Andres M. Dominguez / Blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Small spotted genet in tree {Genetta genetta} Spain, Europe

Juan Carlos Munoz / Trees coming into leaf and blossoming surrounded by flowering Gorse (Ulex sp), aerial view. Merindad de Montija, Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain. May 2019.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Gorse (Ulex sp) scrub flowering in network of fields with scattered trees and surrounded by hedgerows and woodlands, aerial view. Merindad de Montija, Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain. May 2019.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Gorse (Ulex sp) scrub flowering amongst woodland in spring, aerial view. Merindad de Montija, Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain. May 2019.

Nick Upton / Mountain slopes covered in Western gorse bushes (Ulex gallii), near Sotres, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, August 2016.

Nick Upton / Mountain slopes covered in Western gorse bushes (Ulex gallii), near Sotres, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, August 2016.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Common broom (Cytisus scoparius) in Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica) forest. Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid, Spain. May, 2017.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) flower, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Italy, June.

Andres M. Dominguez / Common genet (Genetta genetta) at night, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Ubrique, southern Spain, December.

Andres M. Dominguez / Frost covered leaves in winter, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, February.

Mark MacEwen / Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum) flower with Gibraltar underneath, Upper Rock, Rock of Gibraltar, UK.

Adrian Davies / Spanish Broom (Genista hispanica) in flower, Picos de Europa, northern Spain.

Adrian Davies / Spanish Broom (Genista hispanica) in flower, Picos de Europa, northern Spain.

Adrian Davies / Spanish Broom (Genista hispanica) flowering on mountain slopes, Picos de Europa, northern Spain.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) seedpods, Camosciara, Abruzzo, Italy, June

Nick Upton / Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) flowering in coastal sand dunes, Lesbos / Lesvos Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) flowering in coastal sand dunes, Lesbos / Lesvos Greece, June.

Nick Upton / Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) flowering in coastal sand dunes, Lesbos / Lesvos Greece, June.

Nick Upton / Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) flowering. Cargese, Corsica, France, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Seedpods of the Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum) Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) flower, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) bush in flower, Italy

Angelo Gandolfi / Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum) and Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Puerto de Somiedo, Somiedo Natural Reserve, Spain.

Angelo Gandolfi / Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum) and Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Puerto de Somiedo, Somiedo Natural Reserve, Spain.

Angelo Gandolfi / Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum), Coto Donana National Park, Andalusia, Spain.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Clouds over Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) in flower, San Marino, May 2009

Bengt Lundberg / Small spotted genet (Genetta genetta) hiding in a tree, Cabaneros, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Spanish broom in flower {Spartium junceum} Alicante, Spain

Philippe Clement / Bridal veil broom flowering {Retama monosperma} Sierra de Gredos, Spain

Philippe Clement / Bridal veil broom {Retama monosperma} Sierra de Gredos, Spain

Philippe Clement / Bridal veil broom flowering {Retama monosperma} Sierra de Gredos, Spain

Philippe Clement / Landscape dotted with Spanish broom {Spartium junceum} Sierra de Gredos, Spain

Philippe Clement / Landscape dotted with Spanish broom {Spartium junceum} Sierra de Gredos, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Small spotted genet in tree (Genetta genetta) Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Small spotted genet in tree (Genetta genetta) Alicante, Spain

Jean E. Roche / Spanish broom in flower {Spartium junceum}, Camargue, France

Jose B. Ruiz / Small spotted genet in tree, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Small spotted genet (Genetta genetta) in tree, Pinoso, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Small Spotted Genet (Genetta genetta) trapped, hanging by noose from tree, Spain

Jose Luis GOMEZ de FRANCISCO / Small spotted genet {Genetta genetta} sleeping in tree hollow, Spain

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) in flower, close up, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) in flower, close up, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. April.

Franco Banfi / Brown Swiss cow with Spanish broom / Weaver's broom (Spartium junceum) in foreground. Valcolla, Ticino, Switzerland. May.

Eduardo Blanco / Sweeping up ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano eruption, La Palma, Canary Islands. September 2021