips ignobilis	a thrips				larva	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/	Ulex minor	dwarf gorse		live	flower				(9)	larva may be found on live flower
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Hypera venusta	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Hypera) venusta/	Hypera (Hypera) venusta	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/	Ulex minor	dwarf gorse			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by thyriothecium			Microthyrium cytisi var ulicis-gallii	a fly speck fungus	Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii/	Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii	a fly speck fungus				thyriothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/	Ulex minor	dwarf gorse		dead	leaf				(1-3)	thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
pod (deformed)		deformed pod may be infected and damaged by sorus			Thecaphora deformans	a seed smut fungus	Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/	Thecaphora deformans	a seed smut fungus				sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/	Ulex minor	dwarf gorse		deformed	pod				(7-9)	sorus infects and damages deformed pod
seed (shrivelled, spore ball-filled)		shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed may be infected and damaged by sorus			Thecaphora deformans	a seed smut fungus	Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/	Thecaphora deformans	a seed smut fungus				sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/	Ulex minor	dwarf gorse		shrivelled, spore ball-filled	seed				(7-9)	sorus infects and damages shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed
stem		stem is galled by larva			Stenopterapion scutellare	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion (Cobosiotherium) scutellare/	Stenopterapion (Cobosiotherium) scutellare	a seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/	Ulex minor	dwarf gorse			stem		Major			larva causes gall of stem
stem (webbed, live)		webbed, live stem has sap sucked by gregarious adult			Tetranychus lintearius	Gorse Mite	Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae	Gorse Mites and their Predators, Kirby, M., 2005	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tetranychidae/Tetranychus lintearius/	Tetranychus lintearius	gorse mite		gregarious		adult	Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/	Ulex minor	dwarf gorse		webbed, live	stem		Major		(-8)	gregarious adult sucks sap of webbed, live stem

Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ulex
(gorses)

FABOIDEAE
(vetches, peas and beans)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kirby, M., 2005	Gorse Mites and their Predators	British Wildlife Vol 16 (5): 314-317.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984	Ustilaginales of the British Isles	Mycological Papers, No 154, 96pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	Thysanoptera	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse)
Genus	Ulex (gorses)
Subfamily	FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse)

Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Ulex
(gorses)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse):

Ulex
(gorses)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Scarce

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